Job description

Job responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

Welcome patients and other visitors to the department, ascertain their reason for attendance and provide guidance, information or assistance as appropriate.

To work in a timely manner within a busy working environment

Work flexibly across all of the Emergency Care Services

Prioritise a busy workload in the reception areas.

Book out-patient clinic appointments following the correct process and procedures

Register patients using our electronic system.

Ensure data input is correct and data quality is maintained.

Accessing patients summary care records and transferring the data accurately onto our electronic systems.

Report or escalate any system or procedural issues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of oral and written English

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• RSA or equivalent keyboard skills

Experience

Essential

• Working in customer / patient facing role
• Data entry
• Ability to adapt to change within a working situation

Desirable

• NHS Experience
• Administrative Experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of filing/record keeping
• Attention to detail and accurate data entry
• Appreciation of confidentiality issues

Desirable

• Knowledge of IT systems IPMs , Extramed, Symphony

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

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedford Hospital

Kempston Road

Bedford

MK42 9DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards and professional practice as set by the Trust Policies/ procedures, the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour and relevant professional guidance.
• To care overall responsibility for the organisation and management of the Oncology CNS site specific and professional leadership and management to the Oncology CNS site specific.
• Provide clinical expertise to a cohort of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support, being a point of contact for assessment, information and advice within the Oncology Service, being a point of contact for assessment, information and advice for the patient, family and carers and all staff involved in the care of the patient.
• To provide a clear focus for clinical leadership within the team and be responsible for ensuring a high standard of holistic, patient centred care supporting the development of staff caring for patients through formal education and training, practice development and role modelling.
• Prioritise timely specialist nursing response to ensure clinical staff are supported to develop individualised care plans for all patients referred to the service.
• Lead on the developing practice within Oncology including the development, and or updating of clinical guidelines, policy and procedure that relates to the practice setting.
• Provide clinical expertise to participate and support the planning, leading on Trust audit and research programmes relating to Oncology, ensure findings are disseminated appropriately and recommendations implemented.
• Where required provide expert knowledge to support timely response to complaints, concerns and enquiries from external stakeholders.
• To ensure safe and effective practice.
• To undertake monthly reviews of data relating to oncology, developing reports for assurance, quality and safety purposes and improvement strategy.

Clinical

• Provide a specialist nursing service and advice in a variety of clinical settings and disciplines for staff, patients, their families and careers, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Receive referrals via a variety of sources, including direct patient referral. Manage own caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices.
• Work autonomously as an expert practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care
• Utilise advanced clinical assessment skills to conduct in depth patient assessment and history taking, plan and provide support in the implementation of clinical management plans.
• Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment/ advice as per specialty and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines.
• Within scope of practice and clinical competency undertake and perform clinical investigations and procedures related to plans of care.
• Utilise scope of practice to undertake non-medical prescribing role and advise within oncology, work within the Trust policy for Medicines Management.
• Utilise advanced knowledge and skills relating to the specialty to provide specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team on the basis of patient assessment.
• Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation.
• Use highly developed communication skills to effectively communicate with colleagues, patients and their relatives/carers, making reports and liaising as required with medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team both verbally and in writing.
• Report and raise concerns related to Safeguarding, accessing advice and support as required. Be conversant with Trust policies for safeguarding including the assessment of mental Capacity, and consideration of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and the application of the principles of Prevent (counter terrorism awareness).
• Ensure effective and accurate verbal or written handover of patients between healthcare professionals.
• Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete and up-to-date information regarding patient care are kept in accordance with Trust standards.
• Monitor the quality and standard of care provided by all members of the team and all staff in clinical areas. Identifying any skills or training gaps and escalating to the appropriate Senior Nurse or Matron.

Professional Leadership and Management

• Provide highly visible and accessible professional leadership and demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice for Oncology.
• Lead the Oncology service, promoting interdisciplinary team and collaborative working practices.
• Act as a point of contact for Oncology within the Trust
• Meet with the Oncology CNS team on an individual basis to support their personal and professional development.
• Ensure effective governance within the Oncology CNS Team and participate in regular meetings with the Corporate Nursing Team and Nurse Line Manager.
• Promote team working; build rapport and collaborative working practices with multidisciplinary team. Liaise with inter-hospital departments and personnel across organisational and professional groups. Ensuring effective communication and interpersonal skills with other disciplines and organisations.
• Act as a clinical role model demonstrating high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice to other staff when necessary
• Lead and support the development of the role and service according to changing patients needs, service requirements and evidence base practice.
• Lead and actively participate in service/ departmental projects, quality initiatives and statutory accreditation processes. This will include the setting and monitoring of clinical standards of care.
• Lead local and future workforce planning by monitoring activity trends. Contribute to job planning, service planning and reporting to ensure adequate service provision.
• Ensure that all resources are managed in an efficient and cost-effective manner to achieve maximum effect for patients and staff.
• Maintain an awareness of professional and ethical issues to ensure care is delivered in a professional timely and courteous manner by all members of the team, respecting the different spiritual and cultural backgrounds of colleagues, patients and relatives.
• Lead on recruitment of staff within the Oncology CNS Team.
• Accountable for own practice, acting at all times within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Maintain a working knowledge of local and national professional policy and strategy.
• Attend and when required chair multidisciplinary meetings as a representative of the Oncology service. Ensure minutes and agreed actions are communicated to stakeholders according to agreed timescale

