Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties of the role are dealing with patients, face to face, online and over the phone, communication with medical staff, filing correspondence to the clinical system, arranging appointments for patient, the role is very varied and other duties will also be required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• To be eager to learn and have computer and communication skills

Desirable

• none

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

Edmonton Medical Centre

Address

Edmonton Medical Centre

234 Fore Street

London

N18 2LY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.edmontonmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role and duties

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• oGMC Full Registration
• oMRCOG part 1 (ST3-5)/MRCOG (ST6-7).

Desirable

• oDistinction, prizes or honours during Postgraduate training.
• oMRCOG (ST3-5).

Experience

Essential

• oAt least 3 years' post graduate experience in O&G, at least 12 months of which in a large UK acute trust
• oCandidate to have successfully completed ST3 or equivalent competencies in O&G
• oCommitment to clinical excellence

Desirable

• oWell-presented log book or professional portfolio.

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

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Nottingham University Hospital

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

Please be aware that, due to the anticipated high volume of applications, the vacancy will automatically close once 50 applications have been received.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Good standard of general education including English Language & Maths GCSE at level C or above, or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• IT skills

Desirable

• Abillity to problem solve

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel between care settings will be required

Experience and Knowledge Required

Essential

• Working in health and or social care environment
• Understanding of factors that influence health and wellbeing
• Understanding of the implications for, and responsibilities of the post for Risk Management and Safeguarding

Desirable

• Community experience
• MDT or integrated team working
• Palliative Care Experience

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

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Address

Village Surgery Medical Centre

Browning Street

Derby

DE23 8AL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job description which gives an overview of the role but is not exhaustive and will be reviewed at regular periods

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• See attached Job Description and person specification

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a GP surgery. Understanding of Care Navigation

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 Leeds Family Practice

Address

West Lodge Surgery

New Street

Farsley

Pudsey

West Yorkshire

LS28 5DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential

• Confidence in dealing with the public by telephone and in person
• Experience of using Microsoft office packages
• Previous experience in a busy reception
• Education to a high standard
• Relate to public empathy/understanding
• NVQ level 1 in customer services/or equivalent

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Primary Care NHS setting

Receptionist/Telephonist

Essential

• General understanding of the way the NHS functions
• Communication skills, concise accurate, grammatically correct

Desirable

• Previous experience using EMIS and other NHS systems

Receptionist/Telephonist

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Desirable

• Previous experience in Customer services

Language Skills

Essential

• The ability to speak Welsh

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

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Address

West End Medical Centre

Conway Road

Colwyn Bay

LL29 7LS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Digital, IT & Data Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other duties depending on workload and staffing levels.

The Digital, IT & Data Assistant is responsible for:

a. Providing basic support to staff and patients using Anima and escalating more complex queries where appropriate.

b. Supporting staff with routine IT queries and escalating issues where necessary.

c. Support the practice's online presence by assisting with social media posts, updating content, and promoting practice services, campaigns, and patient information.

d. Supporting patient digital engagement initiatives, including promoting the NHS App, Anima, and other online services.

e. Assist with maintaining and updating the practice website, ensuring information is accurate, accessible, and up to date.

f. Support the promotion of Friends & Family Test feedback and assist with the collation of responses.

g. Undertaking routine checks to ensure clinical rooms have the required IT equipment and reporting any faults or shortages.

h. Assisting with the organisation of medical equipment calibration and maintaining accurate records.

i. Assisting with administrative tasks relating to practice projects as directed by the IT & Data Manager or Management Team.

j. Monitoring stocks of IT consumables, including toners and drums, and reporting low stock levels.

k. Helping maintain communication rooms in a tidy, organised, and safe condition.

l. Logging IT faults with external suppliers and monitoring progress of support requests.

m. Maintaining PAT testing records and assisting with the scheduling of annual testing.

n. Updating and maintaining the practice asset register.

o. Assisting with the deployment and setup of IT equipment, including PCs, laptops, phones, and printers.

p. Assisting with the organisation of maintenance visits and contractor access.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of general education, including GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent).

Experience

Desirable

• Experience working in an NHS or healthcare setting.
• Experience using clinical systems such as SystmOne.
• Experience supporting IT equipment or digital systems.
• Knowledge of the NHS App, Anima, or other patient-facing digital systems.
• Understanding of Information Governance and GDPR principles.

Skills

Essential

• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise and manage routine tasks.
• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality.

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

Island City Practice

Address

Lake Road Practice

Nuffield Place

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO1 4JT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.islandcitypractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the Role

Provide expert advanced clinical practice for people living with frailty, multimorbidity, complex needs and high risk of deterioration or avoidable hospital admission.

Lead the clinical and operational delivery of the PCN Proactive Care Team and ensure safe, effective and coordinated working across PCN practices and community settings.

