Job description

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidates individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]

Person Specification

Job Specific Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of complex specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.

Personal Qualities/Attributes

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information where there may be barriers to understanding or where professional opinions may differ and to form relationships where there may be barriers to these relationships being formed.

Knowledge, Skills and Training

Essential

• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS or HCPC
• Relevant specialist training (e.g. postdoctoral qualifications in clinical neuropsychology) or qualifications for Highly Specialist Psychologist
• Knowledge of clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Experience of working with adults following an acquired brain injury/stroke

Knowledge, Skills and Training

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessments (including psychometric assessment), intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Canford House

Wallisdown Road

Bournemouth

BH12 5AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

1. To be responsible for providing individualised and client-centred assessments to critical care and managing the most complex cases, addressing occupational performance skills, patterns, context and activity demands, in collaboration with patients and carers, as an autonomous practitioner.
2. To provide occupational therapy input within the critical care environment which is occupation-focused. This practice will be justice-led and champion equity, diversity and belonging for the critical care caseload, including awareness to the religious, sexual- orientation, cultural and values-based practice of occupational therapy practice.
3. To demonstrate a good understanding of physical disability and long-term condition management, including common conditions and treatments in the critical care environment.
4. To demonstrate a sound understanding of ventilation and tracheostomies in critically ill patients, in order to safely treat, rehabilitate, goal-set, and plan for onward referrals/ discharges.
5. To undertake occupational therapy specialist multi-needs assessments, using complex and advanced clinical-reasoning, demonstrating critical thinking, reflection and analysis, to develop meaningful occupation-focussed treatment plans.
6. To carry out specialist complex physical and functional assessments, and interventions, including the use of standardised assessments and interventions, to treat critically ill caseload including but not limited to: Neurological assessment; visual assessment; and upper limb assessment and management, including splinting and oedema management.
7. To provide advanced assessment, interventions and advice for critically ill caseload who present with delirium and cognitive impairment, including evidenced-based assessment, intervention and management.
8. Prepare and disseminate reports, data and onwards referrals, that can include highly sensitive information regarding clinical examination, assessment, and prognostic indicators for functional performance. This may include recommendations for end of life care, disability management, and inpatient rehabilitation referrals.
9. To provide clinical leadership and act as a source of clinical expertise and advice within the critical care and Lane Fox team, and as a resource for other teams as appropriate.
10. To develop collaborative treatment plans and goal-setting with patients, carers and colleagues, both in the hospital and patients home environment, demonstrating ethical clinical-reasoning and problem-solving techniques, to determine agreed outcomes, across health and social care.
11. To maintain high professional standards, continuously promoting and developing quality improvements initiatives appropriate to the needs of the occupational therapy service and profession.
12. To be responsible for the clinical and managerial needs of the caseload, ensuring clinical governance, quality assurance and occupational therapy professional standards are met.
13. To undertake complex risk assessments, and to advise others in determining appropriate management, specifically relating to moving and handling, safe use of equipment, pre-discharge access assessments, and home assessments, ensuring safety during occupational therapy interventions, both in hospital and the patients home.
14. To understand and apply national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care in occupational therapy practice.
15. To take a lead in developing and implementing clinical training programmes and in-service training for occupational therapy staff and other professionals.
16. To lead the occupational therapy critical care follow-up clinic service through the provision of occupational therapy assessment, interventions and social-prescribing, including: onwards referrals; specialist condition management; cognitive assessment; and vocation rehabilitation advice for caseload.

