Job description

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Bank Locum General Practitioner (GP)

Job Title: Bank Locum General Practitioner (GP)

Location: Various locations across Vertis Health services

Contract Type: Bank / Zero Hours

Reporting To: Clinical Lead / Service Manager

Job Purpose:

As a Bank Locum GP, you will provide high-quality, safe and effective clinical care across a range of primary care, urgent care and community healthcare services. Working flexibly to meet service demands, you will assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with both routine and urgent healthcare needs.

You will work autonomously within your professional scope of practice while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care and positive health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments of patients presenting with a wide range of healthcare needs.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions in accordance with clinical guidelines and best practice.
• Prescribe medications safely and appropriately within professional and regulatory requirements.
• Request, interpret and act upon investigations and diagnostic tests.
• Refer patients to secondary care, community services or other healthcare professionals as appropriate.
• Deliver consultations through a variety of methods, including face-to-face, telephone and virtual appointments.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to clinical deterioration, ensuring timely escalation of care where required.
• Provide clear advice, treatment plans and safety-netting information to patients and carers.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legally compliant clinical records using electronic patient record systems.
• Participate in effective clinical handovers and multidisciplinary team working.
• Adhere to all safeguarding policies and ensure concerns are identified, documented and escalated appropriately.
• Support clinical governance activities, including incident reporting, audits and service improvement initiatives.
• Comply with infection prevention and control, information governance, health and safety, and organisational policies.
• Contribute positively to a culture of continuous improvement, professionalism and excellence in patient care.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Maintain full registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Work within the standards set by the GMC and other relevant professional bodies.
• Maintain continuing professional development (CPD) and participate in mandatory training requirements.
• Ensure clinical knowledge and skills remain current and aligned with evidence-based practice.
• Uphold patient confidentiality and data protection requirements at all times.

Values and Behaviours:

The post holder will be expected to:

• Deliver compassionate, patient-centred care.
• Demonstrate professionalism, integrity and accountability.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations.
• Act as an ambassador for Vertis Health, maintaining the highest standards of conduct and care.

This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties and responsibilities of the role and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP with full GMC registration, licence to practise and inclusion on the GP Register.
• Recent experience in general practice, urgent care, out-of-hours care, community services or another comparable setting.
• Ability to assess undifferentiated presentations, recognise deterioration and make safe autonomous decisions.
• Competence in safe prescribing, referral, escalation, clinical documentation and safety-netting.
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, capacity, confidentiality, equality and clinical governance.
• Ability to use electronic clinical systems and complete service-specific digital training.
• Reliability, adaptability and willingness to work within different service models and SOPs.
• Ability to travel between locations where required for an accepted assignment.

Desirable

• Experience in same-day, urgent treatment, Emergency Department streaming, community hospital, frailty, palliative care or remote consultation services.
• Experience assessing both adults and children and young people.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web, RIO, ePMA / Bettermeds or comparable NHS clinical systems.
• Knowledge of Worcestershire pathways, formularies and local health and care services.
• Evidence of audit, quality improvement, education, clinical leadership or service mobilisation.

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

Vertis Health

Address

Worcester Royal Hospital

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Primary Care Administrator will provide flexible administrative and reception support across a range of Primary Care services, pilots and improvement initiatives.

The postholder will help services operate safely, efficiently and professionally by welcoming patients, completing accurate registrations, maintaining clinical-system records, supporting patient flow, responding to enquiries, and completing service-specific opening, closing and administrative procedures.

Assignments may include urgent and same-day Primary Care services, Primary Care streaming or assessment units, enhanced-access services, outreach clinics, vaccination or screening programmes, long-term-condition initiatives, health-inequality projects, and other short- or medium-term Primary Care developments.

Bank staff will only be deployed to assignments for which they have completed the required induction, systems training and competency checks.

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Reception and patient support

• Provide a professional, courteous and inclusive reception service.
• Welcome patients and confirm their identity using approved procedures.
• Register and arrive patients accurately on the relevant clinical or administrative system.
• Explain service processes, expected next steps and approximate waiting arrangements without offering clinical advice.
• Provide clear directions and practical assistance, including support with accessible routes and reasonable adjustments.
• Maintain awareness of the waiting area and promptly escalate concerns about patient safety, behaviour, capacity or deterioration.
• Support patients who require interpreters, communication assistance or other reasonable adjustments in line with local procedures.
• Manage telephone and face-to-face enquiries appropriately.
• Protect patient privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Respond appropriately to distressed, frustrated or challenging individuals, seeking support where necessary.

2. Patient flow and service coordination

• Support the orderly movement of patients through the service.
• Work closely with clinicians and HCAs to maintain accurate information about arrivals, waiting patients, capacity and outstanding actions.
• Ensure patients are not marked as received, transferred or discharged until the relevant service process has been completed.
• Reconcile referrals, expected arrivals and actual attendances where required.
• Escalate non-arrivals, long waits, incomplete patient journeys and discrepancies in accordance with the relevant pathway.
• Support handovers between services, locations and shifts.
• Apply the agreed procedure when the service reaches capacity or must temporarily restrict access.
• Avoid providing clinical prioritisation or advice unless this forms part of a separately trained and authorised role.

3. Clinical-system and information management

• Use authorised clinical and administrative systems, which may include EMIS, Surgery Connect, Docman, Microsoft 365 and other approved platforms.
• Enter information accurately, contemporaneously and in accordance with local procedures.
• Check patient demographics and contact information using approved identity-verification processes.
• Scan, upload, print and securely handle documents where required.
• Process messages, tasks and referrals within the defined scope of the assignment.
• Maintain accurate logs, trackers and service datasets.
• Follow system downtime and business-continuity arrangements.
• Report system, connectivity, printing or telephony problems promptly.
• Securely shut down or lock equipment and accounts at the end of use.
• Never share passwords, smartcards, access credentials or unauthorised patient information.