Education and Training

• Act as an expert specialist educational resource for clinical staff, patients, and carers by providing formal and informal education. Promote and develop a positive learning.
• Lead and actively participate in the delivery of educational programmes for all grades of nursing, medical and allied health professional staff.
• Provide support and guidance to all levels of ward staff in their clinical role.
• Recognise the limits of own professional practice and competence, undertake further training and academic qualifications as required to maintain own specialist knowledge.
• Take responsibility for ensuring personal and team attendance and completion of and statutory or mandatory training as required for. Informing line manager if there is any deviance from training attendance.
• Adapt clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings.
• Lead the annual appraisal process, delegating duties to team members as appropriate to ensure all staff within the team have personal development plans which support revalidation.

Research and Audit

• Where required lead or assist in research projects as required, disseminating and ensuring utilisation of research results to change practice.
• Utilise research findings in the delivery of the providing a high-quality Oncology Service, developing new ways of working.
• Be aware of research /trails being undertaken within the specialist field of Oncology.
• Lead audit projects as required by the Service, involving collating, analysing and reporting on results of the audit process.
• Provide support, encouragement and advice to nursing staff undertaking audit and research.
• Assist in the testing and evaluation of new equipment/ products within the clinical area.
• Collate, analyse and present reports on varying aspects of the Oncology Team to the Corporate and Directorate Teams.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced theoretical knowledge of oncology
• Ability to comprehensively assess patients and formulate treatment plans.
• Extensive post registration experience as a band 7or above in oncology specialist role.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to tissue viability.
• Extensive experience of working autonomously within oncology
• Evidence of managing and leading a oncology nursing team.
• Experience in service development
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience within the speciality
• Health assessment at level 7
• Professional knowledge post qualification in oncology
• Non- Medical prescribing or willingness to undertake the role Evidence of CPD

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of healthcare professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
• Ability to work autonomously , manage / prioritise own workload
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to oncology
• Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
• Ability to lead clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
• Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
• Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
• Ability to lead and manage a team

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
• Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
• Pro-active and resourceful
• Caring
• Confident
• Compassionate

other

Essential

• Ability to act on own initiative

Trust values

Essential

• Effective open communication
• EXcellence and safety in everything we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

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

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
• Computer literate

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
• Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
• Knowledge of the management of in-patients and outpatients including evidence based strategies
• Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to the management of patients utilising clinical reasoning
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Understanding of Health Environment policies and legislation including Clinical, HR, E&D, Governance
• Adherence to current statutory requirements, standards and regulations
• Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality

Desirable

• Experience of staff supervision
• Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust Values
• Ability to communicate written and verbal information in English, keeping legible and accurate notes
• Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
• Good communication skills to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Show evidence of being self-motivated and motivate others
• Be able to demonstrate initiative
• Have a flexible approach
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Ability to work with the multi/interdisciplinary team and set goals

Desirable

• Customer service experience i.e. dealing within complaints

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

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
• Computer literate

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
• Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
• Knowledge of the management of in-patients and outpatients including evidence based strategies
• Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to the management of patients utilising clinical reasoning
• Multidisciplinary team working
• Understanding of Health Environment policies and legislation including Clinical, HR, E&D, Governance
• Adherence to current statutory requirements, standards and regulations
• Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality

Desirable

• Experience of staff supervision
• Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust Values
• Ability to communicate written and verbal information in English, keeping legible and accurate notes
• Able to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
• Good communication skills to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Show evidence of being self-motivated and motivate others
• Be able to demonstrate initiative
• Have a flexible approach
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Ability to work with the multi/interdisciplinary team and set goals

Desirable

• Customer service experience i.e. dealing within complaints

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

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Winchester and Andover

Winchester and Andover

SO22 5DG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Governance Manager you will be working as part of the Clinical & Quality team and your role is very important in providing assurance that our services are compliant, safe and delivering high quality care to our patients. You will lead and be responsible for clinical governance processes within PHL and as an experienced clinical leader ensuring your leadership style is always delivered in line with our values truly caring and team first approach.

You will work closely with the services leadership teams to ensure compliance with robust governance processes such as incident reporting, risk and complaints management that assures us of the responsiveness of our services. You will promote shared learning and quality initiatives, facilitate that these are embedded and sustained demonstrating a well led organisation. You will foster close working relationships to enable supporting a positive safety culture within the organisation, working collaboratively with our healthcare professionals and relevant external organisations to proactively manage governance, quality and safety. You will provide assistance, support and advice to our people, patients, and their families within our Governance framework in partnership with relevant operational and clinical managers.