Managerial

1. To operationally lead and manage designated occupational therapy staff within the critical care teams, including delegation for the clinical specialist occupational therapist. This includes providing effective guidance, supervision and performance management, including the education and management of students on practice placements.
2. To comply with relevant legislation such as Health and Safety, Medical Devices and Data Protection Act, in particular relation to provision of hoists, related accessories, and manual handling equipment.
3. To support the clinical specialist and occupational therapy critical care team (and wider occupational therapy department) to champion staff wellbeing, encourage reporting of areas of concern, and promote access to trust support structures where required.
4. To contribute to the Trusts, Directorates and Teams Clinical Governance and Quality assurance programmes, setting and monitoring practice standards within the occupational therapy service, and in liaison with interdisciplinary colleagues.
5. To inform the occupational therapy service of changes in clinical practice which may influence occupational therapy service delivery, business planning and strategic reviews, to support the delivery of the annual occupational therapy plan, meeting agreed objectives.
6. To ensure accurate and up-to-date records of all professional judgements, decisions taken, and related statistical information, are kept and reported in accordance with occupational therapy policies for both inpatient and outpatient services (critical care clinic).
7. To participate, as required, in the recruitment selection and induction of junior occupational therapy staff.
8. To participate in the operational planning and implementation of policy and service development within occupational therapy, and critical care, leading on delegated projects.
9. To undertake any other duties not listed, commensurate within the Band 7 grade.

Communication

1. To articulate and work to the value-base and principles which underpin occupational therapy practice, representing the unique role of occupational therapy in relation to interdisciplinary working.
2. To understand and effectively communicate at an advanced level, the emerging role of occupational therapy in critical care, and promote the benefits of the role, including latest evidence-base and guidelines, to the wider MDT.
3. To use advances interpersonal skills to communicate challenging and sensitive information, with regards to prognosis and recovery, ensuring additional measures are taken for vulnerable patients, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
4. Utilise formal and informal reporting mechanisms, including electronic reporting, to ensure effective communication across health and social care, including representation at multidisciplinary collaborative forums and networks.
5. Use effective interpersonal skills to encourage and to motivate patients and carers active participation in the occupational therapy process.
6. Use verbal and non-verbal communication to receive and disseminate complex clinical information in all therapeutic, educational programmes and professional contexts, acknowledging sensitivity, and utilising approaches appropriate to the complexity of the context or culture.
7. Maintain confidentiality consistent with Trust and Service policies.
8. Act as an advocate on behalf of patients and carers, by adopting a client-centred approach, to support meaningful participation in occupations and life roles.

Professional Development

1. To maintain professional status and competence at a senior level, taking responsibility for keeping own knowledge and skills up-to-date, by engaging in and directing continuous professional development and lifelong learning, in line with HCPC professional standards.
2. To actively participate and facilitate internal and external post-registration education programmes.
3. Use supervision monitoring and performance development plans to promote clinical and personal effectiveness of self and others.
4. Share expert acquired clinical knowledge and skills with colleagues and peers, both at a local and national level.

Research Audit and Quality

1. To commit to evidence-based practice by undertaking and contributing to audit projects and research opportunities, relevant to occupational therapy within critical care and the follow-up clinic.
2. To participate in Therapies Directorate research forum and activities, to develop research knowledge and skills base.
3. To develop designated occupational therapy service audit reporting findings and actions, at local and directorate levels.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Masters level or equivalent training in specialist area
• Significant practical experience, research, or publication in specialist area

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of clinical knowledge of the interplay of disease process and functional wellbeing
• Experience should include a varied range of clinical experiences & rotations in an acute hospital setting
• Evidence of continuing professional development and post registration education and training
• Experience of audit/research or service evaluation
• Ability to supervise junior staff and students
• Evidence of a high standard of performance in a range of clinical skills in physical disability and cognitive impairment

Desirable

• Experience in critical care
• Experience in neurology
• Experience in general medicine ie. cardiology/ respiratory
• Outpatient experience
• Symptom-management experience
• Experience of research
• Quality improvement training ie. practitioner level

Other

Essential

• Adherence to Royal College of Occupational Therapy and HCPC guidelines and codes of ethics and professional conduct
• Membership of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
• Reliable work record

Desirable

• Membership of professional body
• Membership of Specialist Section groups ie Critical Care Forum

