Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties of the post

The anaesthetic department uses a rolling 12 week rota.

The department welcomes those who wish to work flexibly; within their job plan the post holder will be expected to undertake the minimum of 2 sessions/week GA lists; one PAAU clinic/week; and an equitable share of on call duties during the day (062).

The Anaesthetic Department

The department provides anaesthetic services for general, ophthalmic, maxilla-facial, ENT, urological, orthopaedics and gynaecological surgery. We have 7 operating theatres (4 main, 2 in a separate day case unit, 1 eye satellite unit) and a dedicated obstetric theatre.

We also provide anaesthetic and resuscitation services to obstetrics, paediatrics, radiology, ECT and the ED. The relative geographical isolation means that all anaesthetists must maintain a wide range of core skills in order to be able to safely deliver these low frequency but high impact services

We are currently 17 consultants and 17 specialty doctors/ Specialist. We have a single training post in anaesthesia (which is at present occupied by a FY2 post in Intensive Care) and also have a training commitment to several ED doctors undertaking consultant accreditation via the CESR route as well as a constant influx of medical students.

The Department operates a mentor scheme for all new appointees.

Allied Services

We have 7 operating theatres (4 main, 2 in a day case unit, 1 satellite eye theatre) and a dedicated obstetric theatre.

Pre-Assessment

The nurse led pre-assessment process of all elective patients is well established at St Marys Hospital. There is a daily consultant anaesthetic clinic available to review anticipated difficult cases and to communicate potential problems to colleagues.

Obstetrics

The Maternity unit has about 1200 deliveries per year with an epidural rate of approximately 25% and a caesarean section rate of around 17%. The Anaesthetic department provides Consultant cover in hours to the labour ward. Out of hours there is a dedicated specialist doctor to provide anaesthesia for obstetrics.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

We have daily multidisciplinary ward rounds with colleagues from pharmacy, microbiology, dietitians, and physiotherapists. The unit admits about 400 patients a year. The majority (70%) are critically ill adult medical patients.

We have up to date equipment, monitoring and ventilators that can be expected from a general high quality intensive care unit.

The Trust is currently developing an ICU follow up service and enhanced care provision for level 1+ patients. There is ample opportunity for the post holder to be involved in these developments.

Critical care outreach is well established, and this nurse delivered service also leads the hospital at night team, providing 24/7 cover in supporting amongst other things the referring teams in timely assessment and referral of critically ill patients. This team has strong links to ICU as well as an expanded role throughout the hospital and is playing a pivotal role in many aspects of keeping patients safe.

Tertiary ICU services including paediatric the regional neurological unit are based in Southampton. Initial assessment, resuscitation and stabilisation of these patients involves the anaesthetic team. Due to the remote location the anaesthetic team may also be involved in transfer by helicopter or ferry to mainland services.

Medical staffing consists of 7 consultants, each of whom undertake weeks on ICU. There is a resident SAS doctor 24/7 as well as an FY2 trainee post. Out of hours the consultant support is shared with the anaesthetic department. To strengthen the ICU specialist advice out of hours there are weekend morning ICU consultant ward rounds.

The medical team run regular M&M and consultant team meetings to ensure high quality standardised care. There are well established links to PUHT ICU educational meetings and attendance at their educational meetings is encouraged.

Acute Pain Service (APS)

The APS is provided by a consultant anaesthetist and a full-time acute pain nurse, supported by ward-based link nurses. As well as a clinical service, it provides teaching and education for medical and nursing staff.

Post-operative pain is managed in a variety of ways including PCA and PCEA. Ultrasound guided nerve and plexus blockade are also commonly employed techniques. We have recently invested in several state-of-the-art ultrasound machine and developed a protocol for local anaesthetic wound/nerve catheter infiltration postoperatively.

Chronic Pain Service (CPS)

This is an outpatient service open to GPs for malignant and non-malignant pain syndromes. It is provided by a team of two consultants and 1 Specialist from the Department, a Clinical Psychologist and part-time Nurse Specialist, as well as Specialist Physiotherapists providing Physical Therapy and Acupuncture sessions.

The Earl Mountbatten Hospice provides malignant pain control, respite services and terminal care and cooperates closely with the Hospital CPS.