Lead implementation and delivery of the Proactive Care Programmes, including cohort identification, holistic assessment, personalised care planning, named care coordination and outcome monitoring.

Lead care home Enhanced Health in Care Homes activity, ward rounds and MDT working in collaboration with practice GPs, ACPs, care home teams, pharmacists and community services.

Develop Cross Gates PCNs neighbourhood health model by strengthening integration, coordination and communication between primary care, community services, mental health, social care, public health, housing and the voluntary sector.

Use population health management and clinical judgement to target those with greatest unmet need and address health inequalities and wider determinants of health.

Promote prevention, early intervention and proactive care to reduce deterioration, crisis, unnecessary use of reactive services and avoidable hospital admission.

Outline of the Post

1. Advanced Clinical Practice

Advanced assessment and treatment: Independently assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients with complex, undifferentiated, acute and deteriorating presentations in care homes and patients homes.

Independent prescribing: Prescribe, deprescribe and optimise medicines within professional scope, evidence based guidance and local pathways.

Frailty and complex care: Manage frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, cognitive decline, dementia, long term conditions and complex social circumstances using a holistic, person centred approach.

Care-home and home visiting: Lead care home ward rounds, urgent home visits, proactive frailty reviews, anticipatory care planning and escalation planning, working closely with practice clinical teams.

Admission avoidance: Recognise deterioration early, coordinate timely intervention and maximise safe alternatives to hospital where clinically appropriate.

Prevention and Vaccination: Actively support the planning and delivery of seasonal vaccination programmes for care home, housebound and proactive care cohorts, working with Clinical Care Coordinators and PCN clinicians to improve uptake, prevent avoidable illness and reduce the risk of deterioration and hospital admission.

2. Proactive Care and Population Health

Population health management: Use population data, practice intelligence and clinical judgement to identify and prioritise people at greatest risk of deterioration or avoidable admission.

Personalised proactive care: Ensure holistic assessment, personalised care planning, named care coordination and appropriate step-up and step-down of support for the proactive care cohort.

Health inequalities: Target people with greatest unmet need and address wider determinants including housing, debt, isolation, carer pressures and barriers to accessing care.

Prevention: Embed early intervention, self-management, health coaching, social prescribing and community support to help people maintain independence and wellbeing.

3. Clinical Leadership and Team Management

Clinical leadership: Provide visible senior clinical leadership for the PCN Proactive Care Team and act as an expert resource for complex clinical and professional decision-making.

Operational management: Lead the day to day clinical and operational management of the proactive care team, including workload, caseloads, job planning and delivery against priorities.

Supervision and development: Provide clinical supervision, appraisal support, mentoring and workforce development, ensuring staff work within competency, professional and governance frameworks.

Quality and safety: Lead clinical governance, risk management, incident learning, safeguarding, audit and continuous improvement across the service.

4. MDT and Neighbourhood Working

MDT leadership: Chair and clinically lead proactive care and care home MDTs, ensuring clear ownership, timely actions, escalation and follow-up.

Integrated neighbourhood working: Build effective working relationships across primary care, geriatric medicine, LCH community services, respiratory and cardiology teams, mental health, Adult Social Care, Linking Leeds, Housing, the Local Care Partnership and voluntary/community organisations.

System leadership: Support the PCN Clinical Director, GP Lead and PCN Manager to develop neighbourhood health and represent the PCN in relevant partnership forums.

5. Service Development and Delivery

Proactive Care: Lead delivery of the Proactive Care Programmes / Pilots, including service standards, coding, data quality and contractual requirements.

Enhanced Health in Care Homes: Oversee delivery of care home enhanced care, ward rounds, proactive reviews and coordinated MDT support.

Outcomes and performance: Monitor agreed activity and outcomes, including proactive care numbers, unplanned care use and patient experience.

Transformation: Lead pathway redesign and service development across prevention, proactive and reactive care, testing new ways of working and integrating specialist support into neighbourhood teams.

6. Communication, Education and Professional Practice

Communication and influence: Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively, facilitate shared decision making and influence across organisational boundaries.

Education and learning: Provide teaching, mentorship, promote evidence based practice and support research, service evaluation and quality improvement.

Professional practice: Maintain advanced clinical competence, CPD, supervision, appraisal and professional registration, revalidation requirements, and practise in line with relevant legislation, professional standards and organisational policies.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience, including substantial autonomous practice at an advanced clinical level.
• Demonstrable experience managing complete episodes of care for undifferentiated, complex and deteriorating patients, including diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral.
• Experience working with frailty, multimorbidity, complex needs and/or older people in community or primary care settings.
• Experience undertaking home visits and/or care-home clinical reviews or ward rounds.
• Experience of anticipatory care planning, personalised care planning and shared decision-making.
• Significant experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working across health, social care and/or voluntary sector boundaries.
• Experience leading a clinical team, including operational management, supervision, performance management and workforce development.
• Experience leading service redesign, transformation, quality improvement or pathway development.
• Experience using data, audit and outcome measures to monitor service performance and drive improvement.