4. General administration

• Prepare reception areas, forms, patient information and administrative equipment before a session.
• Complete assignment-specific opening and closing checklists.
• Maintain approved paper and electronic records.
• Support the preparation of appointment lists, clinic documentation and patient communications.
• Record service activity, delays, cancellations and operational issues.
• Assist with basic stock monitoring for stationery, forms and reception supplies.
• Support the collation of patient feedback and service-evaluation information.
• Participate in administrative audits and quality-improvement exercises.
• Undertake other administrative duties appropriate to the role and assignment.

5. Safety, escalation and incident management

• Understand the emergency, fire, security and evacuation arrangements for each assigned site.
• Escalate immediately if a patient appears unwell or deteriorates; the administrator must not make a clinical assessment.
• Know how to summon clinical assistance and emergency support.
• Follow local procedures for aggressive behaviour, personal safety, lone working and controlled access.
• Report incidents, near misses, complaints, information-governance concerns and equipment failures.
• Maintain accurate incident and activity logs when directed.
• Participate appropriately in emergency or downtime exercises.
• Never work outside the defined scope of the role or continue an unsafe process without escalation.

6. Safeguarding, equality and confidentiality

• Recognise potential safeguarding concerns and report them immediately through the appropriate route.
• Complete required safeguarding training for adults and children.
• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with data-protection, information-governance and organisational requirements.
• Treat all patients, carers and colleagues fairly, respectfully and with dignity.
• Support reasonable adjustments and accessible communication.
• Work in a culturally sensitive and non-discriminatory manner.

• Only access patient information required to undertake the assigned duties.

7. Bank working requirements

• Keep availability and contact details up to date on the relevant bank or rostering system.
• Accept only shifts that the postholder can safely and reliably attend.
• Arrive punctually and complete the full booked shift unless formally released.
• Review assignment information before attending.
• Work across different locations and services, subject to competency and access requirements.
• Complete local induction before undertaking duties at a new site.
• Maintain all mandatory training, identification and system-access requirements.
• Notify the bank promptly of sickness, delay or inability to attend.
• Comply with local dress, identification and infection-prevention requirements.
• Understand that the availability of bank shifts will vary according to service demand.

Person Specification

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Clear and professional verbal and written communication.
• Accurate data-entry and record-keeping skills.
• Calm, organised and courteous approach.
• Ability to follow procedures and escalation routes.
• Ability to recognise when support is required.
• Ability to work independently while remaining part of a wider team.
• Reliability, punctuality and flexibility.
• Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
• Confidence in learning new systems and local processes.
• Ability to communicate with people who have differing needs.
• Willingness and ability to travel between service locations where required.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education, including literacy and numeracy.
• Ability to use computers, email and standard office applications.
• Understanding of confidentiality and the importance of accurate record keeping.
• Awareness of equality, dignity and respectful patient service.
• Willingness to complete all required mandatory and assignment-specific training.

Desirable

• Customer-service, business-administration or healthcare-administration qualification.
• Previous training in EMIS or another Primary Care clinical system.
• Knowledge of Primary Care, urgent care or NHS administrative processes.
• Understanding of information governance, safeguarding and incident reporting.
• Knowledge of accessible communication and reasonable adjustments.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a reception, customer-service, call-handling or administrative role.
• Experience of managing competing priorities in a busy environment. Experience of handling sensitive or confidential information.
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team.

Desirable

• Previous experience in a GP practice, Primary Care service, community service, urgent-care setting or hospital.
• Experience of EMIS, Docman, Surgery Connect or another healthcare system.
• Experience of supporting clinics, patient flow or appointment services.
• Experience of flexible, temporary or bank working.
• Experience of working across multiple sites or service models.

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

Vertis Health

Address

Vertis Health

Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

B98 7UB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Care Coordinator - Frailty plays a vital role in supporting patients living with frailty, long-term conditions, and complex health and social care needs. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will coordinate care, provide personalised support, and help patients access appropriate services to improve their health, wellbeing, and independence. The role focuses on delivering person-centred care, reducing health inequalities, and ensuring patients receive the right support at the right time.

• Act as a key point of contact for patients identified as living with frailty and their carers.
• Support the identification and management of patients who would benefit from coordinated care and personalised support.
• Develop, implement, and review personalised care and support plans in collaboration with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
• Coordinate care across primary care, community services, social care, and voluntary sector organisations.
• Signpost and refer patients to appropriate health, wellbeing, and community-based services.
• Support patients to access appointments, investigations, treatments, and other relevant services.
• Maintain regular contact with patients to monitor progress and identify any changes in need.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, social prescribers, community teams, and other healthcare professionals.
• Assist in reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting safe discharge planning where appropriate.
• Promote self-management, independence, and preventative healthcare initiatives.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential patient records in line with organisational policies and information governance requirements.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and contribute to case discussions.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and service development activities relating to frailty care.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the health and social care sector.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality and GDPR and the best practice approaches.
• Equal Opportunities and Diversity.

Desirable

• Understanding and knowledge of the role, practice, and principles of care planning.
• Knowledge of EMIS database and application within an operational/administrative role.
• Social and health care systems and processes.
• A working knowledge of relevant legislation including Data Protection.

Experience

Essential

• Significant previous experience of working in a proactive administrative role.
• Working within a social care/health or related environment in a delivery or front face role.
• Working with people who are vulnerable or face disadvantage.
• Working in an empathetic and empowering way.
• Working with databases and assimilating and reporting information.
• Experience of working in a dynamic and creative way, solving problems and prioritising work.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of gathering information to determine needs/expectations.

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Excellent administration skills.
• Telecommunication skills.
• High level communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with a logical and structured approach to your work.
• Ability to respond to changing needs, pressures and demands and prioritise accordingly.
• Strong IT skills to include EMIS and Microsoft office, in particular excel and word.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Evidence of working within a team environment.
• Maintaining boundaries and ensuring clarity and understanding of the role.
• Ability to self-manage and be creative in your approach to problem solving.
• Ability and confidence to work on own initiative.

Desirable

• Use of IT systems including EMIS, Care Notes, Microsoft office, email and database systems (external and internal).

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education

Desirable

• Administration related qualification

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

Vertis Health

Address

St. Martins Gate Surgery

Turnpike House Medical Centre

37 Newtown Road

WORCESTER

WR5 1EZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Job Description attached.

