Job summary
- Main area
- TB
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8738
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Temple Farm
- Town
- southend
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
TB Clinical Lead
Band 8a
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for leading and co-ordinating the TB service in order to deliver high quality care to patients and ensure best use of resources. This will include providing assurance that the service is meeting the requirements of the Commissioners and also the Care Quality Commission Standards for Better Health and other Governance criteria such as NICE Guidance and the NSF for Older People. This includes investigating, monitoring and raising awareness in the prevention, surveillance, investigation, management and control of TB.
The post-holder will also be responsible for raising the profile of the TB specialist service as an specialist resource within Primary Care and Secondary Care, ensuring appropriate diagnosis, treatment and individual care plans are in place as well as providing an educative function to GPs and Practice Nurses.
Main duties of the job
· Provide clinical and managerial leadership and support to all nursing and clerical staff
· Act as a resource for support and guidance of own staff and at trust level, as required
· Manage staff performance and development through a process of appraisal, which should include a cycle of constructive performance review and the establishment of a relevant personal development plan
· Monitor and manage staff sickness and absence
· Facilitate a system of clinical supervision
· Ensure all staff have had the relevant training and statutory updating regarding mandatory training,
· Identify performance issues and initiate action in accordance with the Trust's Human Resources Procedures
· Compose policies for the team and for use across the Trust
· Comment on local or directorate based policy documents as required.
· Act as a positive change agent identifying and initiating changes as required to enhance service provision, locally or Trust-wide
· Ensure compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety policies in order to provide a safe environment for staff, patients, visitors and their families.
· Develop and maintain good working relationships & partnerships with others across and within professional boundaries to promote effective and high quality care both within the Trust and outside agencies.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Be involved in developing specific infection control systems & database for patient caseload management, alert organism management & outbreak reports
· Establish and maintain channels of effective verbal and written communication about infection control issues within the team, Trust and outside agencies where applicable
· Participate in action research: clinical audit or surveillance activities where appropriate.
· Collect, collate, analyse and feedback clinical data from audit and surveillance activities in collaboration with those parties concerned.
· Undertake environmental audit/monitoring of clinical areas as required
· Advise on purchase and evaluation of equipment to ensure that appropriate standards of Infection Control are maintained
· Participate in research relevant to TB, interpret and analyse published research findings and where appropriate apply findings to practice
· Investigate any complaints or reports of dissatisfaction relating to infection prevention and control issues in a timely manner and take appropriate action, delegate to staff members involved where appropriate
· Assist in any freedom of information requests within the designated time frame
· Report any potential risks initiating appropriate action/investigation through the risk management system.
· Assist in the financial planning for TB.
· Manage the efficient and effective use of staff, supplies, provisions and equipment within the designated budgets
· Ensure cost pressures and financial constraints are identified, analysed and managed in a timely manner.
· Provide advice in the Trust procurement and tendering process in matters pertaining to TB to ensure a balance between best financial value and best quality value in medical equipment, consumables and resource provision for the Trust.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage clinical and operational situations that involve staff from all levels within and outside the organisation
- Significant experience as an TB specialist
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
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
- claire vine
- Job title
- Head of Specialist services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977713791
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