Desirable

• Experience working within Primary Care Networks and/or integrated neighbourhood teams.
• Experience of Enhanced Health in Care Homes delivery.
• Experience of population health management, risk stratification or proactive care cohort identification.
• Experience of contract/service specification delivery and reporting to commissioners or system partners.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Expert knowledge of advanced clinical practice, clinical reasoning, differential diagnosis and management of complexity.
• Strong knowledge of frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, dementia/cognitive impairment, falls, functional decline and common long-term conditions.
• Knowledge of anticipatory care planning, end-of-life care, treatment escalation planning and admission avoidance.
• Understanding of proactive care, prevention, early intervention, personalised care and the principles of neighbourhood health.
• Understanding of population health management, health inequalities and wider determinants of health including housing, debt and social isolation.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act, consent, information governance and risk management.
• Ability to chair complex MDTs, synthesise multidisciplinary information, allocate actions and maintain clinical oversight.
• Ability to analyse service data, identify trends, evaluate outcomes and translate findings into improvement actions.
• Ability to lead change, influence stakeholders, negotiate across organisational boundaries and build effective partnerships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation of complex information to clinical and non-clinical audiences.
• High level digital literacy, including Microsoft 365 and clinical systems such as SystmOne and/or EMIS.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Proactive Care Frameworks and Models.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with an appropriate UK professional regulator (e.g. NMC or HCPC) relevant to the applicants advanced clinical practice role.
• Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent masters-level advanced practice qualification demonstrating the four pillars of advanced practice.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification with current prescribing competence.
• Advanced clinical assessment / physical examination qualification at postgraduate or masters level.
• Evidence of substantial continuing professional development relevant to frailty, multimorbidity, complex care and advanced practice.
• Leadership or management qualification, or evidence of equivalent senior leadership experience.

Desirable

• Teaching, mentorship, practice educator or clinical supervision qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification in frailty, older people, long-term conditions, palliative care or a related field.

Personable Attributes

Essential

• Visible and credible clinical leader who demonstrates accountability, integrity and sound professional judgement.
• Able to work autonomously while recognising limits of competence and escalating appropriately.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to enable shared decision-making and empower multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing clinical, operational and strategic priorities.
• Resilient, adaptable and able to lead effectively through uncertainty and service change.
• Commitment to person-centred care, prevention, health inequalities and improving outcomes for people with complex needs.
• Commitment to learning, reflective practice, clinical supervision and continuous improvement.

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

Cross Gates Primary Care Ltd

Address

The Grange Medical Centre

999 York Road

Leeds

LS14 6NX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role duties

Medication Management Support:

Collaborate with Clinical Pharmacists and clinicians to adhere to agreed practice prescribing and standard operating procedures.

Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat prescriptions, adjusting quantities, and processing prescriptions in accordance with agreed clinical protocols.

Assist in managing shared care protocols and support Clinical Pharmacists with complex patient cases.

Medication Reviews and Reconciliation:

Support medication reviews/monitoring and medicines reconciliation post-discharge or other transfers of care, particularly focusing on synchronizing medicines for patients transferring between care settings.

Organise necessary monitoring tests prior to Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) as determined by the PCN.

Patient Interaction:

Undertake patient support roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decisionmaking conversations.

Provide a contact point for patients and colleagues with medication related queries, enhancing patient support and care continuity.

Record Management:

Maintain accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer system, recording advice given and actions taken.

Assist the Pharmacist with data analysis related to prescribing behaviour to align with NICE guidance and local clinical commissioning directives.

System Utilisation and Training:

Implement and support the use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD), and online ordering systems to streamline processes and reduce medication wastage.

Provide training and support on the legal, safe, and secure handling of medicines.

Operational Efficiency:

Develop efficient ordering and return processes to minimize medication wastage.

Support the promotion and maintenance of eRD and the optimization of repeat prescribing processes.

Interprofessional Collaboration:

Foster relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration across health and social care sectors including primary care, community pharmacy, and secondary care.

Assist in developing and reviewing medicines audits and practice reception team protocols for general prescription requests to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to focus on clinically complex patients.

Policy and Compliance:

Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes, and other primary care settings.

Assist in reviewing and developing practice policies to meet CQC requirements and support the PCN in delivering on the QIPP agenda, QOF, and locally commissioned enhanced services.

Professional Standards:

Work within competencies and maintain professional indemnity for the role.

