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ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career. ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive. REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary. If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of responsibilities to help us deliver the quality care and support our residents deserve. In this varied role, we'll need you to answer the phone, handle our files and support our managers. You'll also meet and greet visitors, engage with residents and show prospective clients and their families around so they can see what makes us so different. Across everything you do as an Admin Assistant here, you'll go out of your way to help us create a vibrant, happy environment. ABOUT YOUIf you have the ability to multi-task, good computer skills and a confident telephone manner you could be well-suited to the Admin Assistant role with us. It's also really important that you're a people person you'll take a genuine interest in our residents and their families. If that sounds like you, we'll give you the opportunity to develop your skills with courses that have been designed to build your confidence across all your responsibilities. REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary. If you'd like to use your administration and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter? Working as a bank Second Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality. Barchester is one of the UKs leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards. We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work. NEED TO HAVE A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent Experience in helping lead and inspire a team A good understanding of nutrition Experience of working with fresh seasonal food The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home Good understanding of HACCP NEED TO DO Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence Assist the Head Chef in menu development Work fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standardsHelp create a warm, efficient and fun environment Work within budget Complete regular audits Manage stock control To assist in leading and motivating a team REWARDS PACKAGE Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends Free learning and development A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who love to celebre life, Barchester is the place to be

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables us to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of a Bank Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment. This means you'll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors and all the staff working to support them. ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Housekeeping Assistant you'll need a caring nature, personable approach and good practical skills. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive. REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary. If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Finance Analyst

Morgan Hunt are working with an NHS Trust based in Cambridgshire who are looking at recruiting a Finance Analyst. This is a 6-month contract role paying up to £20 p/hour. This will be a hybrid role - days TBC.

Key Responsibilities of the Specialist Finance Analyst:

* Produce accurate and reliable financial information in line with financial procedures and timetables through own work and collaboration with others.
* Establish effective working relationships with budget holders, ensuring they understand financial issues relevant to their services and assisting them with complex finance queries.
* Support the Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) in budget-setting and maintaining a large portfolio of services across one or more divisions.
* Support Cost and Income Improvement Programme (CIIP) reporting for a defined portfolio of services.
* Liaise with Finance Team staff to ensure timely, accurate monthly financial reporting, investigate variances, and correct errors.
* Provide financial information and advice to budget holders, supporting decision-making and referring complex issues to the Senior Financial Analyst.
* Undertake detailed financial analysis to understand variances, including using non-financial data like activity performance against targets.
* Provide monthly summaries of progress against CIIP schemes within areas of responsibility.
* Support production of final accounts by following instructions from the Head of Statutory Accounts (HoSA) regarding year-end procedures.
* Assist the Cost and Income Accountant in completing business cases, Service Line Reporting, and cost reviews.
* Understand the financial implications of customer contracts and assess compliance with the Contracts team and external stakeholders.

Previous Skills and Experience of the Specialist Finance Analyst:

* Experience working in a finance team with strong knowledge of financial systems and processes.
* Ability to manage workloads, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines while producing accurate financial reports.
* Strong understanding of MS Excel, including pivot tables, data filters, sumif, vlookup, and other financial analysis tools.
* Experience in providing financial advice and complex data interpretation to non-financial staff.
* Experience working within an NHS or similar organisation.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated Occupational Therapistto join our Medicine for Older People Team.

The successful candidate will have excellent clinical skills within the field of medicine for older people, be able to communicate effectively and have good organisational and time management skills. The ability to work both individually and a member of a team and to prioritise activity is a key requirement of this post. Previous experience within in this area is essential.

The team provides a 7 day service to the inpatient service at Whiston hospital and an out-patient service on Allen Day Unit at St Helens hospital working with a broad range of medical and neurological conditions.

Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.
• Deliver a high standard of evidence based care.
• Be confident in their assessment and decision making.
• Play a key role in the discharge planning process; including making recommendations about individual rehabilitation needs and discharge/placement requirements.
• Have excellent skills in assessment and provision of equipment, including specialist manual handling equipment and of formulating written care plans.
• Supervise therapy assistants; rotational Occupational Therapists and students on clinical placement within the specialty.
• The ability to work closely with Physiotherapists and undertake generic therapy assessments and treatments to a basic level.
• Have significant postgraduate experience as a junior therapist in a post with broad based rotational opportunities, including previous experience of working with medical patients.
• Have the ability to work flexibly and adaptably to changing working patterns
• Have a working knowledge of a broad range of conditions with proven clinical skills in this specialist area.

In return for your hard work and dedicationwe can offer a friendly and welcoming team and all the support and continuing professional development you will need to make a difference to patients and staff. We have an innovative service of AHP’s with an excellent staff supervision system enabling our staff to be committed to developing both their service and themselves.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES
• To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your care and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use specialist clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
• Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options. Formulate an initial diagnosis and prognoses to recommend best course of intervention and develop comprehensive discharge plans.
• To take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 clinician for managing patients/clients with conditions and be responsible for providing specialist assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess, and alter treatment programmes as required.
• To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To maintain Professional Registration
• To work within Trust clinical guidelines, HCPC and Registrant Body guidelines and to have a working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practise against these.
• To be responsible for a designated area of work, as delegated by a senior clinician. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively patient/client caseload, and use of time for self and more junior staff.
• To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training, and supervision of practice.
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of treatment and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
• To provide specialist clinical advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas
• To provide specialist clinical advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT regarding the management of patients
• To train, supervise and performance manage more junior staff and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
• To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and can work within a legal framework with patients/clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• To communicate highly sensitive information effectively with all patient groups/clients/carers where there may be difficulties in accepting or understanding information.
• To maintain tact and diplomacy and use highly developed communication skills when working in situations which may become hostile/antagonistic including potential complaints as per Trust Policy

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• To maintain accurate, comprehensive, and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
• To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
• To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include participating in a variety of MDT, internal and external agency meetings, and forums plus other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing and referrals to other agencies.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments and incorporate them as appropriate into your work. To support junior staff to do likewise.
• To be an active member of relevant training programmes attending and delivering presentations and training sessions at staff meetings, tutorials, and by attending external courses and being a reflective practitioner
• To participate in the supervision scheme as supervisor and supervisee

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery.
• Influencing, motivating, supporting, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Therapy Team
• To provide specialist advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment, and long-term management of patients/ clients within sphere of practice.
• To deputise for the band 7 in terms of operational issues
• To take responsibility for their own specialist and complex decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery
• To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by senior staff.
• To participate in working parties developing policy changes within speciality which will impact on all service users.

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, RESEARCH & AUDIT
• To adhere to the appropriate Registrant Body code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and facilitate compliance of staff with local and national standards of practice.
• Implement policy and service development changes as directed.
• To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices using evidence-based practice projects, audit, and outcome measures under the guidance of senior staff. Make recommendations for change and to implement change.
• To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.
• To support research activity within the Service
• To engage actively in practice development, evaluation, audit and research activities relevant to service to promote evidence-based practice.


This advert closes on Friday 18 Oct 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are looking for a Credit Controller Administrator to join the Frontier team, based at Witham St Hughs on a permanent basis. We are open to hybrid options for this role, with the right candidate working 3 days from the office and 2 days from home.

You will be responsible for the general administration on the credit control desk providing a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers. They will also provide support to the credit control team.

The Benefits

Competitive salary
Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

Liaise with internal and external customers to ensure timely resolution of customer queries
Provide customer account reconciliations as required
Credit Limit Reviews
Credit control/Accounting experience not required
Previous administration experience is an advantage
Strong Communication skills
Develop effective working relationships
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Good working knowledge of Microsoft PC applications
Strong team player with an ability to work on their own initiative

Your Role

As a Credit Control Administrator your role will involve:

To provide administrative support to the credit control team in conjunction with the company credit policy
Provide, ad hoc reports, admin support for internal stores, and supply customer service of a very high standard
To provide additional support to cover Credit Controller during absence
Produce letters from information supplied by the Credit Controller
Administer finance agreements within the designated area

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work institute since 2012 and we are proud to be ranked by them in the top 30 UK best large places to work.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer focus and Expertise – or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senor Mental Health Nurse to join our multi disciplinary team. As an Senior Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

The post holder will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency.