Leadership and Management

To be a visible, accessible and approachable leader within the Clinical & Quality Team in order to support, motivate and inspire. Work collaboratively with operational and clinical teams and other directorates.

Provide support to clinical staff in tackling and resolving complex problems.

Ensure effective communication with all staff within PHL ensuring governance and patient safety culture is embedded within the organisation.

Line manage the Quality & Governance Facilitators

Clinical Governance, Compliance and Assurance

Ensure up to date knowledge is maintained for all areas of the clinical governance framework, including key legislative, regulatory and professional frameworks.

Assist the Director of Nursing and Quality in reviewing and monitoring the key strategic objectives and risk profile related to quality and safety, which are aligned to PHL priorities for quality improvement.

Ensure any safety alerts and national guidance is implemented in a timely and appropriate way, ie CQC standards, NHS England policies, CAS alerts and NICE guidelines.

Provide patient safety and governance reports for each service, relevant committees and forums, collating key quality indicators to support assurance mechanisms to demonstrate compliance with key standards and to escalate and action where improvements need to be made.

Working with the Patient Safety Specialist, service managers, clinical managers & leads, support with investigations into patient safety incidents and potential litigation claims, ensuring they are appropriately investigated and responded to in accordance with PHL policy, learning is cascaded and embedded.

Support delivery of local and national patient safety frameworks by ensuring that staff involved in incidents are supported, debriefed and offered individual feedback.

Support service managers, clinical managers and clinical leads when meeting with patients and their families and any external agencies affected by adverse incidents.

Actively support and promote a transparent learning culture just culture.

Provide feedback to staff, through various methods; newsletters, presentations and one to ones.

Working with the Service Managers and Senior Management Team ensure that the Risk Management Strategy is effectively conveyed to all staff and is translated into operational practice.

Support Senior Leadership Team and Services leaders to ensure the maintaining of the risk register accurately reflects risks and is up to date.

Provide leadership and expert advice regarding clinical risk management within PHL.

Develop appropriate action plans to minimise risks, including identifying resource implications, changes in clinical practice and administrative procedures required.

Support the Audit and Compliance team in ensuring that the programme of clinical audit reflects key areas of safety and quality identified from patient safety investigations, incident trends, NICE guidance and recommendations from compliance inspections.

Support the Patient Safety Specialist in the implementation and monitoring of key safety and quality initiatives such as Safety Thermometer, safety huddles etc.

Coordinate within PHL systems for receiving, monitoring and preparing responses for compliance with national guidance and policy received from for example: NHS England, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, HSSIB and the CQC (not an exhaustive list).

Provide advice to clinicians and managers within PHL to ensure that compliance with key legislation and other regulations affecting healthcare are understood and embedded.

Support the complaints team and services leadership team to ensure that complaints are appropriately investigated, responded to and that learning is embedded using datix for recording and monitoring

Ensure that there is aggregate analysis undertaken of patient safety, effectiveness and patient experience data e.g. incidents, complaints, clinical audit, to ensure sharing of best practice and that issues are escalated for improvement appropriately.

Work closely with the Patient Experience team to ensure continuous improvement and learning from all forms of patient feedback including direct feedback, survey feedback and friends and family offering clinical oversight

• Research, write and embed all Clinical and Governance policies and procedures across the organisation
• Chair a delegated sub committee group
• Support the delivery of all governance meetings for each service

Ensure that the quality management system conforms to the requirements of ISO 9001

Ensure that the quality processes are delivering their intended outputs

Ensure reporting on the performance of the quality management system and on opportunities for improvement, in particular to the board

Ensure that the integrity of the quality management system is maintained when changes to the quality management system are planned and implemented.

Corporate Governance

To be fully aware of and committed to all policies, procedures and initiatives relating to Information Governance this will include, but is not limited to: data quality improvements, confidentiality and information security.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within clinical
• governance and compliance role in
• healthcare (ideally 3 years experience)
• An experienced (minimum 5 years)
• Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist or Allied
• Health Professional with current
• professional registration
• Experience of developing and
• implementing effective governance
• procedures and policies.
• Experience of coordinating risk
• management processes and risks
• reporting
• Experience and understanding of
• Information Governance (Data
• Protection)
• Demonstrated experience of
• developing and maintaining strong
• working relationships with senior
• managers.
• Proven track record of
• developing/implementing policies,
• procedures, and processes.
• Experience of successfully operating in
• a sensitive and confidential
• environment with diverse stakeholder
• input.
• Experience of drafting and presenting
• briefing papers for meetings,
• Significant experience of taking
• information from several sources in
• analysing and providing evidence to
• support governance, assurance and
• compliance and detailing robust recommendations to support
• improvement and development.
• Proven change management skills
• Knowledge and experience of serious
• incident investigations report writing
• and PSIRF
• Knowledge of dealing and responding
• to patient complaints

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• experience.
• Membership of Chartered Governance
• Institute (desirable)
• Evidence of leading and managing
• teams training to deliver work
• programmes and high performing
• teams
• Evidence of continuing professional
• development, with a particular focus on
• Clinical Governance, Compliance and
• Risk Management