The service runs a Pain Management and a Functional Restoration Program on the Island.

Job Planning and Appraisal

Post holders will take part in Annual Appraisal and performance review against objectives as well as specific requirements laid out above.

Person Specification

Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

• Participation in audit relevant to specialty.
• Can demonstrate understanding of clinical research.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate implementation of change from audit cycle.
• Has undertaken and published research in peer reviewed journal or presented at regional/national level.

Teaching

Essential

• Commitment to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.

Desirable

• ALS / ATLS APLS Instructor

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council and licence to practise by date of appointment.
• Entry on the GMC specialists register or be within six months of obtaining CCT at time of interview.
• Fellowship of the RCoA or equivalent.
• Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant speciality in the Speciality Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.

Desirable

• Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a high level of competence and anaesthetic skill
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Broad exposure to general anaesthesia including paediatrics, obstetrics and ICU.
• Understanding and experience of peri operative medicine

Desirable

• Post CCT experience in anaesthesia
• Experience in Regional techniques esp. Upper limb blocks
• Managing others with the ability to exhibit appropriate leadership; empowering others, leading by example and leading through change

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

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Newport, Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants should be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the point of interview. Candidates should be suitably qualified, including eligibility for Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status.

This is a 10 PA Consultant post in Sunderland Older Adult Community CTT.

The Consultant in post will work closely with the community team which is made up of core located members of the local authority and Northumberland Tyne and Wear foundation trust. The post holder will provide senior expertise in assessment and treatment of older adults with psychiatric, behavioural problems related to mental health difficulties. The post holder will work closely with our colleagues in primary care, crisis team and inpatient unit.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of Englands finest areas of natural beauty.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• Included on GMC Specialist Register (General Psychiatry) or eligible for inclusion, or a trainee within six months of CCT
• Approved under Section12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Approved Clinician Status

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field
• Has undergone training in educational supervision
• Has undergone training in appraisal

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge in the field of Psychiatry
• Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation

Desirable

• An area of special interest relevant to the post as demonstrated by publications or presentations to learned societies

Experience

Essential

• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Wide clinical experience in general adult psychiatry in different clinical settings
• Experience of Clinical Audit

Desirable

• Experience in multiagency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies
• Experience in service management or development

Skills

Essential

• High level of clinical skills
• Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders in Adult Psychiatry
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent teaching skills
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a time efficient manner

Desirable

• Established record of clinical leadership
• Established ability as a clinical teacher
• Training in specific and relevant treatment skills eg a brief form of psychological therapy

Personal Characteristics

Essential

• Able to sustain self and support others
• Trustworthiness
• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
• Maturity, openness and flexibility

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

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Monkwearmouth Hospital

Sunderland

SR5 1NB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group health coaching support for people with one or more long-term conditions, based on what is important to them, with the aim of: improving peoples knowledge, skills, confidence in managing their condition/s, empowering people to manage their own health and improve their health outcomes.and support them in making changes in their health related behaviour.
• Manage and prioritise a caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals in the caseload. It is vital that you have a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to other health professionals/agencies, when what the person needs is beyond the scope of the health and wellbeing coach role e.g. when there is a mental health need requiring the patient to be referred to an appropriately qualified practitioner.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary multi-agency team to promote health coaching and to be ambassadors for Personalised Care and Supported Self-Management, modelling the coaching approach in their work.
• Ensure that GPs, practice nurses, practice pharmacists and other members of the primary care team understand the Health and Well-being Coach role, how to refer to them, and which patients may particularly benefit from health coaching.
• Support local health, social care and voluntary sector professionals to make appropriate referrals to the service. Promote and raise awareness of the health coaching service particularly to groups and communities that experience barriers to access.
• Attend and contribute to team, practice, and PCN meetings and events as required by the service.
• Work flexibly, adapting to the needs of the service and client group while maintaining the integrity of the role.
• Contribute to and take part in health coaching train-the-trainer workshops in order to spread health coaching skills to support a mindset shift among staff in how they have conversations, integrating a health coaching approach into how they work with people and each other, and to strengthen a shift towards enabling a compassionate and coaching culture in their organisation.
• Collect service user experience and impact of health coaching as part of the delivery of personalised care. Participate and collect information that measures the impact of health coaching as an intervention that supports embedding personalised care into local health systems e.g. collect data entry relating to the health coaching activity in GP, Local Authority, and hospital clinical systems or other systems, as required.