Promote a culture that values equality and diversity, complying with relevant policies and actively promoting related issues.

Safety and Safeguarding:

Acquire appropriate levels of safeguarding knowledge and practice required for the post, complying with the organisations safeguarding policies.

Report any infection prevention and control issues to the line manager as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience
• Proven experience as a Pharmacy Technician within a primary care setting, demonstrating familiarity with clinical pharmacy operations and medication management protocols.
• Experience in medication reconciliation, prescription handling, and supporting clinical audits and reviews.

Other Skills

Essential

• Technical Skills
• Proficiency in using clinical computer systems, including Electronic Prescription Ser-vice (EPS) and Electronic Health Records (EHR).
• Skilled in managing, ordering, and dispensing medications in accordance with standard operating procedures and legal requirements.
• Clinical Competencies
• Strong understanding of medication management systems, drug interactions, and contraindications.
• Ability to support clinical pharmacists in conducting Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) and medication synchronisation across care settings.
• Communication Skills
• Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively handling queries from patients and collaborating with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Ability to provide training and support to practice staff on the safe and effective use of medicines and related systems.
• Previous SystmOne & EMIS web software usage is an advantage

Qualifications

Essential

• Educational Background
• Vocational qualification in Pharmacy Technology, NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or equivalent is essential.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or equivalent regulatory body as a Pharmacy Technician (if available).

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

Fuller and Forbes Partnership

Address

Ernesettle Medical Centre

21 Ernesettle Green

Plymouth

PL5 2ST

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

The post-holder will support delivery of the Practice EHCH service in accordance with:

• the current NHS England Network Contract DES;
• the current Enhanced Health in Care Homes framework;
• the Practices agreed care-home operating model;
• the Practice's clinical governance arrangements;
• relevant ICB requirements and local pathways;
• NICE guidance and other national clinical guidance;
• relevant safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty requirements;
• information governance requirements;
• local medicines-management policies;
• relevant CQC requirements and care-home policies; and
• professional standards and regulatory requirements.

The AMP will:

• Participate in scheduled care-home ward rounds as part of the multidisciplinary team and according to the agreed Practice care-home model.
• Work collaboratively with care-home staff to identify residents requiring clinical review, prioritising according to clinical urgency, frailty, risk and agreed care-home processes.
• Contribute to proactive identification of residents at increased risk of deterioration, hospital admission, falls, medication-related harm, malnutrition/dehydration, pressure damage and other significant health risks.
• Contribute to personalised care and support planning, ensuring that the resident's wishes, preferences, capacity, communication needs, clinical needs and goals are considered.
• Support timely clinical assessment of new or returning care-home residents and contribute to the Practice's arrangements for comprehensive assessment and personalised care planning following admission/readmission.
• Review and update care plans where there is a significant change in clinical circumstances.
• Work with the wider MDT to identify appropriate interventions and services that enable residents to remain safely within the care-home environment wherever appropriate.
• Participate in MDT discussions and case conferences for residents with complex or changing needs.
• Support effective communication between the care home, Practice, community services, secondary care, pharmacy, social care and other relevant agencies.
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and monitoring of EHCH activity and outcomes.

The current national framework emphasises integrated working between primary care, community health, social care and care homes, with personalised care and support at the centre of the model.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration appropriate to the AMP profession.
• Relevant advanced clinical qualification at postgraduate level or demonstrable equivalent advanced-practice capability.
• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment and decision-making competence.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Appropriate prescribing qualification where prescribing is a requirement of the post.
• Appropriate training and competence in phlebotomy.
• Evidence of competence in relevant clinical observations and investigations.
• Current mandatory training appropriate to the role.
• Appropriate professional indemnity/insurance arrangements.

Desirable

• Advanced practice MSc or equivalent.
• Independent prescribing qualification.
• Advanced assessment qualification.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification where applicable.
• Relevant care-of-the-elderly/frailty qualification.
• Palliative/end-of-life care training.
• Dementia training.
• Leadership qualification.
• Relevant safeguarding qualification/training.

Skills and Competency

Essential

• The post-holder must demonstrate the ability to:
• undertake advanced clinical assessment;
• make safe autonomous clinical decisions;
• recognise clinical deterioration;
• manage acute clinical presentations;
• manage long-term conditions;
• interpret clinical investigations;
• undertake phlebotomy;
• perform routine observations;
• formulate differential diagnoses;
• develop management plans;
• initiate appropriate treatment within scope;
• make appropriate referrals;
• safety-net patients and care staff;
• communicate complex clinical information clearly;
• work effectively within an MDT;
• manage competing clinical priorities;
• maintain accurate clinical records;
• use electronic clinical systems;
• manage clinical risk;
• escalate appropriately;
• demonstrate sound clinical judgement; and
• work effectively in a care-home environment.