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

Partnering Health Ltd

Address

PHL Group Ltd

Onyx,

12 Little Park Farm Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5TD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Grade 9-4 in English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent (e.g. Functional Skills Level 2; certificate in Adult Literacy at Level 2)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard of accuracy
• Effective organisational skills
• Effective and polite manner when dealing with people, both face to face and via email
• Ability to work effectively with staff at all levels within the Trust
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information
• Good IT skills including Microsoft packages

Desirable

• A clear and comprehensive knowledge of the Referral to Treatment time standards and the key element of an Access Policy
• Working knowledge of outpatient policies and procedures

Experience

Essential

• Clerical / administrative experience, including filing and / or reception

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of using a Patient Administration System
• Extracting performance reports or RTT related information

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work on your own, using your own initiative
• Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills

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

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary or Weston General Hospital

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be accountable for:

1. Provide operational leadership, clinical expertise and management support to ensure that there are robust and effective systems and processes in place for monitoring and reviewing the quality and safety of commissioned services across the ICB
2. Provide senior clinical leadership and oversight of the quality and safety agenda across a designated care pathway / workstream leading collaborative working across all sectors of healthcare providers, Local Authority and independent regulators, taking action when needed and ensuring that where mitigation plans are necessary these are implemented delivering the required improvements in patient safety, outcomes and experience.
3. Support Head of Quality in the oversight and assurance of strategically commissioned services to ensure safe, efficient, effective and high quality professional and well-co-ordinated services capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS contractual requirements
4. Overseeing services commissioned via third parties associated with the quality framework ensuring appropriate service specifications and monitoring and review arrangements are actively applied and where necessary collaboratively commissioned with partners to enable maximum effectiveness
5. Using multiple information sources to identify any quality issues or risks in terms of patient care and safety with providers, taking action when required and agreeing corrective actions through constructive dialogue with system partners.
6. Using all available data and best practice evidence, to ensure that the ICS implements the best available approaches to improve quality and safety, working collaboratively with providers and partner agencies to ensure that solutions are robust and system-wide.
7. Be a champion for quality, ensuring it remains a core focus within the ICS and across the whole health care system.
8. Act at all times as an advocate for clients, and their carers, and report practices/concerns that may affect clients physical, emotional and mental wellbeing in accordance with line local and national performance best-practice, safeguarding policy and procedures, and harm free care.
9. Provide professional leadership in terms of advice and support to the quality team; health providers and contracting/ finance colleagues, in respect to commissioned healthcare services.
10. As senior care programme lead, work with system partners responsible for the delivery of projects and initiatives to continuously drive forward quality improvements in care.
11. Take project lead responsibility across a specific care programme areas within the Quality Strategy including contributing to the ICB priorities, agreeing actions with providers and reporting progress.
12. Establish local networks and effective working relationships with key healthcare providers and neighbouring ICSs across the health economy and build knowledge around the range and quality of services being provided.
13. Ensure that any all Quality and Safety incidents and risks are fully investigated, in accordance with the ICB contractual requirements and national framework, working closely with key system partners to ensure high quality & safe services across the system.
14. Ensure that assurance is gained from providers, including actions and learning is identified, shared across the system and embedded by providers.
15. Provide clinical quality assurance and improvement in terms of compliance and monitor risk, working across the wider health and social care footprint to assure high quality & safe patient services
16. Lead and support the organisation of any announced or unannounced visits and themed reviews, ensuring these are in accordance with ICB policy, feeding back and agreeing actions for improvement to ensure high quality and safe provision of services.
17. Lead the collaborative development and implementation of local and national quality metrics across the ICS, reviewing performance and monitoring actions and escalate improvement action associated with quality and safety concerns.
18. Support and deputise the Chair for clinical quality review group meetings and other relevant forums, ensuring they are effective, contributing to the overall assurance of delivery of high-quality care providers in accordance with contract requirements.
19. Supporting the Head of Quality, CCQO/CNO in the implementation, monitoring and review of the ICBs Quality Strategy, identifying areas for continuous quality improvement to maintain high standards of care quality for patients and service users and their carers.
20. Planning and leading improvement initiatives with partners throughout the health care system in response to national and local improvement opportunities that support and enable care quality

Person Specification

Autonomy

Essential

• Able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations, with the aim of improving deliverables
• Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, working to tight and often changing timescales

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to manage a complex workload under pressure and to delegate appropriately in order to deliver deadlines
• Standard keyboard skills
• Ability to engage and listen to others to inform professional practice
• Maintains emotional resilience and maturity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Ability to influence and persuade others
• Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders

Mobility

Essential

• Ability to travel to sites across the cluster as required

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to lead, empower and motivate colleagues and stakeholders
• Openness and honesty
• Respectful of others with the ability to listen and provide feedback constructively, acknowledging individual contributions
• An effective team player
• Caring and considerate in all environments
• Professionalism
• Good timekeeping

