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Job summary

Main area
HIV Medicine (ICDC)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (.)
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-6320913
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS(Pro-rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/10/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 HIV Liaison & Care - Peer Navigator

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The post holder will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, they will provide support signposting, advocacy, and mentoring to patients to work through personal action plans and help navigate around health and social care services. Additionally, they will review and further develop health, welfare, peer support and social care services for people living with HIV attending the Ian Charleson Day Centre (ICDC). The post holder will liaise and work with acute medical and voluntary sector organisations to establish links for people living with HIV to a range of support services e.g. advice on housing, immigration and financial issues. In addition the post holder will be a point of contact for HIV queries from other areas of the hospital, including providing a liaison role between our inpatient service and Emergency Department (ED) in particular. The Royal Free has a ‘support hub’ which has provided some support to people attending ICDC in the past and liaising with this service is also expected to provide some continuity in providing holistic support. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is aiming to become HIV stigma free. We anticipate the post holder playing an active role in helping the Trust achieve this goal.

Main duties of the job

The HIV service at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is recognised as an International Centre of Excellence for HIV care. It serves the inpatient and outpatient needs of over 3000 people living with HIV. We have an inpatient HIV unit and run specialist consultant-led clinics within the department including viral hepatitis, TB, cardiology, renal disease, rheumatology, ageing and frailty, chronic fatigue, lipid disorders, AIN, gynaecology and psychiatry. For stable patients on medication and e-clinics are in place, which are both Doctor and Nurse led. Care in all areas of medicine is increasingly being provided at a network level and the department is active in developing and strengthening links with our clinical colleagues across the North Central London Network. The HIV department has a dedicated research team, and many patients are involved in Clinical Trials including those for new antiretrovirals, primary HIV infections, and questionnaire-based studies. The service
has an integrated clinical psychology team and routine wellbeing review clinics have recently been implemented. A weekly peer mentor from Positively UK also supports the service.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated team of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please visit

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 2 qualification in Mentoring and Befriending (or equivalent)
  • Professional qualification in Social Care or Health e.g. DipSW,
  • Registered Nurse or educated to degree level
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of key performance indicators
  • Prince 2
  • AF

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Proven leadership abilities
  • Ability to quickly establish and maintain working relationships with key internal and external personnel
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise a heavy workload and meet tight deadlines
  • IT literate
  • Able to analysis and collect data
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to work on own initiative, to think laterally and problem solve
  • Ability to be innovative and introduce new approaches to deliver services

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of management in a health or social care setting
  • Experience of working in a multi agency setting.
  • Proven track record of working in the NHS and/or voluntary sector
  • Experience of setting up or managing projects
  • Staff line management experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of setting up and establishing partnership working
  • Experience of successful partnership working, involving change management and strategic development

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
  • Knowledge of the issues affecting people living with HIV

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to Equal Opportunities
  • Non-judgemental attitude
  • Flexible to the needs of the service

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Professor Fiona Burns
Job title
HIV Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
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Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
Telephone
01629 702338
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