Communication

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with older people and people with cognitive impairment.
• Ability to communicate with relatives and carers sensitively.
• Ability to communicate with care-home staff at all levels.
• Ability to manage difficult or sensitive conversations.
• Ability to explain clinical information clearly.
• Ability to negotiate and influence appropriately.
• Ability to work constructively across organisational boundaries.
• Demonstrable commitment to compassionate and person-centred care.

Clinical Knowledge

Essential

• Good working knowledge of:
• acute illness in older people;
• frailty;
• multimorbidity;
• long-term condition management;
• dementia and delirium;
• falls;
• nutrition and hydration;
• medicines safety;
• polypharmacy;
• safeguarding;
• Mental Capacity Act;
• consent;
• advance care planning;
• palliative and end-of-life care;
• appropriate referral pathways;
• infection prevention and control;
• clinical governance;
• patient safety;
• evidence-based practice; and
• relevant NICE and national guidance.

Desirable

• Knowledge of:
• Enhanced Health in Care Homes;
• Network Contract DES requirements;
• primary care contractual arrangements;
• care-home clinical governance;
• community services;
• admission avoidance pathways;
• virtual wards;
• urgent community response;
• integrated care systems;
• shared care records; and
• care-home quality and regulatory requirements.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration clinical experience.
• Experience of autonomous clinical assessment and decision-making.
• Experience of managing patients with acute illness.
• Experience of managing patients with multiple long-term conditions.
• Experience of working with older people and/or people with frailty and complex needs.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience of clinical risk assessment and escalation.
• Experience of interpreting clinical investigations.
• Experience of making or supporting appropriate referrals.
• Experience of maintaining high-quality clinical records.
• Experience of working within clinical governance arrangements.
• Experience of recognising deterioration and acting appropriately.

Desirable

• Experience working in general practice.
• Experience working in care homes.
• Experience undertaking care-home ward/home rounds.
• Experience of proactive care planning.
• Experience of admission avoidance.
• Experience of frailty assessment.
• Experience of palliative/end-of-life care.
• Experience of medicines optimisation/polypharmacy.
• Experience of quality improvement or clinical audit.
• Experience of teaching care-home or healthcare staff.

Leadership and Teamwork

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to work effectively as part of an MDT.
• Ability to work autonomously while recognising the need for escalation.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership within scope of practice.
• Ability to support colleagues and care-home staff.
• Ability to contribute to service improvement.
• Ability to manage clinical priorities safely.
• Ability to work collaboratively with primary, community and secondary care.
• Commitment to shared decision-making.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• The successful candidate will demonstrate:
• professional integrity;
• compassion;
• reliability;
• resilience;
• initiative;
• accountability;
• sound judgement;
• adaptability;
• commitment to patient safety;
• commitment to equality and inclusion;
• commitment to continuous learning;
• ability to work under pressure;
• ability to recognise personal limitations;
• commitment to collaborative working; and
• a proactive approach to improving care for care-home residents.

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

South Doc Services

Address

West Heath Medical Centre

194-196 West Heath Road

Northfield

Birmingham

West Midlands

B31 3HB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Booking appointments for patients following care navigation ensuring patients access the most appropriate services within the practice
• Scanning and workflowing incoming correspondence within the clinical system
• Dealing with general enquiries from patients and prioritising the management of these
• Dealing with repeat prescription orders and prescription queries
• Managing your time and workload efficiently
• Assisting with the smooth running of clinics and surgeries
• Providing help and advice to all visitors to the surgery and the building
• Registration of new patients to the Practice
• Process patients change of address and contact details within the clinical system
• Dealing with tasks that clinicians may assign to you in an effective and timely manner
• Covering colleagues shifts in the event of sickness or annual leave
• Effective communication between staff, the practice, patients and other agencies
• Understanding and implementation of the practice protocols and procedures
• Carrying out the daily tasks set for you by the Office Manager
• Attending training and staff meetings as required
• Supporting with other reasonable duties as required
• Follow the practices Infection Prevention & Control policies and protocols

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working within a busy office environment

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS
• Experience using SystmOne

Skills and Qualities

Essential

• Competent user of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Deal with confidential matters in a sensitive way.
• File documents in logical format.
• Prioritise and work on a number of different tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral).
• Willingness to undertake a wide range of duties.
• The ability to solve problems under pressure.
• Work with minimum supervision.
• Possess excellent time management skills
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
• Be decisive yet maintain a customer-focused approach
• Trustworthy, honest, reliable, caring and sympathetic

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSEs, or equivalent (inc Maths and English)
• Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable

• RSA Stage I or II typing and/or Word Processing or equivalent

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

Warrengate Medical Centre

Address

Upper Warrengate

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4PR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.warrengate.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Other Responsibilities:

To understand performance targets and achieve agreed KPIs.