Skilla and abilities

Essential

• Specialist knowledge, understanding and application of Occupational Therapy process relating to client centred practice
• Specialist knowledge, application and analysis of standardised assessment tools
• Demonstrate sound techniques in applying a wide range of specialist sensory, physical and manual assessments and treatments
• Ability to work autonomously, acting decisively on behalf of self and others, setting own priorities
• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary diagnostic and intervention services
• Ability to manage individual and team performance
• Ability to promote clinical excellence in self and others
• Demonstrate clinical leadership skills and excellent team building skills
• Proven organisational and management skills
• Demonstrates ethical reasoning and critical reflection
• Committed to improve the experience of service users, appreciating complexity of context, culture of equity, diversity belonging
• Proven experience in the training, teaching and supervision of others
• Proven experience in developing and providing education and teaching programmes to other professionals and students
• Ability to apply Clinical Governance principles to practice
• Implementation of national initiatives and legislation relating to Health and Social Care and occupational therapy
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• Ability to positively manage exposure to patients and environments which may be distressing, antagonistic, open to aggression and unpleasant
• Ability to manage and recognise differences of opinion in both patient related and inter-professional settings, coping positively with inter-professional tensions/ barriers
• Demonstrate ability to motivate and manage teams through change positively
• Computer literacy

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly
• Leadership qualities
• Proactive, self-directed, with innovative approach
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interactive skills
• Ability to manage conflict positively
• Acceptance of responsibility for self and others
• Commitment to lifelong learning

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guys and St Thomas Hospital

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE17EH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Able to work independently, managing own workload and prioritising tasks
• Able to work as part of a team, or autonomously in line with standard operating procedures

Communication

Essential

• Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with a wide range of patients, in situations where there may be barriers to understanding (e.g. language difficulties, anxious or distressed patients or relatives).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

16-18 Westmoreland Street

London

W1G 8PH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate diploma in Dental Therapy or equivalent
• Current GDC Registration
• Post Certificate Qualification in Inhalation Sedation (or commitment to undertake on commencement of post)

Experience

Essential

• Relevant technical and specialised experience within the area of special care dentistry
• Relevant knowledge of clinical complications for this care group
• Relevant experience of dental health education
• Participation in audit and clinical governance programmes

Desirable

• Experience of working within remit of Direct Access
• Provision of care in a domiciliary setting
• Management of a range of patients with specialised requirements
• Experience of delivering care under inhalation sedation
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant knowledge of clinical complications for this care group
• Relevant technical and specialised experience within the area of special care dentistry
• Relevant experience of dental health education
• Awareness of different needs of people from differing social and cultural backgrounds, including those with disabilities.
• Knowledge of ethical and legal responsibilities regarding consent, including where the patient does not have capacity to provide this

Desirable

• Provision of care in a domiciliary setting
• Management of a range of patients with specialised requirements
• Immediate Life Support
• Advanced communication techniques e.g Makaton
• Training in Inhalation Sedation
• Clinical Holding Training
• Understanding the role of the Community and Special Care Dental Services

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate time management skills including the ability to work unsupervised.
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to deal with sensitive information and respect confidentiality - in dental and multidisciplinary situations
• Must hold a full valid UK driving license and have access to own transport (or suitable alternative means of transport)
• Must be able to demonstrate experience or capability of: Team working;
• Self-motivation;
• Flexible and adaptable;
• Adaptable in difficult and challenging circumstances.
• Able to cope with challenging, emotional and confrontational situations

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate leadership qualities or experience
• Understanding the role of the Community and Special Care Dental Services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wheata Dental Clinic

Wordsworth Ave

Sheffield

S5 9JH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration or equivalent.
• FRCR/MRCP or equivalent (Entry on the Specialist Register as a clinical oncologist or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the advisory appointments committee)

Desirable

• Higher qualification in Medicine.
• Research degree (MD/PhD).
• Clinical Experience in relevant tumour sites.