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree or equivalent qualification in the relevant specialism/a related field, or equivalent level of demonstrable experience
• Registered Nurse /Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Allied Health Care Professional
• Evidence of professional and personal development at senior management level

Desirable

• Specialist post graduate qualification in CYP and/or Maternity

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of ability to make significant and successful contributions at a senior level
• Evidence of strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience of developing robust operational and strategic plans and strategies
• Clear and in-depth understanding of national NHS strategy and policy, and ability to translate this into strategic and operational outcomes
• Experience in building and nurturing strong and positive relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of IT platforms relevant to the role
• Experience of managing potentially challenging, sensitive or contentious situations and/or characters

Desirable

• Experience of working in the NHS in addition to another sector
• Experience of directly line managing a team

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

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Address

Black Country Integrated Care Board

Wolverhampton Civic Centre

St Peter's Square

Wolverhampton

WV1 1SH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics or degree and PG qualification in Dietetics
• HCPC registered Dietitian.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association.
• Evidence of CPD & Professional Portfolio

Desirable

• British Dietetic Association Specialist Courses.
• Accessing or willing to undertake Master Level programme; clinical supervisory skills and management training.

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Effective communication skills.
• Assessment and care planning skills, including analysis of complex dietetic problems.
• Good decision making and negotiating skills.
• Ability to organise own time and caseload.
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues relevant to dietetic practice.
• Good report writing skills.
• Ability to use and apply technology and a range of computer programmes

Desirable

• Presentation skills.
• Audit & Research.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable post qualification experience within various clinical settings.
• Ability to work as a team member of a multi disciplinary team, as well as independently using own initiative.

Desirable

• Collaborative and partnership working.
• Health promotion and facilitating group sessions.
• Development of service user information.
• Leaflets and training resources
• Liaising across health services (inpatients and outpatients)

Trust values

Essential

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

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

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pioneer House and Springview hospital

Unit 4, Pioneer Business Park,

North Road Ellesmere Port

CH65 1AD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

1a

To improve children and young peoples mental health through the delivery of an integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care to children, young people, and their families, providing safe, culturally competent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in accordance with national and local priorities and responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.

2a

To provide clinical input to the team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible standard. The post will rotate across teams within the CAMHS service.

3a

For non-medical prescribers the role will involve the use of an evidence-based approach to assess and make an informed prescribing decision for a defined caseload of children and young people. This will be based on a clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability, and sexual orientation.

4a

The post holder will be responsible for engaging and demonstrating ongoing CPD in relation to prescribing practice, and to support other clinicians undergoing the training.

5a

To contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which supports high morale and commitment within the Community Mental Health Team promoting wellbeing, personal development, and continuous improvement in the standards of business activities and professional practice.

6a

The post holder will demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and complex behaviour issues and communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management plans.

7a

The post holder will make an autonomous decision about the treatment, time of discharge, and agree with the child, young person, and family/carers as well as multi-agency key partners. Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner.

8a.

To work with children/young people/families and professionals working with them, to reduce the stigma associated with mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive message about maintaining good mental health.

9a

The post holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent mental health and adult mental health.

10a

The post holder is required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection in health records.

11a

All roles may involve work with families at their homes, education, and community settings and at base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families.

12a

The post holder will strongly adhere to culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity, and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.

13a

The post holder will contribute to the CAMHS Duty Rota which operates daily.

14a

All CAMHS clinicians are expected to promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people

15a

The post holder will play a role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency CAF meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to provide a mental health perspective.

16a

The post holder will develop excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with young people, their families, and professional systems. Acting as a point of liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums, and meetings e.g., presenting at meetings within Plymouth.

17a

Maintain good activity records and provide them in a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic system.

18a

Be available for and make use of clinical supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management supervision.

19a

The Post holder is responsible for attending clinical supervision a minimum requirement of an hour per month.

20a

The post holder will need to organize their own workload under the support and supervision of Clinical Team Manager

21a

Maintain health records to the standards required by LSW.

22a

Contribute to a strong team ethos of enquiry, development, and improvement.

23a

Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, proposing changes for discussion.

24a

Participate in team meetings, for example allocation, supervision, reflective practice, case discussions.

25a

The post holder will strongly adhere to anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity, and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.

26a

Keep up to date with CAMHS developments taking place nationally in line with service objectives.

27a

To participate in audit and quality and patient safety activity in line with service objectives.

28a

Input to the electronic system as appropriate e.g., child protection supervision coding.

29a

To be aware of and familiar with LSW policy and procedure and operate within that e.g., lone working policy.

30a

To maintain high standards of infection prevention and control in day-to-day delivery of practice.

