Total 69 Senior Executive job vacancies in Worcester, , WR1 2LU

Key Working Relationships: Internal: Occupational Therapy Manager, Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialists, All members of the Occupational Therapy Team, Physiotherapy. External: Community colleagues both within Occupational Therapy and in other professions, Consultants from the employing Trust, GPs, Nursing staff, Social Workers, Relatives/carers, Voluntary and statutory agencies, Onward Care team. Risk Assessment: This post involves the frequent manual handling activities within the workplace including patient handling such as hoisting, pushing/moving wheelchairs, positioning patients for treatment and to encourage function, static stooping and limb holding. It includes assisting patients with standing, walking and transferring between bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, and bath/shower. The above manual handling activities may be carried out within the patients home environment, frequently in less than ideal circumstances. On occasions the post holder will be required to lone work within the patients home environment which will include manual handling including the delivery and fitting of equipment. Physical effort is required to ensure patient and staff safety mobilising or transfers, this frequently includes the handling and transportation of patient related equipment in and out of a vehicle, commodes, toilet frames, wheelchairs etc. and the moving and raising of furniture and equipment within the patients home environment. The ability to safely use a variety of tools may be required. A high level of clinical analysis is required to ensure the safety of self, patients and other staff. Frequent close contact with patients therefore exposes the post holder to infection, bodily fluid e.g. sputum, urine, faeces, blood or vomit and a high awareness of infection control safety is required. The post holder will be involved in and may need to instigate difficult discussions with patients and carers under difficult circumstances following a life changing event or illness. This will be around a patients functional ability and be around their prospects of returning to home, work or some life skills e.g. driving. All qualified staff will be required to take therapeutic risks during the assessment and treatment of patients, both in the hospital and the patients home environment as required, to ensure accurate assessment of a patients functional ability and safety levels. There is a need for prolonged concentration and involvement in emotionally stressful situations, e.g. terminally ill patients or those with poor recovery or functional prognosis. This will include occasional contact with patients and/or carers who are aggressive or abusive. Job Purpose: To provide Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and discharge planning to frailty patients within the acute hospital service requiring ongoing assessment and rehabilitation within the hospital setting with a view to discharging to the patients home environment wherever possible. The work will be carried out either in the ward inpatient setting or within the emergency Departments. The ward ethos is to provide ongoing rehabilitation for patients and you will tailor the Occupational therapy to enable patients to improve functional skills and therefore require less community services upon discharge. The ward is a mixture of diagnoses and complex discharging and rehabilitation skills are required. The Frailty teams ethos is to assess and discharge patients back to the home environment whenever possible, referring to community services or signposting to services as appropriate. To provide guidance and supervision to less experienced staff and students. To take a proactive role within the Occupational Therapy team within your base hospital, with the ability to provide advice or cover on other Trust sites as required. To liaise with senior Occupational Therapists to ensure the smooth and effective running of the Occupational Therapy service at an operational level on a daily basis. You will gain mentorship and support from the Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist for frailty. Key Duties: To hold an active caseload within the GEMs service in the Worcester Royal Hospital Worcester. This will include the ongoing assessment and treatment of inpatients and providing advice and guidance for less experience staff. To provide advice/mentorship for bands 5 Occupational Therapists, assistants and students carrying an acute caseload, with emphasis on but not exclusive to, frailty. To allocate the caseload according to priority whether clinical or expected date of discharge and to effect timely assessment and rehabilitation. To be actively involved in both direct and indirect supervision and teaching of junior staff. To ensure that the Occupational Therapy service to patients trust wide maintains high professional standards, using evidence based assessment whenever possible. To liaise regularly with other agencies/professions as shown under key working relationships. To attend and contribute to relevant meetings both clinical and managerial, providing accurate verbal or written reporting as appropriate. To ensure all equipment or written documentation is provided in a timely manner to facilitate patient safety. To carry out assessment and treatment programmes for patients this may include the administration and interpretation of standardised assessments. To ensure that all documentation and data regarding patient care is completed in accordance with local and Royal College of Occupational Therapy standards. To be able to safely and effectively undertake the manual handling aspects of the role. This may include loading/unloading and transportation and fitting of equipment. This will include lifting items up/down, pushing, pulling, stooping and bending. The use, handling and safety of hand tools and thermoplastics may also be required. To undertake any other duties commensurate with the level/expertise of the post to ensure the smooth running of the Occupational Therapy service, this will include the treatment of patients on the wards, within the department or within the patients home environment. To be involved, as required, in the education of colleagues and students. To be a Practice Educator and train Occupational Therapy students regularly. To ensure your professional/clinical knowledge is kept updated and attend appropriate training, demonstrating continued professional development and competency and encourage evidence based practice where appropriate. To participate in projects or audit, via the Occupational Therapy Clinical Governance group as required. To apply national guidelines to the clinical setting. To take an active role in the maintenance of professional standards and the provision of a quality service using resources responsibly. To work in liaison with the Occupational Therapy manager, Strategic Clinical Lead OT and the Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist to implement any agreed changes to service provision. To be actively involved in the recruitment of staffing within Occupational Therapy across the Trust as required. To ensure safe working practice by adherence to Trust wide policies and procedures. To comply with the Health and Care Professions Council registration requirements and maintain active HCPC registration, and work to the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Standards of Professional Practice. To be able to travel and work countywide in support of the Occupational Therapy Service including service provision on Bank Holidays(across all inpatient areas) and working flexibly around core service hours. *To have the potential to work extended hours 08:00am-20:00pm on a shift basis across 7 days. Vision and Values: The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment. To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours: Do what we say we will do No Delays, every day We listen, we learn, we lead Work together, celebrate together