Skills

Essential

• Enthusiasm for developing tumour site specialisation and Cancer Services in Kent.
• Ability to organise and manage.

Desirable

• Experience in Clinical Audit and Research.
• Experience in medical education

Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work in a team.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Caring attitude to patients.

Desirable

• An interest and a capacity to teach and learn from members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Dedication to maintaining and developing the cancer care group in co-operation with other hospital departments.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Maidstone Hospital

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.

Provision of psychiatric expertise to the forensic team

To undertake assessments, report writing and participate in multidisciplinary case discussions.

To liaise effectively with primary care and mainstream mental health services.

To have regular clinical supervision with the consultant forensic psychiatrist. It is the post holders responsibility to ensure that this is booked.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
• Section 12/Approved clinician approval

Knowledge & Clinical skills, Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 4 years' full time post graduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time of flexible basis) at least two years of which to be within a psychiatry training programme or as fixed term Specialty Trainee within psychiatry o; or have equivalent experience and competencies.
• Minimum of 6 months experience within forensic psychiatry.
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.

Desirable

• Clinical experience in a range of services within Psychiatry.
• Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to Learning Disability and Forensic.

Academic Skills Lifelong Learning

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate clinical problem solving in interdisciplinary areas
• Possession of good organisational skills
• Be able to actively listen and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
• Has actively participated in clinical audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Beech Unit, Low Secure Unit, Kingsley Green

Harper Lane

Radlett

WD7 9HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible got sponsorship under the Skilled Visa route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential

• BSc Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or recognised UK equivalent (HTECH MPPM)

Desirable

• RCCP or recognised equivalent registration
• BLS/ILS Certificate

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate NHS experience as a student Cardiac Physiologist or qualified Cardiac Physiologist

Desirable

• Evidence of contributing towards service development and education

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Evidence of work in non-invasive diagnostic service (fitting Holters, BP Monitors, performing 12-lead ECGs etc.)
• Keyboard and IT skills.
• Evidence of effective communication skills both written and oral.
• Evidence of ability to work as part of a team
• Evidence of ability to analyse and report ambulatory ECGs

Desirable

• Evidence of ability to assist with diagnostic cardiac catheterisation and PCI including performing pressure wire studies.
• Evidence of ability in performing ETTs.
• Evidence of ability to respond quickly to changing priorities and ability to work to meet deadlines
• Evidence of ability to make decisions within defined boundaries
• Evidence of ability to work without broad procedural, guidelines
• Awareness of wider cardiology procedures such as Echocardiograms and Device implant/follow-up, with demonstratable knowledge

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dorset County Hospital

Williams Avenue

Dorchester

DT1 2JY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dchft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Primary team at HMP Eastwood Park, located near Bristol.

• Onsite parking
• Onsite Caf
• Access to gym

• Monday - Sunday
• Weekdays 7.15am - 7pm
• Weekends - 8.30 - 7.15pm
• Every other weekend
• 4 week rolling rota

Salary

Youll receive an annual salary between £34,428 - £41,658 per annum, depending on experience

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice

Address

Eastwood Park

Wotton-under-edge

Gloucestershire

GL12 8DB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://practiceplushij.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff** UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with Grade C or above in English and Maths.
• Knowledge of the full range of administrative procedures, acquired through training and previous experience of working in an administrative environment.
• Awareness of the requirement to maintain confidentiality, and knowledge of the Data Protection Act.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 4 in Business Administration, Customer Service, Healthcare Support Services or equivalent qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a non-routine environment, with demonstrable evidence of problem solving and resolving issues as they arise (acquired through experience and/or training to Vocational level 4 or equivalent).
• Experience of working in a customer facing environment, resolving queries and using initiative to ensure first-class service delivery.