31a

To measure and make available clinical outcome measures within an agreed system.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience (both work and life related)
• Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary context.
• Experience of post-registration working with children and young people who have experienced mental health and psychological well-being difficulties.
• Experience in assessment, inc risk, care planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Maintaining own safety in Community settings by working within relevant policy and having completed or be willing to complete breakaway training or equivalent.
• Experience of effective working with families of different cultural backgrounds.
• Experience of working within multi-agency safeguarding systems e.g., child protection conferences, child in need meetings
• Experience of managing demanding and difficult professionals/young people/colleagues
• Experience of managing your own caseload and of working with a team approach

Desirable

• Experience of service evaluation

Qualifications

Essential

• Core qualification in any Mental health modality such as Nursing / Social Worker / Psychology
• Appropriate Registration relevant to professional qualification

Desirable

• Post graduate training qualification in methods of working with children with mental health problems, e.g., counselling, systemic practice or post grad diploma in child and adolescent mental health
• Evidence of Mentorship and sign off mentor qualifications

Skills

Essential

• Mental Health and Risk assessment, care planning, evaluation and intervention skills
• Well established case management skills and good organizational skills with ability to prioritize
• Well developed communication skills both oral and written
• Commitment to anti-oppressive practice
• Ability to work in partnership and in collaboration with others, both in and out of own agency/professional background.
• Commitment to own learning and professional development.
• Reflective Practitioner

Desirable

• Culturally competent assessment and intervention skills
• Specific therapeutic skills relevant to working with children and families
• Consultation skills.
• Training skills
• Self motivating and able to work on own initiative

Circumstances

Essential

• Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
• Ability to work flexibly (hours of work and duties) both as an individual and with other colleagues in LSW and with partner agencies.
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments where required.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of relevant legislation and documents pertaining
• to children, e.g., Children Act 2004, Child Protection, National Service Framework, Every Child Matters etc. Learning Disability specific legislation and documents, Aiming High for Disabled Children, Valuing People, Mansell report, Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of a range of mental health problems and disorders affecting children and young people.
• Knowledge of theories of child development and their application to practice.
• An understanding of resilience and vulnerability

Desirable

• Knowledge of different models of therapy, e.g., Applied Behavior Analysis and at least one other therapeutic modality e.g. CBT, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, solution focussed therapy etc

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

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

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

The Job Description was approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 4 October 2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
• On GMC Specialist Register or eligible within 6 months of interview
• Section 12 approved
• AC status or within 6 months of interview

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darwen Resource Centre

Albert Street

Darwen

BB3 1AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role:

A generous relocation package in line with our Relocation procedure

12 PA WTE Job share, compressed hours and part-time will be considered

An additional 1PA for R&R

£2,000 PA study budget with 30 days study leave over 3 years

The services are supported by multi-disciplinary teams of experienced professionals

The opportunity to develop the role based on your interests and background

Vibrant research culture with a wealth of opportunities

90% of our schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted Lincolnshire has an attractive Grammar school system

Lease car scheme/cycle to work scheme

Attendance at a bi-annual Medical Development Day

Free on-site car parking and access to electric car charging points

Person Specification

Qualifications and Eligibility

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• Included on the GMC Specialist register, or within 6 months of completing.
• Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of completing.
• Approved under Section 12(2) or able to achieve within 3 months of completing.
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• DBS clearance.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Willingness to engage with further training in psychiatry to be compliant.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

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

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Discovery House

St George's Site, Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your key accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

NHS pension

a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes

career progression

starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)

staff physio service

NHS discounts and many more

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Interviews will be held in person date to be confirmed in due course.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification OR
• Experienced and Qualified Graduate Mental Health Worker with relevant experiences and competencies as required

Desirable

• A qualification in provision of supervision Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a psychological therapy
• Psychology or other health related undergraduate degree

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience

Desirable

• Evidence of working in the local community

Skills

Essential

• Effective analytical and decision -making skills
• Care planning skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Models of risk assessment and management.
• Mental health/mental illness.

Desirable

• Awareness of serious mental health presentations (psychosis, bi-polar).
• Medication and the monitoring of its effects.

Other

Essential

• An understanding of the context of IAPT stepped care.
• Car driver or ability to travel independently, and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation.

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English.

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

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Hospital Road - Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 3ND

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Delivering Patient Care: Provide high-quality care throughout the perioperative process, adhering to Independent Health Group policies and procedures.
• Theatre List Coordination: Support efficient theatre list coordination, ensuring timely start and finish times to optimise workflow.
• Circulating Duties: Be proficient in circulating duties to effectively support Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) undertaking this role, ensuring smooth workflow and patient care.
• Equipment and Theatre Preparation: Ensure all required equipment and theatre preparations are completed in advance to prevent delays or cancellations. Additionally, plan ahead by ensuring equipment and sundries are stocked and available for subsequent lists, supporting efficient forward planning.
• Theatre Suite Hygiene: Maintain a clean and safe surgical environment, adhering to all relevant hygiene protocols, including daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning schedules.
• Effective Communication: Provide support and reassurance to patients during local anaesthetic procedures, ensuring proper positioning, advocacy, and post-operative care advice.
• Record-Keeping: Maintain accurate, timely, and reflective clinical records in both paper and digital formats via the Patient Administration System. Engage with new systems and processes as they are implemented.