Post Title:Medical Laboratory Assistant Pay Band:3 Hours:Full-time 37.5hrs worked Monday to Sunday. This will include 24/7 working as part of a shift pattern Part-time pro rata according to contract of employment. This will include 24/7 working as part of a shift pattern Location/ Department:Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, Reports to:Pre Analytics Manager Blood Sciences and above through the laboratory structure Key Duties: To accurately enter patient and request data onto the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), making appropriate amendments as required, so as to enable the performance of appropriate or indicated investigation(s) of biological specimens, and the issue of reports to the source of the request, within identified timescales. A high degree of accuracy is required to ensure correct and complete clinical information is recorded so a correct interpretation of results can be made. To be proficient in all aspects of the routine use of the LIMS, in accordance with departmental procedures. To train, instruct and assess the competence of other members of staff, of whatever grade, in the correct use of the LIMS, as directed. Assessment of competence will be achieved through the use of exercises developed by the post holder and approved by the Pre-Analytical Manager. To undertake annual Personal Development Reviews of Band 2 staff in accordance with trust policy. Daily supervise and deploy MLA staff as is required, including staff rotas. Ensures that all MLA duties are performed in a timely manner in accordance with departmental quality standards including SOPs Supervises and receives stock delivered to the department ensuring storage is in accordance with departmental procedures Ensures regular stock inventories are carried out by MLA staff and a senior BMS is informed of supply deficiency Responsible of upkeep of stock in specimen reception area and perform general housekeeping duties. Carries out audits as required through quality management system and completes non-conformance records and submits to the senior BMS/Quality Lead. To store and archive reports of investigations in accordance with departmental procedures. To regularly review lists of Incomplete requests for investigations sent to other laboratories, and to take appropriate action to ensure the receipt of results within identified timescales so that patient treatment is not adversely affected. To bring to the attention of senior Biomedical Scientists any difficulties experienced in obtaining an appropriate response from the referral laboratory. To respond to telephone calls from medical and nursing staff within the hospital, or staff from surgeries and clinics, so that requests for results, additional/urgent investigations and technical advice are dealt with to the satisfaction of the caller, in accordance with departmental procedures and within limits of knowledge and capability, referring calls to qualified / senior staff as appropriate. To give out authorised results only, but only to appropriate staff as identified in the departmental Telephoning of Results procedure. To refer requests for technical advice to qualified Biomedical Scientists, as appropriate; to refer requests for clinical advice to Clinical Scientists / Consultants, as appropriate this is to ensure correct information is relayed to service users. To respond to any complaints that arise courteously, referring complainants to appropriate senior staff in all instances. To assist in the resolution of any discrepancies relating to reports issued by the department, addressing issues such as the sending of reports to incorrect locations, patients being unknown to staff at a given location or the inclusion of inaccurate / incomplete clinical details. In addition, to maintain appropriate and auditable records of all such occurences. To co-ordinate and participate in the scanning of request forms so that electronic images are readily available for the technical validation / clinical interpretation of results. To ensure the document scanner is maintained fit for use at all times and to work in conjunction with senior BMS staff to ensure that any malfunctions are addressed and rectified promptly. To ensure request forms, and any other documents containing confidential information, are retained and discarded in accordance with Trust and departmental procedures. To be familiar and practise in accordance with Data Protection regulations. To assist senior staff within the department with general office and laboratory duties. To take receipt of incoming mail and distribute throughout the department. To work in accordance with and maintain adherence to the safety standards outlined in the departmental Health and Safety Policy, thereby ensuring that the laboratory complies with regulatory requirements and is a safe, secure, clean and tidy working environment. To read, understand and practise in accordance with departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all relevant tasks performed within the laboratory so as to ensure that such tasks are performed in a manner consistent with departmental policies. To respond appropriately to requests for laboratory consumables from wards, clinics and GP surgeries. To develop an understanding of the function and use of Information Technology and electronic communications. This includes the use of word processing packages, spreadsheets, databases and electronic communications. To work under the direct and indirect