1. Direct patient support

• Welcome patients and introduce the role clearly.
• Confirm patient identity before undertaking any care or recording information.
• Explain procedures within the postholders competence and obtain appropriate consent.
• Support patients to move safely through the service.
• Maintain patients privacy, dignity and comfort.
• Assist patients who require reasonable adjustments, mobility support or communication assistance within the roles scope.
• Observe patients while they are waiting and immediately escalate any concern about deterioration.
• Record care and observations accurately and contemporaneously.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
• Escalate any request or concern that falls outside the HCAs competence.

2. Core clinical-support duties

Subject to local policy, training and competency sign-off, duties may include:

• measuring and recording blood pressure;
• measuring pulse, respiratory rate, temperature and oxygen saturation;
• measuring height, weight and body-mass index;
• undertaking basic physiological observations;
• completing approved early-warning or observation records;
• urinalysis and specimen handling;
• blood-glucose or other approved point-of-care testing;
• preparing patients and rooms for clinical assessment;
• assisting clinicians during minor procedures;
• cleaning and preparing reusable clinical equipment in accordance with policy;
• supporting mobility and safe positioning within assessed competence; and
• escalating abnormal observations promptly to the responsible clinician.
• The postholder must not independently interpret observations, diagnose a condition, alter treatment, discharge a patient or reassure a patient about abnormal results.

3. Duties following separate competency sign-off

Depending on service requirements and individual competencies, HCAs may also be asked to undertake:

• phlebotomy;
• 12-lead ECG recording;
• NHS or locally commissioned health checks;
• long-term-condition observations and monitoring;
• wound-care support;
• removal of sutures or clips;
• specimen collection;
• smoking-status recording and brief signposting;
• blood-pressure or cardiovascular-risk clinics;
• vaccination-clinic support;
• administration of specified medicines only where legally permitted, appropriately authorised and supported by organisational policy;
• spirometry or other diagnostic support where training and quality assurance are in place; and
• project-specific screening or prevention activities.

Inclusion on the Vertis bank does not automatically authorise the postholder to undertake these duties. Each enhanced competency must be evidenced, current and accepted by the organisation.

4. Chaperoning

• Act as a formal chaperone after completing the required training.
• Understand the purpose and boundaries of the chaperone role.
• Maintain an appropriate position during the examination or procedure.
• Remain attentive throughout and avoid undertaking another task at the same time.
• Raise concerns immediately if the postholder observes inappropriate behaviour or if the patient indicates discomfort or wishes the examination to stop.
• Ensure chaperone involvement is documented in accordance with local procedure.
• Escalate if the postholder cannot safely or appropriately act as chaperone.

Formal chaperoning is a core requirement of the HCA role in the example Hillcrest staffing model, alongside observations, patient flow and contingency support.

5. Recognition and escalation of deterioration

• Remain alert to visible or reported changes in a patients condition.
• Repeat observations when directed and within the approved protocol.
• Immediately notify the responsible clinician of abnormal observations or deterioration.
• Activate the site-specific emergency process when instructed or when urgent help is clearly required.
• Know the location of emergency equipment, oxygen and the automated external defibrillator, where provided.
• Support emergency care within training and competence.
• Call emergency services in accordance with local procedures.
• Document observations, escalation and actions accurately.
• Participate in emergency exercises and scenario-based training.

6. Patient flow and operational support

• Work with administrators and clinicians to maintain safe patient flow.
• Help monitor waiting-room occupancy and identify patients who may need clinical review.
• Prepare patients for assessment when directed.
• Support the reconciliation of patients expected from another service with those who arrive.
• Alert the team to delays, non-arrivals or patients who leave before assessment.
• Support handover between shifts and service locations.
• Provide limited contingency reception support only where trained, authorised and operationally appropriate.

Never allow operational pressures to result in clinical duties being undertaken without appropriate supervision.

7. Infection prevention and clinical environment

• Follow hand-hygiene and infection-prevention procedures.
• Use personal protective equipment correctly.
• Clean clinical surfaces and equipment between patients in accordance with local schedules.
• Maintain appropriate separation of clean and used items.
• Dispose of sharps, clinical waste and confidential material safely.
• Check that rooms are appropriately stocked and ready for use.
• Report concerns about cleanliness, ventilation, water safety, waste, equipment or room condition.
• Complete assigned cleaning or room-readiness records.
• Support opening and closing checks for clinical rooms.
• Follow blood- and body-fluid spill procedures within training.

8. Equipment, supplies and stock

• Complete delegated checks of clinical equipment and emergency supplies.
• Check expiry dates and packaging integrity.
• Rotate stock and maintain agreed minimum levels.
• Report missing, damaged, expired or malfunctioning items.
• Ensure equipment has the required servicing, calibration or electrical-safety status before use.
• Store supplies securely and at the correct temperature where applicable.
• Complete equipment and stock records accurately.
• Do not use unfamiliar or unapproved equipment without training and authorisation.

9. Record keeping and clinical systems

• Record observations and care accurately on the approved clinical system.
• Use only the postholders own access credentials.
• Document escalation, chaperoning and other required activity.
• Follow downtime procedures if systems are unavailable.
• Keep paper records secure until they can be entered or transferred through the approved process.
• Report documentation errors promptly.
• Only access records required for the current assignment and patient care.

10. Safeguarding and patient welfare

• Recognise indicators of possible abuse, neglect, exploitation or risk.
• Escalate safeguarding concerns immediately through the appropriate route.
• Understand that safeguarding responsibility applies to adults and children.
• Maintain confidentiality while recognising that relevant concerns must be shared with authorised professionals.
• Support respectful, inclusive and trauma-aware care within the boundaries of the role.
• Seek advice whenever uncertain.

11. Bank working requirements

• Maintain current mandatory training and competency evidence.
• Provide accurate information about qualifications, experience and scope of practice.
• Accept only assignments for which the postholder is competent and appropriately authorised.
• Review the assignment brief before attending.
• Complete a local induction for each new site or service.
• Arrive punctually and remain for the full booked shift unless formally released.
• Wear the required uniform or clothing and visible identification.
• Notify the bank promptly of sickness, delay or inability to attend.
• Work flexibly across locations, service types and operating hours.
• Participate in supervision, audit and competency review.
• Immediately report any restriction that affects the postholders ability to practise safely.