Patient Safety

• Upholding Patient Safety Standards: Adhere to WHO surgical safety guidelines and promote a culture of speaking up for safety. Utilise the "Stop the Line" tool to immediately address concerns to ensure patient safety issues are acknowledged, work is safely paused, and corrective action is taken collaboratively:
• Say WHAT you see,
• Say WHAT you are concerned about,
• Say WHAT you want to happen next.
• Quality Improvement and Audits: Engage in quality improvement initiatives, contribute to audits, report incidents, and support resource management to enhance patient safety.
• Resuscitation Competency: Maintain up-to-date competence in emergency resuscitation techniques, specifically at the Immediate Life Support (ILS) level.
• Waste Management and Infection Prevention & Control (IPC): Ensure safe waste disposal and strict adherence to IPC measures, following Aseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT) best practices.
• Escalation Protocols: Use NEWS2 scoring to detect early signs of patient deterioration, escalating concerns appropriately through line management and incident reporting systems.
• Health and Safety: Uphold workplace safety standards, including safe sharps management, fire safety, and overall risk mitigation for patients, colleagues, and yourself. This includes being aware of any business continuity and emergency planning protocols.
• Promoting a Culture of Safety: Follow established safety protocols to maintain high standards of care in alignment with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
• Incident Reporting and Investigations: Ensure timely incident reporting and actively contribute to patient safety investigations using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) methodology, helping identify lessons learned and integrating improvements into practice.

Ongoing Professional Development

• Ensure Competence & Self-Directed Learning: Identify personal learning and professional development needs, proactively seeking growth opportunities. Serve as a versatile Theatre Practitioner across areas such as scrub, admit, discharge, and recovery.
• Professional Knowledge and Competence: Keep abreast of professional best practices, research developments, and maintain your professional registration.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Understanding of high-quality clinical care
• Effective communication with diverse patients
• Clear written and verbal skills
• Ability to give/receive feedback
• Teamwork in a multi-disciplinary setting
• Accurate patient record-keeping
• Familiar with electronic patient records
• Willing to develop scrub skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of WHO protocols and NEWS2 scoring
• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) knowledge

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary healthcare team

Desirable

• Scrub-trained for day cases
• Governance and risk management experience
• Quality improvement involvement

Personal Competencies

Essential

• Friendly, supportive, and reassuring
• Excellent communication
• Accountability for safe patient care
• Collaborative and improvement-focused

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Flexibility to travel between sites as required

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in relevant field or equivalent
• Registered Nurse (NMC) or Registered ODP (HCPC)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification

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

Independent Health Group

Address

The Aspen Centre

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To welcome patients and obtain relevant personal and clinical details as appropriate treating all such information as confidential.

Following training, and once signed off as competent, to act as a chaperone and assist nurses/doctors to undertake intimate examinations/procedures and or sexual health screening on patients.

To provide information to patients as appropriate who attend the department and to those who are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection/HIV or require contraception advice, risk reduction advice and condom demonstration.

Where local services require and following training and sign off, provide a service for asymptomatic patients requesting a routine sexual health screen.

Following training, provide a phlebotomy service for patients attending the services.

To support and direct patients to the relevant individuals/agencies whilst accessing health care.

To participate in outreach and support health promotion events when requested.

To undertake in annual appraisal of work, one to ones, and clinical supervision throughout the year.

To be non-judgemental to all client groups regardless of age/ethnicity/religion.

To assist in the updating of clinic noticeboards.

To undertake non-clinical duties in support of the admin team, for example undertake call taking and reception cover including 0300 number answering, registering patients and booking, support data collection and or general patient and non-patient administration.

Following training, register and issue C-card and condoms.

Following training, undertake, read and interpret microscopy slides as directed by clinicians and appropriately document and communicate the associated findings, if required by the clinical service.

Following training and being deemed competent to do so, to administer prescribed vaccines in accordance with service guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures, if required by the clinical service.

Hold the Care Certificate and deliver the associated standards of care or undertake the training at the earliest opportunity upon recruitment to post.

Communication

Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team in order to promote efficient patient care.

Be conversant with the roles of all the staff within the service and occasionally with other colleagues internal or external to the organisation.

Always ensure correct storage of patients records as per the Trusts record keeping policy.

Liaise with other services as necessary for the co-ordination of patient care and the smooth running of the department.

Welcome visitors and patients to the clinical area providing assistance, support and information where required.

Maintain good communication with other staff, patients and visitors including front of house/reception and answering the telephone in a courteous and professional manner.

Ensure accurate record keeping in line with Trust and national standards.

Monitor and reassure patients during clinical procedures.

Actively participate in multidisciplinary training, meetings, and events.

Signpost clients to other services where appropriate.

Within remit of own role, support the teaching and supervision of students from a variety of disciplines.

Ensure that all organisational wide communication is accessed and adhered to accordingly via the nhs.net account.

Budgetary Responsibility

To assist in maintaining stock (drugs/clinical supplies) levels, always adhering to EEC Medicines Management Policy, identifying and reporting any discrepancies to line manager after appropriate training.

Assist with or undertake stock control and ordering as required.