Key Tasks

Provide personalised support

• Meet people on a one-to-one or group consultation basis, by phone, video conference, or face-to-face.
• Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to the person.
• Build trust and respect with the person, providing non-judgemental and non-discriminatory support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices.
• Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets.
• Use a structured framework/model approach to coach individuals across a series of sessions to: identify whats important to them; set personal goals and appropriate steps; build skills and confidence to achieve goals; and use problem-solving to work through challenges.
• Work with the principles of self-management to actively support:

Shared decision making with healthcare professionals.

Effective engagement with personalised health and care plans.

proactive engagement with self-management education and peer support;

Proactive engagement with self-management education and peer support.

Proactive engagement with social prescribing, connecting people to community-based activities which support their health and wellbeing.

Proactive engagement with individually sourced activities and support.

Access to a care-coordinator and/or a personal health budget, where needed.

Referrals

• Promote health coaching, its role in supported self-management as a part of personalised care, in addressing health inequalities and the wider determinants of health.
• As part of the PCN multidisciplinary team, build relationships with staff in GP practices within the local PCN, attending relevant multidisciplinary meetings, giving information and feedback on health coaching.
• Be proactive in developing strong links with all local organisations to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.
• Work in partnership with local agencies to raise awareness of health coaching and how improving peoples knowledge, confidence, skills can enable them to improve their ability to manage their long-term conditions and reduce reliance on clinical services.
• Provide referral organisations with regular updates about health coaching, including information on how to encourage appropriate referrals.
• Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of health coaching on referral agencies.
• Be proactive in encouraging equality and inclusion and case-finding, through self-referrals and connecting with all diverse local communities, particularly those communities that statutory bodies may find hard to reach.

General Tasks

Gathering and Reporting Information

• Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to gather key information, enabling tracking of the impact of health coaching on their health and well-being.
• Encourage people, their families and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of health coaching on their lives.
• Support referral organisations to provide appropriate information about the person they are referring. Provide appropriate feedback to referral agencies about the people they referred.
• Work closely within the multidisciplinary team and with GP practices within the PCN to ensure that the relevant SNOMED codes to record activity are inputted into clinical systems (as outlined in the Network Contract DES), adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.

Supervision/ Professional development

• Have access to relevant GPs to discuss patient related concerns, and be supported to follow appropriate safeguarding procedures.
• Have access to individual and group coaching supervision from a suitably qualified or experienced health coaching supervisor.
• Know and adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, vulnerable adults, lone working, information governance, equality, diversity and inclusion training and health and safety.

Miscellaneous

• Establish strong working relationships with GPs and practice teams and work collaboratively with other Health and Well-being Coaches, Care Coordinators and Social Prescribing Link Workers, supporting each other, respecting each others views and meeting regularly as a team.
• Act as a champion for health coaching as a part of the PCNs personalised care offer for patients and organisations.
• Demonstrate a flexible attitude and be prepared to carry out other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time within the general character of the post or the level of responsibility of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Identify opportunities and gaps in the service - and review risks and issues that could impact on service delivery - and provide feedback to continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
• Contribute to the development of policies and plans relating to equality, diversity and health inequalities.
• Work in accordance with the practices and PCNs policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the wider aims and objectives of the PCN to improve and support Primary Care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable skills in supporting behaviour change.
• IT literate, including ability to use all Microsoft platforms (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint etc).
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of working with confidential information and an understanding of service user confidentiality.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Working in a multi-disciplinary setting where influence and negotiation is required.
• Knowledge/familiarity with medical terminology.
• Working in a busy and demanding environment whilst delivering in a timely manner.
• Understanding of current issues facing the NHS.

Desirable

• A minimum of two years Primary Care experience.
• Experience of EMIS Web and other clinical systems such as AccuRX.
• Experience of using coaching approaches/frameworks and models or
• other helping strategies e.g. Motivational Interviewing.
• An understanding of the psychophysiology model of health and the social determinants of health.
• Experience of successful partnership working across statutory, voluntary and community sector.