Person Specification

Who We’re Looking For

Essential

• Venepuncture (Phlebotomy)
• ECG recording
• Basic wound care
• Taking and recording a full set of clinical observations
• Understanding of NEWS2 and recognising patient deterioration
• Ability to identify when escalation to a clinician is required
• Understanding of infection prevention and control principles
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities
• Ability to work within competency boundaries
• Knowledge of accurate clinical record keeping
• EMIS experience is highly desirable
• Ability to navigate electronic patient record systems confidently
• Previous experience working as an HCA within a GP Practice, PCN, Urgent Care, Community Service or equivalent clinical setting
• Experience managing patients independently within the scope of an HCA role
• Confidence working in a fast-paced clinical environment
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Professional, patient-centred approach
• Flexibility to work across PCU locations and service demands

Desirable

• Suture removal
• Wound closure/steri-strip application
• Care certificate completion (where applicable)
• Additional primary care competencies

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

Vertis Health

Address

Alexandra Hospital

Woodrow Drive

Redditch

B98 7UB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Data Care Coordinator will provide data, administrative and care coordination support to the Vale of Evesham Primary Care Network (PCN).

The role will support the PCN team and member practices with the collection, monitoring and reporting of information relating to PCN services, neighbourhood working, personalised care and commissioned projects.

The postholder will work with established spreadsheets, clinical systems and reporting tools to help ensure information is accurate, up to date and available when required.

A key part of the role will be supporting practices and the wider PCN team to identify cohorts of patients who may benefit from additional support, helping to coordinate care and supporting appropriate patient contact and follow-up.

The role does not require advanced data analysis or specialist technical expertise. The emphasis will be on accurate data collection, monitoring, coordination, routine reporting and supporting patients to access appropriate care and services.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Data and Reporting

• Assist with the collection and collation of data from PCN services and member practices.

• Maintain spreadsheets, trackers and monitoring systems used by the PCN.

• Support the preparation of routine monthly and quarterly reports.

• Check information for completeness and highlight missing or inconsistent data to the appropriate member of the team.

• Assist with pulling routine reports from clinical and administrative systems.

• Enter and update information accurately and in a timely manner.

• Support the monitoring of activity, outcomes and performance against agreed PCN and contractual requirements.

• Help maintain dashboards and other simple visual reporting tools.

• Support the PCN Manager and wider team with information required for meetings, reports and submissions.

• Support practices to identify patients or cohorts requiring proactive contact, follow-up or additional support.

• Assist with monitoring whether identified patients have been contacted and whether meaningful outcomes have been achieved.

Care Coordination and Personalised Care

• Use population health information, practice data and agreed searches to help identify cohorts of patients who may benefit from additional support.

• Proactively contact identified patients where appropriate and in line with agreed PCN and practice processes.

• Talk with patients to understand any barriers they may be experiencing in accessing or engaging with health, care or community services.

• Support patients to understand and navigate available health, care, wellbeing and community services.

• Help patients access appropriate appointments, referrals, information and support.

• Work with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team to help coordinate identified health, care and support needs.

• Take a personalised approach by considering what matters to the individual and any practical barriers that may affect their ability to access care.

• Support patients to access appropriate information and resources to help them make informed decisions about their care and wellbeing.

• Support follow-up of patients where further contact or intervention has been identified.

• Record patient contacts, interventions and outcomes accurately within appropriate clinical and PCN systems.

• Ensure patient contacts are meaningful and that agreed outcomes, actions or onward referrals are clearly documented.

• Work closely with Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, practice teams and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

• Identify patients requiring additional clinical, safeguarding or specialist input and escalate appropriately within agreed pathways.

• Support continuity and coordination between different services where patients are receiving support from multiple organisations.

• Undertake appropriate Care Coordinator and personalised care training in accordance with relevant NHS requirements and the needs of the role.

Neighbourhood and PCN Support

• Support data collection relating to neighbourhood health initiatives and PCN projects.

• Maintain patient and activity trackers where required.

• Support practices and PCN staff to ensure required activity and outcomes are appropriately recorded.

• Support the monitoring of patient contacts, interventions and outcomes.

• Assist with identifying missing information or outstanding actions and follow these up with relevant teams.

• Support neighbourhood health initiatives aimed at improving access, reducing health inequalities and improving engagement with services.

• Support the identification and follow-up of patients who may have disengaged from services, frequently use services or have unmet needs.

• Assist practices with monitoring agreed patient cohorts and recording progress against agreed measures.

• Support the coordination of PCN services and projects where administrative or care coordination input is required.

Administrative Support

• Provide general administrative support to the PCN team.

• Assist with the preparation of meeting papers, reports and presentations.

• Take notes or minutes at meetings where required and maintain action logs.

• Support diary management, meeting organisation and circulation of information.

• Maintain organised electronic filing systems and documentation.

• Respond to routine enquiries and direct queries to the appropriate member of the team.

• Support the maintenance of PCN service information and directories.

• Follow up outstanding information, actions and data with practices and PCN staff where required.

• Assist with the organisation and coordination of PCN and neighbourhood activities.

Quality and Information Governance

• Handle patient and organisational information confidentially and in accordance with NHS information governance requirements.

• Ensure data is entered and stored accurately.

• Follow PCN policies and procedures relating to confidentiality, data protection and information security.

• Highlight data quality issues or concerns to the appropriate manager.

• Ensure patient information is only accessed where there is a legitimate requirement to do so.

• Maintain accurate records of patient contact, actions, referrals and outcomes.

• Contribute to improvements in administrative, data and care coordination processes where appropriate.

• Support the PCN in demonstrating evidence of meaningful patient engagement and outcomes where required for contractual or reporting purposes.