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience, or experience of working in a healthcare setting.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to make decisions in a constantly changing environment (e.g. clinic setting) using judgement to deal with queries or escalate where necessary.
• Advanced keyboard skills, and competent use of IT.
• Able to deal with sensitive information with tact, diplomacy and understanding.

Communication

Essential

• Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with a wide range of patients, in situations where there may be barriers to understanding (e.g. language difficulties, anxious or distressed patients or relatives).

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties (line managers to elaborate depending on the level of the post and to assess this essential criteria at interview)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospitals

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• RGN, RN or equivalent professional qualification.
• Honours degree in relevant subject
• Advanced physical assessment course (Masters level)
• Recognised mentorship/ teaching course
• Relevant post qualification clinical course (intensive care)
• Evidence of leadership and management development
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Provider
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS/pILS Instructor
• Evidence of involvement in research or QI activity

Desirable

• Masters degree or on Masters pathway or willingness to undertake
• Resuscitation Council (UK) EPALS or ALSG APLS Provider
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a critical care outreach team
• Experience of 'learning from events' understanding of risk management/ governance, investigating incidents, PSIRF framework.
• Understanding of risk management/ governance issues related to resuscitation / deteriorating patients' practices
• Experience of teaching MDT and responding to learners' individual needs.
• Significant experience of working as a band 6 within a Critical Care level 3 service
• Experience in managing deteriorating patients
• Experience in managing cardiac arrests.
• Proven experience of and demonstrates evidence of ability to effectively lead
• Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor

Desirable

• Experience of working within a resuscitation training service
• Evidence of guideline / policy Development
• Participation in quality improvement, research and audit projects, taking responsibility for completion of particular process or outcome measurements

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to competently manage a deteriorating patient/cardiac arrest clinical event.
• Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Able to articulate appropriate and relevant reasons for desire to work in this clinical area
• Able to communicate with all levels of Trust staff
• Able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team
• Presentation skills - ability to effectively present to small and large groups both in formal and informal settings
• Skills used to debrief team after Resuscitation attempts

Values

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving

Communication

Essential

• Able to negotiate effectively with different disciplines
• Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
• Able to communicate effectively and sensitively: both verbally and in writing

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Demonstrates up to date knowledge, self-development and expertise in the specialty
• Reflective in Practice
• Cost effective with resources
• Efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Has an understanding of audit and risk assessments and contribute to the development of strategies
• Can translate national / local polices relating to health care delivery in to resuscitation practice
• Demonstrates awareness of quality improvement, research and evidence - based practice
• Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
• Ability to effectively manage self
• Awareness of quality improvement, research and evidence - based practice

Desirable

• Evidence of guideline / policy Development

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality )

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Flexible approach to work Patterns
• Physically able to attend cardiac arrest calls and assist as a member of the team
• Able to facilitate the safe moving of equipment for training such as manikins
• Good dexterity to carry out emergency procedures e.g. defibrillation, cannulation, arterial blood gas 'stab'
• Ability to work with electronic health record systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospitals

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Honours degree in psychology or related disciplines, and a Doctorate and/or PhD level in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) (acquired as part of the clinical training).
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist by the HPC.
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management
• Knowledge of specialised assessment and therapeutic approaches in a Specialist Paediatric Service.
• Ability to make diagnostic decisions, give second opinions and make differential diagnoses as part of multidisciplinary assessments.
• Knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people living with long term health conditions
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and neuropsychological assessments and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Experience of working with and promoting diversity.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Ability to work with interpreters.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Previous experience of research indicating the ability to conduct research autonomously, with supervision as required.
• Ability to critique and evaluate scientific data and best practice clinical guidelines.
• Advanced IT skills (including video editing, word processing, spreadsheets, statistical packages).

Communication

Essential

• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrates professional and effective verbal and written communication skills including excellent negotiation skills with patients, carers and other health professional staff in service delivery.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS where information may be highly sensitive and there may be barriers to acceptance.
• Evidence of working well in multidisciplinary teams.
• Evidence of effective clinical reasoning in the assessment and management of young people living in complex systems.