Qualifications

Essential

• Be willing to attend training with a non-clinical Supported self management health coaching skills programme (minimum 4 days) by a Personalised Care Institute (PCI) accredited trainer or organisation prior to taking referrals.

Desirable

• Coaching/counselling qualification/experience or other relevant qualification/experience involving reflective listening skills relevant training and experience in non-clinical Supported Self-Management (SSM) Health Coaching through a PCI-accredited organisation.

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

• Kind, reflective and self-aware.
• Demonstrates their belief that people have untapped resources within them that can only be unleashed by providing a non-judgemental and empowering service.
• Starts with what is working well and takes an asset-based approach (able to work from strengths) in all their interactions with people, colleagues and the communities we serve.
• Excellent communicator and influencer (able to build rapport with people easily).
• Operates with integrity and openness.
• Values diversity and difference.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development.
• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• A good understanding of the evidence base and development of self-management in the UK Understanding of the importance and process of helping people with long-term conditions to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their health and the range of models and tools available.
• Understanding how to apply health coaching in group settings.
• Able to work within a psychophysiology model, using a range of tools and techniques to enable and support people, such as agenda setting, goal setting,problem solving.
• Demonstrable skills in supporting behaviour change.
• Excellent group and one-to-one facilitation skills including conflict resolution.
• Skilled in active and reflective listening, building trust and rapport quickly.
• Good people management skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and act decisively and ask for help when needed.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and web-based services.
• Ability to travel across multiple sites.

Desirable

• Proficient speaker of another language to aid communication with people in the community for whom English is a second language.

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

North Sedgemoor PCN

Address

Axbridge & Wedmore Medical Practice

The Surgery, Houlgate Way,

Axbridge,

Somerset

BS26 2BJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage, appraise and give clinical supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework

To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant

To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients

To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department

To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service

To participate in annual appraisal for consultants

To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct

To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation

To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management

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.

To provide high quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients in the acute care and locked rehabilitation settings.

To work closely with multidisciplinary teams to help deliver person-centred care to patients.

To foster close collaborative therapeutic relationships with patients and carers to deliver person-centred care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

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

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sherwood Oaks

Sherwood Avenue

Mansfield

NG18 4GW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Part III or 13 of NMC live register
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. The Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Postgraduate/Masters level
• Leadership training/qualification/experience

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring.
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills.

Desirable

• Effective IT skills to use computer systems

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held.

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

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West End

Hessle Road

Hull

HU13 9NW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

See JD for full Job Description

Essential criteriaincludes:

• Excellent judgement with the ability to analyse complex communications and engagement issues and advise on the best course of action

• Confidence andexpertiseto provide advice to senior directors and managers, with the ability to provide challenge as appropriate

• Able to provide and receivehighly complex, sensitive information, where co-operation and agreement arerequired

• Skilled at creating and delivering presentations for use across a range of audiences, including staff, managers,stakeholdersand the media

• Confident using a range of digital communications software, including eMarketing, web publishing, dataanalyticsand video editing tools

• Able to juggle multiple priorities,demonstratingpositivity, creativity, flexibility and openness tonew ideas and change

Person Specification

Education/ Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's degree, or equivalent level of experience in a communication and/or engagement role
• Evidence of continuing professional development or training, with sound knowledge of best practice as it relates to communications and engagement.
• Good understanding of the role of the ICB and ICS within the wider NHS, including current issues and challenges and the wider political and public sector context.
• Good understanding of engagement approaches and methodologies, including co -production, direct involvement, outreach engagement and reaching seldom heard voices.
• Good understanding of all aspects of communications, including strategic planning, media and public affairs, digital communications, campaigns, marcomms and internal communications.

Desirable

• Experience of working in the NHS or wider public sector
• CIM/CIPR qualification, specialist engagement or consultation qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of developing and delivering strategic communications and engagement plans with tangible evidence of effective delivery and measurable impact.
• Experience of giving professional communications and engagement advice to senior leaders .
• Experience of using a range of digital channels and techniques to reach and engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of delivering a robust approach to reactive and proactive media and public affairs .
• Experience of advising on and/or delivering patient and public engagement (PPE) activity to support communications and engagement objectives, with up-to-date knowledge and understanding of best practice.
• Experience of managing suppliers to deliver communications and engagement activity.