Working Relationships

The postholder will work closely with:

• PCN Manager

• Neighbourhood Prevention & Wellbeing Lead

• PCN clinical and non-clinical staff

• Practice Managers and practice teams

• GPs and other clinical staff

• Care Coordinators

• Social Prescribing Link Workers

• Health and Wellbeing Coaches

• Member GP practices

• Neighbourhood team members

• Community and voluntary sector organisations

• External partner organisations where appropriate

Scope of the Role

This is a support-level role focused on data collection, administration, monitoring, coordination, routine reporting and care coordination.

The postholder will not be expected to undertake complex data analysis, independently develop advanced reporting systems or provide clinical advice.

The postholder will work within agreed processes and pathways and will escalate clinical, safeguarding or complex issues to the appropriate member of the team.

The role will support the PCN in proactively identifying patients who may benefit from additional support, coordinating appropriate interventions and ensuring patient contacts, actions and outcomes are accurately recorded.

Appropriate support, supervision and training will be provided by senior members of the PCN team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in an administrative, coordination or data-related role.
• Experience of maintaining accurate records, spreadsheets, trackers or databases.
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Experience of working to agreed processes and procedures.
• Experience of communicating with a range of people by telephone, email or face to face.

Desirable

• Previous experience within primary care, the NHS, health or social care.
• Experience of working with patients or service users.
• Experience of EMIS or another clinical/patient record system.
• Experience of producing routine reports or performance information.
• Experience of supporting projects, meetings or service monitoring.
• Experience of working across more than one team or organisation.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Willingness to work across the Vale of Evesham PCN as required.
• Willingness to undertake appropriate training for the role.
• Ability to work within PCN policies, procedures and information governance requirements.

Desirable

• Flexibility to support different PCN projects and neighbourhood priorities as these develop.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education, including English and Maths.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Understanding of confidentiality, data protection and the importance of handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Willingness to undertake training relevant to care coordination, personalised care and the systems used within the role.

Desirable

• Qualification in administration, business support, health and social care, IT or a related area.
• Knowledge of primary care, NHS services or community health services.
• Understanding of personalised care, care coordination or social prescribing.
• Awareness of health inequalities and barriers that can affect access to healthcare.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Confident using spreadsheets and computer systems.
• Able to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Able to manage competing demands and meet deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to communicate sensitively and professionally with patients, colleagues and partner organisations.
• Able to work accurately with numerical and written information.
• Able to identify missing, incomplete or incorrect information and take appropriate action.
• Able to follow agreed processes, pathways and instructions.
• Able to work independently within clearly defined responsibilities.
• Able to recognise when an issue needs to be escalated.
• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Able to build positive working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Willing and able to learn new systems and processes.

Desirable

• Ability to produce simple reports, summaries or dashboards.
• Basic experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Understanding of population health data or patient cohort monitoring.
• Experience of supporting proactive patient contact or follow-up.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Organised, reliable and methodical.
• Approachable and professional.
• Patient and respectful when communicating with others.
• Flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Comfortable balancing administrative, data and patient-facing responsibilities.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
• Positive attitude to learning and development.
• Able to work with discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Able to remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging or complex situations.

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

Vertis Health

Address

Merstow Green Medical Practice

Abby Lane

Evesham

WR11 4BS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Data Care Coordinator will provide data, administrative and care coordination support to the Vale of Evesham Primary Care Network (PCN).

The role will support the PCN team and member practices with the collection, monitoring and reporting of information relating to PCN services, neighbourhood working, personalised care and commissioned projects.

The postholder will work with established spreadsheets, clinical systems and reporting tools to help ensure information is accurate, up to date and available when required.

A key part of the role will be supporting practices and the wider PCN team to identify cohorts of patients who may benefit from additional support, helping to coordinate care and supporting appropriate patient contact and follow-up.

The role does not require advanced data analysis or specialist technical expertise. The emphasis will be on accurate data collection, monitoring, coordination, routine reporting and supporting patients to access appropriate care and services.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Data and Reporting

• Assist with the collection and collation of data from PCN services and member practices.

• Maintain spreadsheets, trackers and monitoring systems used by the PCN.

• Support the preparation of routine monthly and quarterly reports.

• Check information for completeness and highlight missing or inconsistent data to the appropriate member of the team.

• Assist with pulling routine reports from clinical and administrative systems.

• Enter and update information accurately and in a timely manner.

• Support the monitoring of activity, outcomes and performance against agreed PCN and contractual requirements.

• Help maintain dashboards and other simple visual reporting tools.

• Support the PCN Manager and wider team with information required for meetings, reports and submissions.

• Support practices to identify patients or cohorts requiring proactive contact, follow-up or additional support.

• Assist with monitoring whether identified patients have been contacted and whether meaningful outcomes have been achieved.

Care Coordination and Personalised Care

• Use population health information, practice data and agreed searches to help identify cohorts of patients who may benefit from additional support.

• Proactively contact identified patients where appropriate and in line with agreed PCN and practice processes.

• Talk with patients to understand any barriers they may be experiencing in accessing or engaging with health, care or community services.

• Support patients to understand and navigate available health, care, wellbeing and community services.

• Help patients access appropriate appointments, referrals, information and support.

• Work with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team to help coordinate identified health, care and support needs.

• Take a personalised approach by considering what matters to the individual and any practical barriers that may affect their ability to access care.

• Support patients to access appropriate information and resources to help them make informed decisions about their care and wellbeing.

• Support follow-up of patients where further contact or intervention has been identified.

• Record patient contacts, interventions and outcomes accurately within appropriate clinical and PCN systems.

• Ensure patient contacts are meaningful and that agreed outcomes, actions or onward referrals are clearly documented.

• Work closely with Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, practice teams and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

• Identify patients requiring additional clinical, safeguarding or specialist input and escalate appropriately within agreed pathways.

• Support continuity and coordination between different services where patients are receiving support from multiple organisations.

• Undertake appropriate Care Coordinator and personalised care training in accordance with relevant NHS requirements and the needs of the role.

Neighbourhood and PCN Support

• Support data collection relating to neighbourhood health initiatives and PCN projects.

• Maintain patient and activity trackers where required.

• Support practices and PCN staff to ensure required activity and outcomes are appropriately recorded.

• Support the monitoring of patient contacts, interventions and outcomes.

• Assist with identifying missing information or outstanding actions and follow these up with relevant teams.