supervision of qualified staff within the department. To participate in mandatory training thus enabling the Trust to satisfy its regulatory requirements as an employer. To participate in and contribute to regular general departmental meetings that involve all staff to ensure that clear lines of communication are established and maintained To produce notes of the general departmental staff meetings, for authorisation by the Pre-Analytical Manager, within identified timescales. To participate in and contribute to regular Senior MLA meetings to help with departmental training, forward planning to ensure quality service provision, adequate staffing levels and to deal with any staffing issues. To assist the Pre-Analytics Manager in maintaining ESR records To assist the Pre-Analytical Manager with weekly rotas. To work in conjunction with all other staff, as directed, to achieve and maintain UKAS accreditation status. To participate in departmental Quality Management activities in a manner commensurate with the post. To be familiar with the Pathology Directorate Quality Policy and to ensure its consistent application to all departmental activities. To work under the direction of the departmental Quality Manager and/or Quality Leads in ensuring the effective implementation of the departmental Quality Management System (QMS). To maintain familiarity and practise in accordance with the SOPs for all relevant laboratory procedures. To participate in departmental quality improvement initiatives. To participate in scheduled audit activities. The programme of activities shall include horizontal, vertical and examination audits, in addition to internal audit of the QMS. To identify and alert senior staff to any non-conformances to optimal / required practice To participate in the implementation and review of appropriate remedial, corrective and/or preventative measures in response to reported non-conformances. To participate in training activities so that own competence to practise in the laboratory is demonstrably maintained through on-going assessment, as appropriate. To participate in the maintaining of records, for all staff of whatever grade, which indicate both training received and the outcome of any assessment(s) of competence, for all relevant laboratory procedures. To participate in training activities so that own competence to practice in the laboratory is demonstrably maintained through ongoing assessment, as appropriate. Duties associated within front Pathology Specimen Reception. To receive all patients and visitors to Pathology, promptly and with sympathy, politeness and courtesy. To assist with general clerical work as directed in the Pathology office or Specimen reception. To deal with telephone enquiries from doctors, nurses and other ward staff and for arrangement of tests with patients. The transfer of more involved queries to more senior laboratory staff. Issue various specimen containers to porters, ward staff and patients when requested. Package samples and arrange for them to be sent by taxi, courier or post as instructed. Put out items to be picked up by the courier for delivery to other hospitals or GP surgeries as required. To ensure that levels of stocks kept in specimen reception are adequate. Duties associated within the blood sciences department The reception of all patient samples into the laboratory checking, barcoding and use of Beckman DXA pre analytical automation for processing samples for analysis The fast tracking of all urgent sample through the pre-analytical section to enable fast turnaround times to be maintained. Patient and sample data entry into the laboratory computer system to the required set standard Use of Beckman DXA Perform daily/weekly maintenance Prepare all racks at the start of the day Check and load all consumables during the day Load patient samples Check all alarms / errors and correct as necessary Process any short samples and aliquots as necessary Stocktake all consumables and inform pre-analytics manager of any shortages Clean and disinfect pre-analytics work area, laboratory equipment including centrifuges and fume cupboards, on a regular basis according to maintenance logs. 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To provide a personal assistant and medical secretarial service to Consultants and other medical staff in relation to their clinical duties. To manage the Consultants waiting list and the booking of theatre lists in line with Trust policy and national 18 week RTT guidelines. To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners operation notes and letters, discharge summaries and other official correspondence if required. To undertake responsibility to ensure any outsourced work for the Acute Clinics is correctly checked and uploaded to the Trust records and applications. To respond to enquiries from GPs, other Health Service personnel, patients and relatives To participate in the collection and transmission of information to enable the Directorate to meet its objectives. To assist with sorting day to day post. To participate in the introduction and use of IT and to provide IT support to colleagues. To cover, as is practical, Medical Secretary colleagues To participate in the use of PAS systems to establish patient information is kept as accurate as possible and produce patient documentation as required. To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or the Directorate Management Team in accordance to the needs of the service.