Skills, & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisational, project management, performance management and financial management skills with a methodical approach to ensuring best quality.
• Ability to work at both a strategic and operational level and to take a long-term view while juggling day-today, unforeseen or time sensitive tasks
• Ability to bring people together around shared plans and priorities, with the expertise and gravitas to coordinate communications and engagement activity across an assigned portfolio.
• Ability and/or experience of working within or managing a corporate brand, including ensuring all communications and content is accessible to everyone and reflective of our diverse communities.

Communication

Essential

• Excellent communications skills, including oral, written and presentation skills
• Exceptional editorial, copywriting, and story -telling skills, with a meticulous attention to detail and the creativity to translate complex ideas into engaging, people focused content.
• Excellent inter -personal, persuasion and negotiating skills with the ability to form and maintain productive, professional working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and groups
• Ability to translate communications and engagement requirements to a technical brief and to work with internal and external suppliers to develop communication solutions, with excellent project management skills.
• Excellent professional judgement, with the emotional intelligence and political astuteness to manage contentious or sensitive issues, ensuring the communications response is measured and thoughtful.
• Ability to act as a champion for patients and residents, ensuring that their voice influences decision making.
• Ability to work to the highest standards, demonstrating resilience to pressure, a willingness to adapt quickly to changing situations, work flexibly and retain due professionalism at all times.
• Ability to navigate challenges and stay on course, with the tenacity and drive to prioritise actions and make things happen

Effort factors

Essential

• Mental Effort: frequent interruption, intense concentration when reviewing/writing documents/data, presenting at board meetings.
• Emotional Effort: imparting unwelcome news to staff or stakeholders, including journalists, exposed to difficult/emotional meetings where responses may be hostile or antagonistic.

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Commitment to the values and principles of system working agreed across WNL.
• Ability to actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion within all areas of responsibility.

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

West and North London ICB

Address

Marylebone Road

London

NW1 5JD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westandnorthlondon.icb.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

• 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

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

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
• Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
• Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
• Hand hygiene standards for self and others
• Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure
• Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
• Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
• Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
• Maintenance of own clean working environment
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers
• Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
• Maintenance of sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree - Primary medical qualification (e.g. MBBS, MBChB) recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC). GMC Registration - Full and unrestricted registration with the GMC, including a licence to practise. NHS Performer List - Inclusion on the England (or relevant UK nations) Medical Performers List. MRCGP Qualification - Successful completion of MRCGP (Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners) or equivalent for CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in General Practice.

Desirable

• Diplomas or certificates in areas such as: - DRCOG (Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) - DFSRH (Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare) - Diploma in Dermatology, Minor Surgery, Mental Health, etc.

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

City Way Medical Practice

Address

65 – 67 City Way

Rochester

ME1 2AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure safe and effective clinical/educational practice.

To enhance the patients experience

To manage and develop the performance of the team

Learning and development.

To ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisations objectives

For full details please see the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree Level qualification
• Current NMC professional registration

Experience

Essential

• Band 6 experience
• Experience supporting education in the clinical setting
• Evidence of further and continuous professional development (CPD)

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

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Direct Clinical & Participant Care:

Support smooth study delivery: recruit, screen and enrol participants into clinical studies within Professor Chius study portfolio.

Act as a primary point of contact for study participants, providing clear guidance, support, and reassurance throughout their enrolment.

Take detailed clinical histories and collect highquality samples following enrolment including phlebotomy, microbiological sampling from various participant sites, and assist with surgical/dermatological procedures.

Guide participants through study procedures, ensuring excellent communication and participant experience.

Monitor participants during study visits and inpatient stays, ensuring their wellbeing and quickly escalating concerns to study physicians.

Identify, record, and report adverse events promptly to maintain participant safety.

Prepare for and undertake clinical study visits within the Imperial College Research Facility (ICRF).

Participant Recruitment & Study Delivery:

Recruit, screen, and enrol volunteers, ensuring all inclusion/exclusion criteria are met.

Explain study procedures clearly, ensuring participants feel informed, comfortable, and valued.

Support volunteers through every stage of the study journeyfrom first contact to followup.

Clinical Data & Documentation:

Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality clinical documentation in medical/research notes.