To ensure clinical resource and appointment allocation are used in the most effective way.

To support with information on complaints, concerns and incidents, working with the relevant Manager to resolve them in effective and timely way.

To support change to both the service and the structure of the Surgery.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders role as agreed with the Team Leader.

Attending training and events organised by the Surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.

Communication

Adapt communication style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.

Ability to receive sensitive or contentious information and process appropriately.

Promote positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.

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.

Whilst performing the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, careers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

Maintain the standards required for the health, safety and security knowledge & understanding as defined in the Surgery Health & Safety Policy.

Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Surgery guidelines.

Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Report potential & actual risks identified.

Equality and Diversity

Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, and challenge behaviours that fall below the standards required.

Quality

Strive to improve quality within the Surgery.

Assess own performance, ensuring competence, and being accountable for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the quality assurance process and 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 ensure the best care for the patient.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

Maintain and update relevant Surgery policies, standards and guidance as directed by the Managers and Partners.

Participate in discussions with members of the team on how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their work.

Participate in audits & meetings where appropriate.

Recognise the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Surgery procedures and policies, and current legislation.

Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, careers and colleagues

Behave in a manner which is welcoming to an individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

Participate in any training program implemented

Attend monthly whole practice meetings / team meetings to ensure continued understanding and up to date knowledge relating to practice systems and processes.

Identify personal development and training needs.

Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Participate in continuing education to maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skill.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

Maintain and update relevant Surgery policies, standards and guidance as directed by the Managers and Partners.

Participate in discussions with members of the team on how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect their work.

Participate in audits & meetings where appropriate.

Essential

Good standard of education.

Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands.

Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.

Professional, reliable and trustworthy approach.

Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Desirable

Previous experience in a GP practice, pharmacy or medicines management setting.

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent pharmacy-related experience.

Experience of handling prescription queries and medicines management processes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• Good standard of education.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Professional, reliable and trustworthy approach.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Previous experience in a GP practice, pharmacy or medicines management setting.
• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent pharmacy-related experience.
• Experience of handling prescription queries and medicines management processes.

Experience

Essential

• Pharmacy background or Previous GP prescription experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care

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

Ansdell Medical Centre

Address

Albany Road

Lytham St. Annes

Ansdell

FY8 4GW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Care Navigator is a key member of the practice team and acts as the first point of contact for patients, carers and visitors. The post holder will provide a professional, welcoming and efficient reception and administrative service, supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the practice and ensuring patients are appropriately directed to the correct service or clinician.

The role requires excellent communication skills, a patient-centred approach and the ability to work effectively as part of a busy multidisciplinary team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Patient Services

Act as the first point of contact for patients, carers and visitors, both in person and via telephone

Register new patients in accordance with practice policies and NHS requirements

Complete and process triage forms accurately to support appropriate clinical assessment

Allocate, book and manage patient appointments, ensuring patients are directed to the most appropriate service

Provide patients with accurate information regarding practice services and access routes

Administrative Duties

Process paper prescriptions in line with practice procedures and confidentiality requirements

Maintain and update patient records accurately and in a timely manner

Ensure all data is handled in accordance with GDPR and patient confidentiality standards

Support general administrative tasks as required to ensure the efficient operation of the practice

Practice Support

Open and or close the practice in line with agreed procedures

Provide cover for alternative working patterns during periods of staff absence

Support extended access services where required, including working additional hours outside of core practice times

Work collaboratively with clinical and non clinical colleagues to ensure a high standard of service delivery

General Responsibilities

Maintain a courteous, calm and professional manner at all times, particularly when dealing with distressed or unwell patients

Adhere to all practice policies, procedures and NHS guidelines

Participate in training and team meetings as required

Contribute to a positive, supportive and inclusive working environment

Working Hours

The role operates on one of two fixed working patterns:

Monday to Friday, 7:45am 1:30pm

or

Monday to Friday, 1:30pm 6:30pm

Additional hours may be requested to support extended access services outside of core practice hours, subject to service requirements.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust the practice with sensitive personal information. The Care Navigator must respect patient confidentiality at all times and comply with data protection legislation and practice policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education, including literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

• Customer service qualification or relevant training
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Customer Service, Administration or Healthcare

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a customer service focused role
• Experience of dealing with the public, both face to face and via telephone
• Experience of working in a busy, fast-paced environment

Desirable

• Experience working in a healthcare, NHS or GP practice setting
• Experience of appointment booking or reception based work
• Experience using SystmOne

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

Larksfield and Arlesey Medical Partnership

Address

Larksfield Surgery

Arlesey Road

Stotfold

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

SG54HB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Monitor communication and information flow into the Finance department via post, email, telephone, or other channels and respond appropriately