Desirable

• Personal and People Development

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Must be able to cope with highly emotive and psychologically challenging demands of working with children/young people with disability and for long periods of time.

Personal and People Development

Desirable

• Skills in supervising other staff.

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties.

Values

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• High standard of written and spoken English
• Educated to Degree level
• Masters or equivalent (or in exceptional circumstance - able to demonstrate significant level of equivalent experience)
• Knowledge and understanding of a range of issues across the NHS and NHS patient agenda

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of operating at a senior operational level (band 8+) within the NHS or similar environment.
• Experience of working closely with stakeholders to inform and implement initiatives
• Significant knowledge and understanding gained through experience of: -Problem solving techniques -Change management techniques -Quality Improvement techniques -Stakeholder management and communications -Risk management and issue resolution -Experience of service redesign and development
• A proven record of success in managing operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
• Experience in managing budgets
• Experience of leading and developing quality assurance and improvement
• Experience of delivering capital projects as part of a multi-disciplinary/-professional project team

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Organisational skills
• Decision-making skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks within agreed time scales
• Able to prioritise objectives and workload
• Commitment to team working and to the development, empowerment and engagement of staff.
• Clear evidence of leadership potential, and the ability to inspire and motivate a team
• Able to build relationships with clinicians and at ease in a clinical environment
• Ability to problem solve
• Able to work flexibly across projects are required and deal with inheriting and managing ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to influence colleagues at a range of levels internally and externally

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Queen Square

London

WC1N 3BG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• a.Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register.
• b.Relevant post-registration programme.
• c.Teaching/Assessment programme.
• d.Diploma/Degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification
• e.Non-medical prescribing qualification.

Desirable

• f.Adult physical assessment qualification.
• g.Completed/completing master's degree.
• h.Management development programme.
• i.Leadership development programme.
• j.Advanced communication course

Experience

Essential

• a.Post registration experience working with patients receiving cancer treatments, including surgery.
• b.Prior relevant post registration experience as a CNS
• c.Experience of clinical audit, quality improvement and evaluating patient outcomes.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• a.Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage a complex workload.
• b.Ability to work autonomously and use initiative in managing complex patient situations

Communication

Essential

• a.Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• a.Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
• b.Evidence of developing & leading nurse led clinics and/or services
• c. Evidence of ability to work collaboratively and autonomously.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College Hospital

25 Grafton Way

London

WC1E 6DB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Attend the weekly Reproductive Medicine clinic where new referrals and follow up patients requiring initial investigation and treatment other than assisted conception are seen.
2. Attend the weekly post Reproductive Medicine clinic meeting.
3. Performing Hysterosalpingograms and Hysterosonography.
4. Understanding the implications of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and practising according to the Code of Practice produced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
5. Counselling patients who require assisted conception about all aspects of their treatment, risks and complications of treatment, legal and ethical issues relating to their treatment, and research projects ongoing within the unit.
6. Being able to undertake the following aspects of a couples assisted conception cycle including scheduling, follicle tracking, egg retrievals, scanning for embryo transfer, intrauterine insemination, follow up counselling, pregnancy scanning, and management of pregnancy/treatment related complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Being available to cover the unit as back up for nurses scanning sessions. The technique used for sperm retrievals will be taught but these occur infrequently and expertise may not be obtained after 1 year. Embryo transfers are taught to one trainee at a time as the technique is highly operator dependent and can influence pregnancy rates. Proficiency at embryo transfer would not normally be obtained until the second year of training in Assisted Conception.
7. Taking part in non-resident on call rota for Assisted Conception Unit by carrying the emergency bleep for patients, covering inpatients on the gynaecology ward at St Thomas Hospital and being available to do scans for embryo transfers and occasional egg collections at weekends.
8. Managing any subfertility / Assisted Conception Unit patients admitted to the gynaecology ward, St Thomas hospital.
9. Presenting at the monthly/twice monthly Patient Information Evenings.
10. Attending weekly IVF clinical meeting and other planning/research/audit meetings held weekly
11. Initiation and taking part in and recruiting patients for research projects within the unit.
12. Contributing to regular audit meetings within the unit and initiating an audit project while in post
13. Active involvement in a research project
14. Teaching Kings College /Guys and St Thomas Trust undergraduates and postgraduates, giving talks at other meetings e.g. patient support groups, GP meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registered
• MRCOG Part 2