Enter and manage clinical data and case report forms in line with GCP, GDPR, and data protection standards.

Help maintain secure storage and backup of participant information in line with College, Sponsor and NHS policies.

Operational & Team Support:

Work closely with the Senior Research Nurse and Project Manager(s) to ensure smooth day-to-day running of the research delivery, including development and refinement of study processes, SOPs and participant-focused pathways.

Contribute to recruitment progress of participants, including recruitment strategies and communication with participants.

Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team within Professor Chius group and provide support to colleagues when needed.

Work closely with the laboratory team to ensure high-quality samples are collected and analysed as part of the study protocols.

Training & Professional Development:

Keep up to date with clinical research standards, respiratory infection knowledge, and national regulations.

Attend training, team meetings, and professional development opportunities.

Maintain NMC registration and uphold all aspects of the Code of Professional Conduct.

Additional Duties:

Carry out administrative tasks appropriate for a Band 6 role.

Adhere to College and NHS policies and always maintain patient confidentiality.

As an Agenda for Change post, continue NHS career and pension progression while holding an honorary clinical contract aligned to your experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse (minimum 2 years post experience in relevant area)
• Examples of relevant area such as Clinical Research, infectious disease, A&E, ICU, infection prevention and control, immunology/respiratory or general medicine.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of up-to-date professional development.
• Independently able to collect blood and other samples such as nasal swabs.

Desirable

• Previous clinical research experience.
• Experience handling, storing, or processing human/microbiological samples.
• Experience using electronic databases/eCRFs.
• Experience in assisting with bronchoscopy procedures.
• Experience in managing a patient with an infection.

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

Imperial College London

Address

Du Cane Rd, London

London

W12 0NN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ESTHER Coach will work directly and exclusively in the PSEH Division whilst also delivering the role in partnership with the ESTHER Programme Lead.

The ESTHER Coach will support teams to establish, develop and sustain Esther Cafe's, creating safe and inclusive spaces where people using services, carers and staff can learn together from real experiences of care. The postholder will gather and share stories, identify themes and opportunities for improvement, and support services to translate learning into meaningful action.

Working under the leadership of the Chair of the PSEH User Engagement, Lived Experience & Co-production Sub Group and alongside the ESTHER Programme Lead, the postholder will help develop a network of ESTHER Champions across services and support the delivery of the wider ESTHER programme. They will act as a bridge between lived experience and operational teams, ensuring that people's stories, experiences and priorities remain at the heart of service development, delivery and improvement.

The role will promote collaborative working, continuous learning and person-centred improvement across organisational boundaries, ensuring that the voices of people using services influence how care is designed, delivered and evaluated.

A key part of the role will be co-chairing the divisional Service User Engagement and Co-production Subgroup alongside a staff co-chair. The postholder will also undertake visits to services across the division to promote engagement activity, support the development of Esther Cafe's and help teams use learning from people's experiences to inform quality improvement.

The postholder will work independently across a range of services, teams and care settings within the division. They will build constructive working relationships with service users, carers, staff and community partners to support meaningful involvement in service development, delivery and improvement.

The postholder will use judgement, initiative and practical knowledge of engagement and co-production to identify opportunities to strengthen service user involvement, reduce barriers to participation and support services to make better use of lived experience feedback.

The postholder will organise and manage their own workload across multiple services and workstreams, working within agreed objectives and reporting progress to their line manager.

Communication and Engagement -

*Build effective working relationships with staff, service users, carers, community organisations and stakeholders.

*Present stories, themes, feedback and learning to relevant meetings and groups.

*Communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.

*Maintain accurate records of activities, actions and outcomes.

*Use Trust communication systems and digital platforms appropriately.

*Participate in supervision, mentoring and development opportunities.

Professional Responsibilities -

*Work within Trust policies, procedures and professional boundaries.

*Maintain confidentiality and information governance standards.

*Promote equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.

*Undertake relevant ESTHER training and development.

*Participate in supervision, appraisal and continuing professional development.

Act as a positive role model for person-centred practice, lived experience involvement and co-production

Working with the ESTHER Programme Lead

*Work closely with the ESTHER Programme Lead to support delivery of the divisional ESTHER programme.

*Support the implementation of ESTHER priorities, objectives and improvement initiatives.