To provide a personal assistant and medical secretarial service to a Consultant and other medical staff in relation to their clinical duties. To manage the Consultants waiting list and the booking of theatre lists in line with Trust policy and national 18 week RTT guidelines. To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners operation notes and letters, discharge summaries and other official correspondence if required. To undertake responsibility to ensure any outsourced work for the Acute Clinics is correctly checked and uploaded to the Trust records and applications. To respond to enquiries from GPs, other Health Service personnel, patients and relatives To participate in the collection and transmission of information to enable the Directorate to meet its objectives. To assist with sorting day to day post. To participate in the introduction and use of IT and to provide IT support to colleagues. To cover, as is practical, Medical Secretary colleagues To participate in the use of PAS systems to establish patient information is kept as accurate as possible and produce patient documentation as required. To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or the Directorate Management Team in accordance to the needs of the service.

The successful candidate will: Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis. Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism. Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients. Work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated care team providing rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes or other community settings to enable patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible. This will be achieved through a combination of hands on expert clinical skills and knowledge to treat, educate and support patients on a designated caseload and by working with patients and their carers to assess, plan and implement appropriate packages of care. Demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, health promotion and holistic assessment skills and will work with the patient and their carers to assess, plan, implement and evaluate their ongoing care and support needs in their own home or temporary/usual place of residence. Have responsibility for leading and managing a team of nurses within the locality. They will be responsible for the triage, allocation of work and the day-to-day management of junior nursing staff and assistants as well as the standard of clinical practice within the team. Support the Nurse Team leader in the dissemination of best nursing practice, allocation and management of resources and will deputise in his/her absence. For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Main Duties: 1. To provide PBL small group facilitation in person and / or online if required. 2. To use the appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods. 3. To assess the progress of students both formatively and summatively, with reference to the PBL assessment criteria and provide constructive and timely feedback to students. 4. To undertake the necessary preparation for facilitating PBL tutorials, including introductory training and reading of documentation (Facilitators Notes). 5. To contribute to PBL scenario refreshment and the tutor notes. 6. To provide student guidance, mentorship, and pastoral support as a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT). 7. To contribute to the quality assurance processes and the evaluation of the MBChB programme. 8. To attend pertinent staff development and in house training activities as required by the role including PAT and take part in peer teaching observation and dialogue. 9. To engage in scholarly practice.

To work as a radiographer to a high professional standard providing assistance and guidance to junior staff. Ensure standards of imaging meet the directorate requirement and that policy and protocol is followed. To ensure high quality patient care at all times, managing patient flow and waiting times based on clinical priority. Seeking advice as required and escalating abnormalities and concerns appropriately. Maintaining a safe, clean and tidy work area reporting any incidents through the correct process. Radiographers are expected to participate in quality assurance and audit programmes within the departments to ensure robust review of standards and effective use of resources. Professionally radiographers will participate in the appraisals having clear objectives to support professional development ensuring they maintain up to date knowledge and expertise meeting HCPC requirements.

To work as a radiographer to a high professional standard providing assistance and guidance to junior staff. Ensure standards of imaging meet the directorate requirement and that policy and protocol is followed. To ensure high quality patient care at all times, managing patient flow and waiting times based on clinical priority. Seeking advice as required and escalating abnormalities and concerns appropriately. Maintaining a safe, clean and tidy work area reporting any incidents through the correct process. Radiographers are expected to participate in quality assurance and audit programmes within the departments to ensure robust review of standards and effective use of resources. Professionally radiographers will participate in the appraisals having clear objectives to support professional development ensuring they maintain up to date knowledge and expertise meeting HCPC requirements.

Senior Finance Assistant
Scale 5, £26,422 - £28,771 FTE
(£19228 - £20937 actual salary, 30hpw)
Immediate start if possible, 30hrs per week, term-time only plus 10 days, a suitably skilled person to join our Finance Team.
Nunnery Wood is an over-subscribed 11-16 High School situated on the South Eastern outskirts of Worcester.
Application forms and additional information relevant to the post are available from the vacancies section of the school website.
Closing date for applications: Friday, 1st December 2023, 12 noon
Should you be successfully shortlisted, we will contact you to attend an interview.
All applications must be made on the NWHS application form – CV’s will not be considered.
All staff at Nunnery Wood High School have a safeguarding responsibility. The successful applicants will be required to undertake safer recruitment vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.