Desirable

• Previous experience in research PhD, MD, MSc
• Good Clinical Practise/ Research Training

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of audit activity with benefit to patient care
• Computer literacy
• Teaching under and post graduate
• Ability to work in a multi-professional team.
• Good communication skills.
• Computer Literacy

Desirable

• Competence in gynaecological and early pregnancy ultrasound scanning
• Research publications
• Teaching qualification
• Ability to perform fertility ultrasound scanning, hysterosonography and/or HyCoSy
• Completion of Patient safety and leadership training modules

Experience

Essential

• General obstetrics and gynaecology training for at least 4-5 years

Desirable

• Previous clinical time spent in reproductive medicine and assisted conception
• Understanding of the importance of regulatory compliance, consent, accurate documentation, patient identification, incident reporting and adherence to SOPs within a highly regulated clinical service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity to join Trinity Hospice in a senior operational leadership role, providing maternity leave cover for up to 12 months. The Operational Manager for Clinical Services will work closely with clinical and non-clinical leaders to ensure the continued delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care across a range of hospice services. The postholder will provide day-to-day operational leadership, supporting service managers and team leaders to manage operational challenges, workforce pressures, performance requirements and service improvement initiatives.

The role is responsible for maintaining continuity across a broad range of services and functions, including inpatient and community services, hospital palliative care services, clinical administration, social work, chaplaincy, service access functions and other associated support services. Working collaboratively across teams, the postholder will help ensure services remain responsive, resilient and focused on delivering the highest standards of care and support for patients, families and carers.

A key aspect of the role is providing oversight of governance, quality and risk management activities. This includes supporting investigations, incidents, complaints, audits, safeguarding, policy development and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring that learning and actions are effectively implemented and embedded across services. The postholder will contribute to regulatory preparedness and assurance activities, helping to maintain compliance and promote a positive culture of continuous improvement.

The Operational Manager will monitor service performance and support the production of regular reports, dashboards and performance information for senior leadership and the Board of Trustees. This includes analysing operational, workforce and quality data to support service planning, decision-making and improvement activities.

The role also includes operational oversight of a number of key contracts, service level agreements and partnership arrangements, working collaboratively with external organisations including NHS partners, local authorities and other service providers. The postholder will support partnership reviews, monitor performance and ensure that any risks, concerns or opportunities for improvement are appropriately escalated and managed.

Working closely with managers and team leaders, the postholder will support workforce planning, recruitment, induction, performance management, staff development and wellbeing initiatives. They will provide visible, values-led leadership, promoting collaboration, accountability and a positive working culture across services.

The postholder will be expected to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and external partners, representing Trinity Hospice professionally and contributing to operational, partnership and service development meetings as required.

As part of the senior leadership team, the successful candidate will participate in the hospice senior management arrangements, including the out-of-hours management on-call rota, providing operational leadership and support when required.

The full Job Description is attached.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisation, prioritisation and workload management skills, with the ability to manage competing operational, people, governance and reporting priorities.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear reports, updates, action plans and service narratives.
• Strong analytical and judgement skills, with ability to interpret workforce, quality, finance, risk and performance information and make practical recommendations.
• Ability to build relationships, influence, negotiate and work diplomatically across clinical, non-clinical and external partner boundaries.
• Ability to investigate incidents, complaints and concerns, identify themes, support root cause analysis and translate learning into improvement actions.