People Management

Within remit of own role, assist in providing training and support for new members of staff.

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in annual appraisals and one to ones.

Be prepared to attend and undertake any necessary training, being aware of the need to develop self and to strive to increase personal knowledge.

Undertake any training identified by the Clinic Manager integral to the role requirements and specialty area.

Recognise limitations and seek direction when necessary.

Contribute to the development of patient care and setting standards.

The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required.

Clinical and Practice Governance

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act

The post holder must adhere to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.

The post holder must adhere to infection prevention and control policies and procedures.

Identify and refer to senior colleagues any young and/or vulnerable people complying with East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust (EEC) safeguarding policies.

The post holder must undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by EEC NHS Trust.

Participate in clinical and other audits as requested with guidance from senior members of the team.

The post holder must participate in clinical supervision.

The postholder must participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Prepare clinic rooms prior to commencement of clinic sessions by ensuring the relevant equipment/supplies are available and restocked. Undertake tidying and general housekeeping duties within the clinics.

Following training and signed off as competent, perform identified tests for patients.

To ensure that all laboratory specimens are correctly labelled, bagged and dispatched to the appropriate laboratory.

Undertake, read and interpret microscopy slides as directed by clinicians and appropriately document and communicate the associated findings, if required by the clinical service.

Have a clear understanding of personal accountability and level of responsibility and refer issues outside own competencies/level of knowledge to an appropriate member of the team.

To ensure attendance at all relevant meetings, if on shift and available.

Attend/complete mandatory training in accordance with EEC policy.

Direct and escort patients and visitors around the clinic and signpost to other services.

Take all reasonable steps to ensure the safe-keeping of patients property in accordance with Trust policies.

General

The post holder must at all times, carry out his/her duties with regard to EEC NHS Trust Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

To be aware of the responsibilities of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

All post holders must adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality and be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the Trust.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure of Barring Service to be made to check for any previous criminal convictions. EEC NHS Trust is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users in line with its equal opportunities policy and policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.

Safeguarding people responsibility

Safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility.There is an expectation that all staff develop and maintain their role relevant safeguarding people competencies and comply with local safeguarding partnerships practice. Alongside this employee who are registrants are reminded of their professional duty of care.Safeguarding means protecting a citizens health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care.

Those most in need of protection include:

Children and young people Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in their own home, people with physical, sensory and mental impairments, and those with learning disabilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Evidence of good standard of general education including basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Evidence of achievement of the Care Certificate or willingness to complete at the earliest opportunity

Desirable

• Level 2 or 3 qualification in Health & Social Care or equivalent
• Sexually Transmitted Infection Foundation (STIF) course - Core
• Adult Basic Life Support (in date)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a health care environment
• Experience of working with the public
• Basic knowledge of and experience of IT systems such as Microsoft Office (2005 pr newer) Word, Excel, Outlook and internet navigation

Desirable

• Experience working with IDOX LILIE clinical system
• Recent experience of working in a sexual and reproductive health service or equivalent
• Experience in working with confidential information

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Competent in phlebotomy/venepuncture or willingness to train
• Willingness to undertake microscopy training if required by the service
• Good communication skills
• Good organisational skills

Desirable

• Experience of reading and interpreting microscopy slides, and ability to appropriately document associated findings

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

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Address

iCaSH Cambridgeshire, Lime Tree Clinic

Lime Tree Clinic, Brookfield's Hospital, 351 Mill Road

CAMBRIDGE

CB1 3DF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title: Clinical Pharmacist

Working Hours: 3 days

Reports to: Practice Manager & HR / Prescribing Lead Partner

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for supporting the partners in implementing effective medicine management within the practices, identifying areas for improvement, and initiating and managing change.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and manage a medicines management plan and deliver patient services as determined by practice policy and local and national guidance.

Lead the prescribing teams in best prescribing practice for long term condition management with a view to improving the quality of patient care with cost effective solutions.

Patient / clinical services

Provide medication review services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

Provide long term condition management services to patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and nursing homes, in line with care and support planning principles.

Assist partners with the appropriate monitoring and management of their prescribing budgets.

Help plan, develop and support the introduction of new working processes within the practice to optimise the quality of prescribing.

Responsibility for administration

To provide regular support and feedback to practice on prescribing action plans

To produce quarterly reports on practice progress to the lead GP for medicines management

To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer systems, including advice given and action taken.

To advise the primary health care team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation.

Communication

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

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

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

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

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

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines

Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Use and monitoring of the correct use of Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning and infection control

Responsible for correct hand hygiene of self and others

Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols within the team

Active observation of current working practices across the team in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.

Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management

Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)

Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards

Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection

Spillage control procedures, management and training

Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance

Maintenance of sterile environments

Correct cleaning of equipment used for near patient testing, such as blood glucose monitoring equipment and smokelysers, using the manufacturers instructions as appropriate

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Equality and diversity:

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

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will have a named mentor at each practice. The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:

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

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

Quality:

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

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

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

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.

Participate in audit where appropriate.