Input sales and purchase invoices and credit notes into the system, ensuring correct financial coding is applied

Ensure that all relevant documentation related to payment of invoices is accurate and up to date before payment is processed, such as purchase orders and delivery notes, bank details and company addresses

Supporting supplier payments, ensuring they are processed within agreed terms. These payments can be significant in value, so the post holder must be accurate and experienced in handling high value payments, referring to the Finance Manager when necessary

Produce regular aged debtor and creditor reports

Credit control and debt management for all customers including producing customer statements and reconciliations, supporting the Finance team and working alongside the Finance Manager to resolve outstanding aged debtors

Maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and respond to first line queries regarding financial issues

Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements to the purchase ledger, working to resolve any queries or differences that may arise within the roles delegated authority

Supporting with banking reconciliations

Day to day management of petty cash

Assisting and supporting the Finance Manager in a variety of tasks and procedures -especially at month and year end

Contribute as an effective team member within the Finance Services team, supporting the achievement of finance objectives, including the evaluation of processes

Provide support to the external and internal audit processes

Liaise between HR and the external payroll provider.

Provide accurate payroll data.

General office administrative duties such as filing bank statements, invoices and other documents.

Provide support to other members of the team as required

Develop strong, professional relationships with colleagues to help create a positive working environment

Promote an efficient and positive image of the organisation for all suppliers and customers

Comply with strict financial timetables, contributing to an efficient and effective financial accounting service

Undertake any other duties as agreed with the Finance Manager, in order to meet the needs of the organisation.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Ideally the postholder will have experience within both the finance field and or within Primary Care.

Qualifications

Essential

• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality An understanding of data protection legislation GCSE English Language, Grade C or above (or equivalent) Experience using medical systems General Practice or NHS experience

Desirable

• Experience Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
• Evidence of willingness to learn and develop Ability to multi-task Adaptable, innovative, forward looking Enthusiasm, with energy and drive Professional and smart appearance Willing to work flexible hours as necessary Able to travel if required

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

Affinity Care

Address

Shipley Medical Centre

Alexandra Rd

Shipley

West Yorkshire

BD18 3EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

The Senior Programme Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership for the delivery of complex programmes and projects across Surrey.

The post holder will lead the design, mobilisation, implementation and evaluation of large-scale transformation programmes, ensuring delivery of agreed objectives, quality standards, benefits realisation and financial performance. The role will support collaboration across multiple federations, Primary Care Networks, Practices, providers and system partners to develop sustainable models of care and improve outcomes for patients, practices and populations.

The Senior Programme Manager will operate at a senior leadership level, influencing across organisational boundaries and providing expert programme management support. The post holder will manage multiple programmes simultaneously and will be expected to work autonomously, exercising considerable judgement and decision-making authority.

This role will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of Neighbourhood working and at-scale delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the development and delivery of strategic programmes aligned to organisational objectives.
• Support the development of business cases, options appraisals and investment proposals.
• Translate strategic objectives into deliverable work programmes and implementation plans.
• Provide expert programme management advice to Directors, Boards and senior stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, service redesign and organisational improvement.

Programme and Project Delivery

• Lead multiple complex programmes from initiation through to implementation and evaluation.
• Establish and manage programme governance arrangements.
• Develop and maintain programme plans, milestones, risk registers and benefits realisation frameworks.
• Ensure programme delivery is achieved within agreed timescales, quality standards and financial envelopes.
• Manage interdependencies across multiple organisations and workstreams.
• Lead programme mobilisation for new contracts and services.
• Ensure lessons learned are captured and embedded into future delivery.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain effective relationships with:
• GP Federations
• PCNs
• GP Practices
• ICBs
• NHS England
• Community and acute providers
• Local authorities
• Voluntary sector partners
• Patients and public representatives
• Act as a senior representative for DHC at meetings, workshops and system forums.
• Facilitate collaboration across organisational boundaries to achieve shared outcomes.
• Manage complex and sensitive stakeholder relationships.

Performance and Benefits Management

• Develop robust performance reporting frameworks.
• Monitor programme performance using agreed KPIs and outcome measures.
• Produce reports and presentations for Boards, Executive Teams and programme boards.
• Ensure benefits are identified, measured and realised.
• Escalate risks and issues proactively with recommendations for resolution.

Financial Management

• Support programme budgeting, financial planning and resource allocation.
• Monitor expenditure against agreed budgets.
• Ensure programmes deliver value for money and achieve agreed financial outcomes.
• Support the development of funding bids and business cases.
• Contribute to contract monitoring and performance review processes.