Desirable

• Project/programme management skills or experience using structured improvement methodologies.
• Experience presenting to senior managers, trustees, commissioners or external partners.
• Advanced Excel, dashboard, data visualisation or digital reporting skills.
• Coaching, mentoring or facilitation skills.
• Formal investigation, quality improvement or governance training.

Qualifications

Essential

• Leadership/management qualification or equivalent senior operational management experience.
• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare, hospice, palliative care or comparable regulated service environments.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent CPD in leadership, management, people practice, business, quality, governance or healthcare.
• Knowledge of NHS/community healthcare structures and contract/SLA arrangements.

Personal Attributes and Values

Essential

• Compassionate, values-led and professional approach aligned to Trinity Hospice values.
• Calm, flexible and resilient in a complex, changing environment.
• Able to work autonomously within agreed accountability and escalation arrangements.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, confidentiality and safeguarding.

Desirable

• Experience working within a values-led charitable or hospice environment.
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Significant operational management experience in a healthcare, hospice, charity, NHS or comparable regulated setting.
• Experience of managing and supporting services across multiple teams or workstreams.
• Experience of service improvement, change management, pathway development, workforce planning and capacity/demand analysis.
• Experience of contract, SLA, provider or partnership management, including review meetings, performance oversight and escalation of risks or service issues.
• Experience of KPI monitoring, performance reporting, report writing and preparing information for senior leadership or Board-level audiences.
• Experience of line management or management support, including recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, absence, capability and performance processes.

Desirable

• Experience in specialist palliative care, end of life care, hospice services or community/hospital interface services.
• Experience of digital transformation, dashboard/reporting development, e-rostering or clinical system improvement.
• Experience managing or supporting contracts/SLA arrangements for pharmacy, social work, chaplaincy, psychology, hospital palliative care or similar multidisciplinary support services.
• Experience of producing business cases, options appraisals, quality account statements or strategic action plans.
• Experience supporting staff wellbeing, resilience-based supervision, team development or organisational development initiatives.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Trinity Hospice

Address

Low Moor Road

Blackpool

Lancashire

FY2 0BG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.trinityhospice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

Dispense medicines and appliances following standard operating procedures. Whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or about the dose or labelling instructions to check with a GP.

Endorse prescriptions in accordance with NHS Prescription Services requirements.

Keep up-to-date with new drugs / medicines and changes in legislation.

Complete significant event forms and ensure colleagues complete significant event forms correctly and in a timely manner.

Liaise with patients, providing advice and guidance as required to promote compliance.

Promptly forward all invoices and dispensary related correspondence to the practice manager according to practice protocol.

Take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins that may be received from time to time.

Answer the telephone promptly and deal with prescription requests.

Issue prepared prescriptions.

Process prescription requests.

Operate efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the dispensary with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage.

Ensure that drugs are received and stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

Ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and maintaining the temperature control record/logbook.

Clean work surfaces and shelving on a regular basis and ensuring that all dispensary equipment is kept clean and kept in good working order.

Maintain full and accurate records of all dispensing transactions.

Keep records of prescriptions sent to community pharmacies where required.

Check for and process email (online) prescription requests.

Collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the FP10 is dully filled in and signed by the patient or their representative.

Receive monies on behalf of the Practice and keep a record of all the financial transactions.

Provide an efficient and caring home delivery service to patients where requested.

Maintain full and accurate computerised records for all dispensing transactions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 2 in Dispensing (or equivalent)
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Desirable

• NVQ level 3 in dispensing (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a dispensary, pharmacy, or healthcare environment.
• Experience handling confidential patient information.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Previous experience in a GP practice dispensary.

Requirements

Essential

• You must hold a full driving licence, with access to a vehicle.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mowbray House Surgery

Address

Mowbray House Surgery

Malpas Road

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8FW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://mowbraygroupsurgeries.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)