• Support neighbourhood health initiatives aimed at improving access, reducing health inequalities and improving engagement with services.

• Support the identification and follow-up of patients who may have disengaged from services, frequently use services or have unmet needs.

• Assist practices with monitoring agreed patient cohorts and recording progress against agreed measures.

• Support the coordination of PCN services and projects where administrative or care coordination input is required.

Administrative Support

• Provide general administrative support to the PCN team.

• Assist with the preparation of meeting papers, reports and presentations.

• Take notes or minutes at meetings where required and maintain action logs.

• Support diary management, meeting organisation and circulation of information.

• Maintain organised electronic filing systems and documentation.

• Respond to routine enquiries and direct queries to the appropriate member of the team.

• Support the maintenance of PCN service information and directories.

• Follow up outstanding information, actions and data with practices and PCN staff where required.

• Assist with the organisation and coordination of PCN and neighbourhood activities.

Quality and Information Governance

• Handle patient and organisational information confidentially and in accordance with NHS information governance requirements.

• Ensure data is entered and stored accurately.

• Follow PCN policies and procedures relating to confidentiality, data protection and information security.

• Highlight data quality issues or concerns to the appropriate manager.

• Ensure patient information is only accessed where there is a legitimate requirement to do so.

• Maintain accurate records of patient contact, actions, referrals and outcomes.

• Contribute to improvements in administrative, data and care coordination processes where appropriate.

• Support the PCN in demonstrating evidence of meaningful patient engagement and outcomes where required for contractual or reporting purposes.

Working Relationships

The postholder will work closely with:

• PCN Manager

• Neighbourhood Prevention & Wellbeing Lead

• PCN clinical and non-clinical staff

• Practice Managers and practice teams

• GPs and other clinical staff

• Care Coordinators

• Social Prescribing Link Workers

• Health and Wellbeing Coaches

• Member GP practices

• Neighbourhood team members

• Community and voluntary sector organisations

• External partner organisations where appropriate

Scope of the Role

This is a support-level role focused on data collection, administration, monitoring, coordination, routine reporting and care coordination.

The postholder will not be expected to undertake complex data analysis, independently develop advanced reporting systems or provide clinical advice.

The postholder will work within agreed processes and pathways and will escalate clinical, safeguarding or complex issues to the appropriate member of the team.

The role will support the PCN in proactively identifying patients who may benefit from additional support, coordinating appropriate interventions and ensuring patient contacts, actions and outcomes are accurately recorded.

Appropriate support, supervision and training will be provided by senior members of the PCN team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in an administrative, coordination or data-related role.
• Experience of maintaining accurate records, spreadsheets, trackers or databases.
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Experience of working to agreed processes and procedures.
• Experience of communicating with a range of people by telephone, email or face to face.

Desirable

• Previous experience within primary care, the NHS, health or social care.
• Experience of working with patients or service users.
• Experience of EMIS or another clinical/patient record system.
• Experience of producing routine reports or performance information.
• Experience of supporting projects, meetings or service monitoring.
• Experience of working across more than one team or organisation.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Willingness to work across the Vale of Evesham PCN as required.
• Willingness to undertake appropriate training for the role.
• Ability to work within PCN policies, procedures and information governance requirements.

Desirable

• Flexibility to support different PCN projects and neighbourhood priorities as these develop.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education, including English and Maths.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Understanding of confidentiality, data protection and the importance of handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Willingness to undertake training relevant to care coordination, personalised care and the systems used within the role.

Desirable

• Qualification in administration, business support, health and social care, IT or a related area.
• Knowledge of primary care, NHS services or community health services.
• Understanding of personalised care, care coordination or social prescribing.
• Awareness of health inequalities and barriers that can affect access to healthcare.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Confident using spreadsheets and computer systems.
• Able to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Able to manage competing demands and meet deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to communicate sensitively and professionally with patients, colleagues and partner organisations.
• Able to work accurately with numerical and written information.
• Able to identify missing, incomplete or incorrect information and take appropriate action.
• Able to follow agreed processes, pathways and instructions.
• Able to work independently within clearly defined responsibilities.
• Able to recognise when an issue needs to be escalated.
• Able to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Able to build positive working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Willing and able to learn new systems and processes.

Desirable

• Ability to produce simple reports, summaries or dashboards.
• Basic experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Understanding of population health data or patient cohort monitoring.
• Experience of supporting proactive patient contact or follow-up.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Organised, reliable and methodical.
• Approachable and professional.
• Patient and respectful when communicating with others.
• Flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Comfortable balancing administrative, data and patient-facing responsibilities.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
• Positive attitude to learning and development.
• Able to work with discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Able to remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging or complex situations.

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

Vertis Health

Address

Merstow Green Medical Practice

Abby Lane

Evesham

WR11 4BS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Bank Locum General Practitioner (GP)

Job Title: Bank Locum General Practitioner (GP)

Location: Various locations across Vertis Health services

Contract Type: Bank / Zero Hours

Reporting To: Clinical Lead / Service Manager

Job Purpose:

As a Bank Locum GP, you will provide high-quality, safe and effective clinical care across a range of primary care, urgent care and community healthcare services. Working flexibly to meet service demands, you will assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with both routine and urgent healthcare needs.

You will work autonomously within your professional scope of practice while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care and positive health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments of patients presenting with a wide range of healthcare needs.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions in accordance with clinical guidelines and best practice.
• Prescribe medications safely and appropriately within professional and regulatory requirements.
• Request, interpret and act upon investigations and diagnostic tests.
• Refer patients to secondary care, community services or other healthcare professionals as appropriate.
• Deliver consultations through a variety of methods, including face-to-face, telephone and virtual appointments.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to clinical deterioration, ensuring timely escalation of care where required.
• Provide clear advice, treatment plans and safety-netting information to patients and carers.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legally compliant clinical records using electronic patient record systems.
• Participate in effective clinical handovers and multidisciplinary team working.
• Adhere to all safeguarding policies and ensure concerns are identified, documented and escalated appropriately.
• Support clinical governance activities, including incident reporting, audits and service improvement initiatives.
• Comply with infection prevention and control, information governance, health and safety, and organisational policies.
• Contribute positively to a culture of continuous improvement, professionalism and excellence in patient care.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Maintain full registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Work within the standards set by the GMC and other relevant professional bodies.
• Maintain continuing professional development (CPD) and participate in mandatory training requirements.
• Ensure clinical knowledge and skills remain current and aligned with evidence-based practice.
• Uphold patient confidentiality and data protection requirements at all times.

