Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to work shift pattern)
- Job ref
- 820-6695227-COM
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Care Co-ordination Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Clinical Lead – Urgent Care Bureau
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
The post holder will be based within the Urgent Care Bureau Team, and working with the Urgent Community Response Team clinically, when required. The post holder will have operational and clinical responsibility of the Urgent Care Bureau Team.
The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise in Triage, In-reach and Virtual Wards across the Adult Community Services Division.
The purpose of the role is to work across services and with wider system
The Post holder will be expected to participate in working with secondary care, to identify and assess patients suitable for community services, and to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge. The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, including Urgent Care Response, Early Intervention Community Teams (EICT), Urgent Care Bureau and other services deemed in scope.
The post holder will also attend multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT’s) to provide advice and support to the Virtual Ward (Hospital @Home) Model.
Main duties of the job
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1. Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice
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2. Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.
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3. Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.
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4. Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.
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5. Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.
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6. Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.
7. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.
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8. Act as a role model to and facilitate others to respect the dignity, wishes and beliefs of patients: involving them in shared decision making and obtaining consent prior to all interventions.
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9. Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.
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10. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.
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Working for our organisation
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust (BCHC) is committed to providing dignity in care for all our patients and service users across the Trust.
All staff, workers, volunteers, students and individuals undertaking work experience/shadowing, irrespective of the role they specifically undertake, are required to adhere to BCHC’s vision, values, and professional standards. This also involves working with and alongside colleagues and partners, demonstrating a duty of Candour (i.e., honesty and straightforwardness), openness and accountability in order to achieve high quality and the best possible care outcomes for our patients, service users and the local community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities, both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s.
2. Develop a culture that ensures that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.
3. Make recommendations and changes to clinical practice and participate in implementation where appropriate.
4. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply it to the work situation.
5. Participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff.
6. Lead and participate in undertaking surveys and audits
7. Actively participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and on an individual basis.
8. Ensure staff compliance with all mandatory training.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)/ AHP.
- Significant experience of a multidisciplinary approach to care.
- Evidence of up-to-date post registration education relevant to the role
- Degree in relevant subject
- Independent prescriber
Essential
Essential criteria
- Significant experience as a registered health professional including working in a rehabilitation, frailty, community or older adult setting or care
- Experience working as a registered nurse in the community.
- Significant experience of a multidisciplinary approach to care.
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring or teaching qualification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Price
- Job title
- Service Clinical Manager for ICG
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07874 890555
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