*Meet regularly with the ESTHER Programme Lead to review progress, share learning and identify opportunities for development.

*Assist with the development and growth of Esther Cafe's across services.

*Support the recruitment, development and networking of ESTHER Champions.

*Share stories, themes and learning gathered from people using services, carers and staff to inform programme priorities.

*Work with the ESTHER Programme Lead to ensure learning from Esther Cafe's and lived experience activity is translated into meaningful service improvements.

*Act as an ambassador for the ESTHER programme and its values.

Support the Chair of the PSEH User Engagement, Lived Experience & Co-production Sub Group to build and sustain a network of ESTHER Champions across PSEH.

Influence and support staff across services to adopt ESTHER principles.

Coach and encourage teams to establish and sustain Esther Cafe's

Support staff, volunteers, peer support workers and people with lived experience to participate in ESTHER activities.

Promote the use of stories and feedback as drivers for improvement

Support teams to identify themes and learning from Esther Cafe activity and consider how these may inform local improvement.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 3 Qualification in Health or Social Care related subject or equivalent experience.
• Relevant qualifications or demonstratable competence in a range of IT systems.

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of service user engagement, participation and co-production.
• Understanding of inclusion, accessibility and reducing barriers to involvement.
• Have awareness of person-centred approaches to service improvement.
• Ability to work independently across a range of services and settings.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workloads effectively.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with people from a range of professional and personal backgrounds.
• Good communication, listening and facilitation skills. Able to deliver multi faced information to a wide spectrum of stakeholders.
• Ability to share feedback with others across a range of mediums.
• Ability to identify themes, record actions and communicate learning clearly.
• Ability to use judgement and initiative within agreed boundaries.
• Understanding of the ESTHER model and philosophy.
• Be willing and able to complete the HIOWH ESTHER coaches training.
• Significant lived experience of health, care or support services, either personally or as a carer.
• In depth experience of using lived experience constructively to support improvement, engagement or participation.

Desirable

• Experience of facilitating groups, workshops or meetings.
• Experience of community engagement, peer support or participation work.
• Experience of health, social care, voluntary sector or community settings.
• Experience of presenting learning and feedback to groups.
• Coaching or mentoring skills.
• Experience of supporting change and improvement activities.
• Knowledge of the Esther approach.
• Awareness of quality improvement methods.

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Portsmouth Civic Offices

Guildhall Square

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 2GJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Principle Responsibilities

Clinical

Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement. Make professionally autonomous decisions utilizing knowledge and skills gained via study at Degree and post graduate levels and lengthy experience in a variety of settings.

Proactively assess patients with previously undiagnosed and undifferentiated health care problems.

Assess health care needs, screen patients for risk factors and disease and provide health promotion advice.

Treat patients utilizing highly developed knowledge and skills, or refer to a range of primary and secondary care services as appropriate.

Order and interpret tests and investigations required for diagnosis and management of patients.

Review and monitor care plans and therapeutic interventions appropriate to patient need and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and local guidelines.

Prescribe in an independent and supplementary role and/or supply and administer medicines within competency as appropriate.

Engage with other members of the practice and multidisciplinary team to develop effective, evidence-based care for the practice population.

Contribute to the development of joint standards of care, clinical guidelines and management pathways for utilization within practice.

Maintain a high standard of professional care at all times in accordance with the GMC Code

Work as part of a team to contribute to achievement in the Quality and Outcomes framework.

Training and Education

Maintain own professional and clinical expertise via participation in clinical activities, professional updating and clinical governance activities.

Share professional knowledge and experience with colleagues and health education providers to facilitate the provision of appropriate health care education.

Facilitate professional development of colleagues via identification and dissemination of exemplars of good and innovative practice.

Promote the development of a multidisciplinary approach to health care.

Provide support and guidance to other members of the clinical team

Communication

Actively promote and maintain effective and productive working relationships within the practice and across the wider multidisciplinary team.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and relatives presenting with a variety of health care needs.

Act as an advocate for the patient at all times.

Utilize a variety of communication methods, verbal, email, fax, telephone to communicate complex and sensitive information to colleagues, clients and carers.

Utilize highly developed negotiation, verbal and non verbal communication skills to impart information assess situations and communicate sensitive and/or contentious information to colleagues, carers and clients.