Values and Behaviours:

The post holder will be expected to:

• Deliver compassionate, patient-centred care.
• Demonstrate professionalism, integrity and accountability.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner organisations.
• Act as an ambassador for Vertis Health, maintaining the highest standards of conduct and care.

This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties and responsibilities of the role and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP with full GMC registration, licence to practise and inclusion on the GP Register.
• Recent experience in general practice, urgent care, out-of-hours care, community services or another comparable setting.
• Ability to assess undifferentiated presentations, recognise deterioration and make safe autonomous decisions.
• Competence in safe prescribing, referral, escalation, clinical documentation and safety-netting.
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills.
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, capacity, confidentiality, equality and clinical governance.
• Ability to use electronic clinical systems and complete service-specific digital training.
• Reliability, adaptability and willingness to work within different service models and SOPs.
• Ability to travel between locations where required for an accepted assignment.

Desirable

• Experience in same-day, urgent treatment, Emergency Department streaming, community hospital, frailty, palliative care or remote consultation services.
• Experience assessing both adults and children and young people.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web, RIO, ePMA / Bettermeds or comparable NHS clinical systems.
• Knowledge of Worcestershire pathways, formularies and local health and care services.
• Evidence of audit, quality improvement, education, clinical leadership or service mobilisation.

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

Vertis Health

Address

Worcester Royal Hospital

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Deliver ADHD and/or ASD assessments for children and young people.
• Gather and interpret developmental, educational and clinical information.
• Contribute to diagnostic formulation and multidisciplinary team discussions.
• Recognise and escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately.
• Support neurodevelopmental pathways that are accessible, equitable and person-centred.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records.
• Work within professional standards, governance requirements and safeguarding frameworks.
• Support service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, GPs and healthcare professionals.

Full Job Description is attached.

Person Specification

Who We’re Looking For

Essential

• Registered Nurse Prescriber/Paediatric Nurse/ACP, RNMH / RMN, with current NMC registration.
• Significant post-registration experience working with children and young people in CAMHS, neurodevelopmental, mental health, paediatric, learning disability or related services.
• Experience contributing to CYP neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Strong developmental history taking, clinical assessment and risk assessment skills.
• Sound understanding of safeguarding and risk in CYP services.
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT and contribute to safe, defensible clinical decision-making.
• Excellent written communication and clinical documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate sensitively with children, young people and families.
• Commitment to neurodiversity-affirming, child-centred and family-sensitive practice.
• Ability to work within agreed SOPs, governance frameworks and professional accountability.
• Essential for Nurse Prescriber Applicants:
• Independent prescribing qualification recorded with the NMC.
• Experience of prescribing or supporting medication pathways within ADHD, CAMHS, paediatrics, mental health or a closely related area.
• Understanding of ADHD medication initiation, titration, monitoring, side-effect management and escalation requirements.
• Ability to work within prescribing governance arrangements and seek senior medical advice where required.

Desirable

• Experience working specifically within CYP ADHD assessment pathways.
• Experience working specifically within CYP ASD assessment pathways.
• Experience working with dual presentation, including ASD and ADHD.
• Experience using validated ADHD or ASD assessment tools, questionnaires or structured developmental history formats.
• ADOS-2 awareness or training.
• Experience and/or awareness of Qb testing

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

Vertis Health

Address

38 Kenilworth Close

Crabbs Cross

Redditch

B97 5JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide consultant-level psychiatric leadership across Adult and CYP ADHD and Autism pathways.

The service currently includes:

• Adult ADHD assessment, diagnosis and medication management.
• Adult Autism diagnostic services.
• CYP ADHD assessment and diagnosis pathways.
• CYP Autism multidisciplinary diagnostic pathways.

The successful candidate will:

• Lead diagnostic decision-making for ADHD and Autism assessments.
• Provide second opinions and senior reviews for diagnostically complex presentations.
• Support high standards of assessment, formulation and reporting.

• Oversee ADHD prescribing in line with NICE and UKAAN guidance.
• Ensure safe prescribing, monitoring and shared-care arrangements.
• Maintain robust governance around controlled drugs and risk management.

• Lead MDT meetings and case discussions.
• Support supervision, training and development of clinical colleagues.
• Promote evidence-based, patient-centred practice throughout the service.

• Participate in audit, quality improvement and service development projects.
• Support incident review, clinical governance and compliance processes.
• Contribute to pathway development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Full Job Description is attached.

Person Specification

Who We’re Looking For

Essential

• GMC registration with licence to practise.
• CCT in Psychiatry or equivalent specialist qualification relevant to neurodevelopmental services, or experienced SAS Doctor status.
• Significant experience assessing and managing ADHD and Autism in both adults and children/young people.
• Expertise in neurodevelopmental formulation and complex differential diagnosis.
• Experience of leading and supervising multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of NICE guidance relating to ADHD and Autism.
• Experience managing complex psychiatric and neurodevelopmental comorbidities.
• Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities for children and adults.
• Ability to work effectively within digital healthcare environments.

Desirable

• ADOS and/or ADI-R training.
• UKAAN training.
• Experience of ADHD shared-care pathways.
• Experience delivering digital healthcare services.
• Quality improvement, audit or service development leadership experience.
• Teaching, supervision and training experience.
• Experience working within community or primary care aligned neurodevelopmental services,

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

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

Vertis Health

Address

38 Kenilworth Close

Crabbs Cross

Redditch

B97 5JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• Deliver structured diagnostic assessments (history, impairment, co-morbidity, risk) and provide clear feedback and written plans.
• Conduct structured follow-up reviews to monitor treatment response, adjust care plans and ensure safe, effective long-term management.
• Initiate and adjust medication within local formulary; arrange/interpret baselines and physical health monitoring.
• Run brief titration contacts until stable; complete safe shared-care transfers to primary care (EPS and templates).
• Document contemporaneously; produce high-quality letters on the day; maintain accurate, auditable records.
• Present complex cases at the weekly MDT; contribute to audit, incident learning and quality improvement.
• Support induction, case discussion and day-to-day coaching for colleagues; uphold safeguarding, consent/capacity and information governance at all times.