Governance and Risk

• Ensure programmes comply with organisational governance requirements.
• Maintain programme risk registers and assurance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with Information Governance, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity and organisational policies.
• Prepare reports and papers for Board and committee meetings.
• Support audit, assurance and regulatory requirements.

People Leadership

• Provide leadership and management to programme and project staff.
• Develop a high-performing programme management culture.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to staff and emerging leaders.
• Lead recruitment, performance management and development activities where required.
• Promote organisational values and foster collaborative working.

Communication and Relationships

The post holder will regularly communicate with:

• Federation Chief Executives
• Directors and Senior Management Teams
• PCN Clinical Directors and Managers
• ICB and Place leads
• Programme Boards
• NHS England representatives
• External partners and suppliers

The ability to communicate highly complex information clearly and influence senior stakeholders is essential.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• NHS structures, commissioning and provider arrangements.
• Primary Care Networks and General Practice.
• Programme and project management methodologies.
• Governance and risk management.
• Financial management and performance reporting.
• Change management and service redesign methodologies.

Skills

Essential

• Strategic thinking and planning.
• Exceptional stakeholder management.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Programme governance expertise.
• Financial and analytical skills.
• Report writing and presentation skills.
• Leadership and people management capability.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

Essential

• Significant programme management experience within the NHS or healthcare sector.
• Experience leading complex transformation programmes involving multiple organisations.
• Experience of developing business cases and securing stakeholder approval.
• Experience of presenting to Boards and senior committees.
• Experience managing programme budgets and resources.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing without direct authority.

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

Dorking Healthcare Ltd.

Address

Holmhurst Medical Centre

12 Thornton Side

Redhill

Surrey

RH1 2NP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

On Call

The job plan includes a 1:8 non-resident senior on call responsibility (weekday and weekend) which attracts an 5% availability supplement. This provides primarily telephone support to specialty grade doctors for the Hospice in-patient unit, and the Community and Hospital Services via the 24-Hour Advice Line. Should the post holder be required to attend any site they will be compensated with time off in lieu.

The locality is seeking to increase the number of consultants for community and hospital services, and this may result in a reduction in on call frequency. This will be subject to a consultation

It is a requirement of the post that holders comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration / licensing and participate in a formal CPD programme (The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities). The post-holders must also participate in regular medical audit and in annual appraisal and job planning with the Clinical Director or one of the other qualified appraisers within the Trust. The Hospice will contribute to appraisal through feedback from the Chief Executive and Medical Director.

The Trust supports doctors going through the revalidation process and access to the RCP online CPD scheme.

The Trust has a policy to support access to mentorship

Please find attached Job Description and Person Specification for main responsibilities and role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to provide evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT on successful application
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of the practice of specialist palliative care at a senior level and leadership of the multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Able to lead Clinical Audit
• Proven leadership skills, including experience in managing change and motivating teams

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS structure and function
• Understanding of the regulations that relate to and the requirements of CQC
• Research experience
• Experience of NHS finance and commissioning
• Experience of clinical networks acting as a representative of an organisation
• Engagement with management training/management course or qualification
• Experience of teaching/educational supervision

Skills

Essential

• Advanced Communication Skills
• Ability to drive service improvement
• Strategic thinker
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge of electronic patient record systems.
• Commitment to continuous personal development
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Commitment to Partnership working

Other

Essential

• Current Driving licence/use of car for work purposes
• Full indemnity cover

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

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Why join our team?

Frailty is one of the fastest developing areas of healthcare. As services continue to expand, Occupational Therapists have an increasingly important role in assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and admission avoidance.

This post offers the opportunity to work across the full frailty pathway, providing a breadth of clinical experience that few roles can offer.

You'll work across a range of services including:

• GP Assessment Unit
• Medical Assessment Unit
• Bevan Court Specialist Frailty Service
• Frailty Reablement Unit

No two days are the same. You'll work with patients who present with complex physical, cognitive and social needs, requiring advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and collaborative decision-making.

About our team

We're a supportive, approachable and ambitious team that values collaboration and shared learning.

Our therapists work closely together, drawing on each other's experience to manage complex clinical situations and continuously improve patient care. We encourage new ideas, value professional curiosity and actively support staff who want to develop specialist interests or leadership skills.

You'll receive regular clinical and management supervision, opportunities for continuing professional development and encouragement to become involved in quality improvement, teaching and service development.

Whether you're developing your leadership skills, expanding your clinical expertise or contributing to innovation within frailty care, you'll find opportunities to grow here.

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and thrives on clinical challenge.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Post-registration experience in management of complex patients in frailty.
• Excellent clinical reasoning and sound decision-making skills.
• Confidence in working autonomously while recognising the value of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience supervising or supporting less experienced staff or students.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care.
• Enthusiasm for service improvement, quality improvement and professional development.