Contribute to and maintain clear systems for recording and retrieving information in concordance with local and national data protection strategies.

Utilize appropriate data collection and storage systems i.e. electronic and written to collect and store patient data.

Ability to utilize practice systems and procedures as appropriate.

Counsel and support colleagues on professional matters.

Contribute to and maintain a culture within the organisation which promotes confidentiality and complies with professional, local and national requirements for data protection.

Utilize appropriate interpretation services as required i.e Language Line.

Research and Audit

Initiate and participate in clinical audit, encourage a practice-wide approach across the whole team, alerting colleagues to findings and the implication of those findings.

Evaluate the outcomes of clinical audit, applying findings to own and the teams practice, leading improvements in practice as the result of audit.

Contribute to the evaluation of relevant research findings to further develop the practice services.

Identify key areas for research/audit; develop appropriate methodology and supervise research outcomes and analysis of findings

Contribute to the development, dissemination, implementation and monitoring of clinical guidelines and care pathways.

Assist the practice manager in shaping and developing services utilizing recent evidence and best practice which reflects the needs of service users, the local health economy, and which responds to local and national health priorities.

Evaluate and audit the clinical practice of self and colleagues by the application of a broad range of valid and reliable methods to ensure competence and continuous quality improvements in both practice and service.

Promote opportunity for health gain by seeking the involvement of service users in opinion seeking activities designed to obtain service user views and promote health living.

Leadership- personal and people development

Contribute to the creation, maintenance and enhancing effective multidisciplinary team working within the practice and across the local health economy.

Promotes and maintain equality and diversity in the workplace, enabling and empowering individuals.

Promote a culture and environment which actively promotes health, safety and security.

Contribute to operational policies and procedures in conjunction with the practice manager for use within the practice.

Ensure adherence to all practice policies and procedures.

Maintain GMC registration and Indemnity insurance.

Team Working

Identify and disseminate best practice through benchmarking, clinical guidelines and research.

Maintain clear systems of communication and referral both within the practice and across services in primary and secondary care.

Provide expert advice and support to practitioners and team members on a regular basis; respond to requests for advice from both within and outside the practice.

Adopt a positive approach to change and provide a clinical perspective on the service delivery within the practice.

Generate proposals for service improvement.

Promote a culture within the practice team which is responsive to change, and whereby opportunities for operational and clinical development are embraced.

Engage in review of services as appropriate as a member of the practice team.

In accordance with departmental Health and Safety Policies:

All employed persons, while at work, are required by Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, to take reasonable care of their own health and safety, and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Management of Risk

Manage and assess risk within own areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients

Ensure infection control measures are adhered to within the practice in accordance with local and national guidelines.

Delegate responsibility for safe storage, stock rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs and oversee the monitoring processes in adherence with practice policies.

To ensure that Garden Lane Security Policy is adhered to, and that staff are aware of their obligations under the policy.

Garden Lane Medical centre operates a Smoking Prevention Policy.

All NHS records are public records under the terms of the Public Records Act 1958 5.3 (1)-(2).

Garden Lane has a Clinical Records Policy outlining the standards required for record keeping and the framework in which you should maintain your records. You should ensure that your record keeping meets the standards required in this policy, accessing the training available if necessary to update your record keeping skills.

This list of duties is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post-holder to meet the changing needs of the post.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Primary care experience.
• Research and audit experience.
• Health and Social needs assessment experience.

Desirable

• Long term conditions/chronic disease management
• Family planning and sexual health
• Health promotion
• Clinical Governance
• Clinical examination and assessment skills
• Knowledge of the wider local and national health care agenda

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with GMC
• Inclusion on Performers List
• Fully trained GP with CCTGP Vocational Training Certificate

Other

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Clinical audit and research
• Ability to work within a team
• Personally motivated.
• Experience of change management.
• Experience of collaborative working.
• Effective team working skills
• Awareness of local and national policy agendas and drivers.
• Decision making skills
• Facilitation skills
• Negotiation skills
• IT and data management
• Car driver
• Flexible

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

Garden Lane Medical Centre

Address

Garden Lane Medical Centre

19 Garden Lane

Chester

CH1 4EN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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