Person Specification

Who We’re Looking For

Essential

• Qualifications and registration (one of):
• NMC-registered Nurse with V300 Independent Prescriber annotation and adult ADHD experience
• GPhC-registered Clinical Pharmacist with Independent Prescriber annotation and adult ADHD experience
• GMC-registered GP with adult ADHD experience
• Essential:
• Mental Health Nurse (V300 IP), Clinical Pharmacist IP, or equivalent
• UKAAN-trained (both elements and certificate)
• Strong communicator, organised, and committed to equity and inclusion
• Working knowledge of NICE ADHD guidance, local formulary, risk and safeguarding
• Strong written communication and clinic time management.
• Person centred, fair, improvement minded, committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

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

Vertis Health

Address

38 Kenilworth Close

Crabbs Cross

Redditch

B97 5JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Vertis Health is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment Service. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist expertise in speech, language, communication and social interaction assessment, supporting high-quality, evidence-based diagnostic decision-making for adults referred for autism assessment.

You will conduct specialist assessments, review developmental histories and supporting information, contribute to multidisciplinary diagnostic discussions, and produce clear, high-quality clinical reports. The role also involves supporting personalised recommendations, reasonable adjustments and signposting to appropriate services.

The successful candidate will have experience of assessing communication and social interaction differences in adults, excellent clinical reasoning and report-writing skills, and a commitment to person-centred, neurodiversity-affirming practice. You will work within NICE guidance, professional standards and organisational governance frameworks, helping to ensure a safe, compassionate and high-quality experience for individuals accessing the service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing neurodevelopmental service where clinical quality, collaboration and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• - Understanding of autism across adulthood, including masking, pragmatic language differences and reasonable adjustments.
• - Knowledge of adult safeguarding, consent, confidentiality and the Mental Capacity Act.
• - Ability to integrate evidence from multiple sources into clear clinical reasoning.
• - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• - Commitment to equality, accessibility and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

Experience

Essential

• - Significant post-qualification experience within adult neurodevelopmental, mental health, learning disability, community or related services.
• - Experience assessing communication and social interaction differences in adults.
• - Experience contributing to multidisciplinary clinical assessment and decision-making.
• - Strong report-writing and clinical documentation skills.

Desirable

• - Experience contributing to Adult ASD diagnostic pathways.
• - Experience using structured communication and social interaction assessment tools.
• - Experience of ADOS-2, ADI-R or equivalent autism assessment methodologies.
• - Experience within Right to Choose or community neurodevelopmental services.

Qualifications

Essential

• - Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• - Current HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist.

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

Vertis Health

Address

38 Kenilworth Close

Crabbs Cross

Redditch

B97 5JX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

PCN Clinical Pharmacist (12-Month Maternity Cover)

Worcester City Primary Care Network

Full Time - 37.5 Hours per Week

The Role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Pharmacist to join our established Pharmacy Team on a 12-month maternity cover contract. This is an exciting opportunity to work across our Primary Care Network, supporting medicines optimisation, improving patient outcomes and contributing to key prescribing initiatives.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will undertake structured medication reviews, provide expert prescribing advice, support chronic disease management, reconcile medicines following hospital discharge and lead on safer prescribing practices. You will play a key role in delivering local prescribing priorities, including the Quality Prescribing and Medicines Service (QPMS), alongside national programmes such as QOF and the Network Contract DES.

Main Duties of the Job:

• Conduct structured medication reviews for patients with complex needs, polypharmacy and long-term conditions.
• Support medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge.
• Provide prescribing advice and medicines information to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Lead aspects of prescription management, including repeat prescribing processes.
• Support chronic disease management clinics.
• Implement MHRA safety alerts, evidence-based prescribing changes and medicines optimisation initiatives.
• Identify high-risk patient cohorts and help reduce medication-related harm.
• Work collaboratively with GP practices, community pharmacies, hospital colleagues and wider healthcare partners.
• Participate in audits, quality improvement projects and prescribing programmes including QPMS, DSQS and QIPP.

About You:

You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with substantial experience in primary care or general practice. You will have completed the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (or equivalent recognised pathway) and possess strong clinical, communication and organisational skills. Experience of medicines optimisation and quality improvement initiatives within primary care is essential.

The candidate must hold their CPPE qualification and have Primary Care experience.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Pharmacy.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Completion of the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) or equivalent.
• Minimum two years' post-registration pharmacy experience.
• Significant experience working within primary care/general practice settings.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary working and medicines optimisation.

Desirable:

• Independent Prescriber qualification.
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
• Experience working with QOF, QPMS, DES, LES or similar primary care programmes.

What We Offer:

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Enhanced sickness entitlement
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education

Please note: The post holder will be required to travel between practice sites across the PCN as required. Worcester City PCN reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received

Person Specification

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Essential

• Demonstrates general pharmaceutical skills and knowledge in core areas.
• Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general pharmaceutical care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long term conditions identified by local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
• Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision as an individual.
• Demonstrates ability to use skills in a range of routine situations requiring analysis or comparison of a range of options.
• Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors or GPs when appropriate.
• Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
• Involves patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence as per NICE.

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Completion of CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP), or an equivalent recognised pathway.
• Substantial experience working in primary care/general practice, with a good understanding of the general practice environment, systems and multidisciplinary working.
• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience in pharmacy as demonstrated within a practice portfolio.

Desirable

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
• Independent Prescribing qualification with demonstrated prescribing portfolio.
• Experience of working with QOF, QPMS, DES, LES or other primary care prescribing and medicines optimisation 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.

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

Vertis Health

Address

St Johns House Medical Centre

299 Bromyard road

Worcester

WR2 5FB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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