As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.

This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.



The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to:

• Promote safe practices
• Value the aims of service users
• Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
• Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
• Value social inclusion

The team promotes the Thrive model of service delivery and so is continually developing innovative and creative practice - so the successful candidate will share our enthusiasm and hard working approach.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

CLINICAL
To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work dependant on clinical competence and experience. To undertake assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.
1.2. To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service.
1.3. Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework
1.4.To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
1.5. To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young People’s services.
1.6. To participate directly in the teams duty rotas.
1.7. To exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients
1.8. To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care including organising multi-agency meetings.
1.9. To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers
1.10. To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of specialist knowledge
1.11. To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families. To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines.
1.12. To provide consultation, advice and guidance to junior colleague. To promote effective multi-agency work. To contribute theoretical knowledge to the process of managing risk within the multi-agency network

1.13. Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships.
1.14. Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and Northwest Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust safeguarding policies
1.15. Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards.
1.16. To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records.
1.17. To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trust’s service user participation agenda.

COMMUNICATION
2.1.To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both multi and uni disciplinary care. To effectively communicate professional opinions, verbally and in writing to other relevant professionals.
2.2. Attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young people’s mental health services.
2.3. Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, young people and families and to other professionals with in young people’s services.
2.4. Communicate effectively with children, young people and their carers, when in crisis and in challenging family situations
2.5. Organise and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews
2.6. Elicit highly sensitive information using engagement/ communication skills which are appropriate to the young person’s stage of development
2.7. Work, as part of an integrated multi professional team, ensuring good communication and working relationships with other professionals
2.8. Provide written reports detailing the progress of the mental health intervention.

TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION.
3.1. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and committed to continued development.
3.2. To provide training to other professionals to improve mental health knowledge and skills in line the transformation of children and young people’s mental health services
3.3. To provide specific training and /or presentations to other agencies, statutory and voluntary, and promote and deliver specialist training programmes
3.4. To contribute to training placements for a range of professional disciplines from different background so that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to positive change. To assess trainees competencies and write placement reports for trainees in line with Trust, professional body regulations
3.5. Work collaboratively with partner agencies within the principles of THRIVE. This will include joint working; consultation; and training aiming to develop joint working across agencies.
3.6. Maintaining registration / accreditation requirements in accordance with the appropriate professional body in line with their professional qualification.
3.7. Be accountable for own clinical practice and professional behaviour

MANAGEMENT, POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
4.1. Identify priorities within and initiatives within the service and advice managers on the level of resources for service development.
4.2. Contribute to the service’s evidence based practice by engaging with audits and evaluations as appropriate
4.3. To contribute to recruitment processes by assisting with shortlisting, interviewing and the induction of recruited staff.
4.4. To support the workload of colleagues within the service through co-working practices.
4.5. Contribute to service developments.

RESEARCH AND SERVICE EVALUATION
To maintain an up to date knowledge of the evidence base in relation to mental health knowledge and other interventions.
. To contribute to planning and implementing systems for evaluation and monitoring of therapeutic practice and outcomes of clinical work within the service.
. Participate in research, evaluation and audit in response to the clinical and professional interest of the post, and to monitor standards, quality and consumer reaction to the provision of services in accordance with NICE guidance
. Participate in appropriate audit. Quality assurance programmes and research as directed.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
7.1.To receive and engage in regular clinical supervision in accordance with Trust Clinical Governance Standards and the Code of Practice and ethical guidelines of professional body
7.2. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training in consultation with the post holders service manager to meet professional body requirements for CPD and
registration.
7.3. To contribute to the development of best practice in the service by taking part in regular supervision and appraisal and maintaining awareness of current developments in the field.
7.4. To maintain professional body registration.


This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024

A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a Cancer Support Worker to join our team to work alongside the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist team.

This Band 4 role will be based at St Albans but will require travel to other hospital sites.

We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic and articulate with excellent communication and organisational skills.

The post holder will also be able to prioritise their workload in order to meet competing demands and they should be able to work well within a team.

*Please note clinical experience/band 3/4 CSW and technical expertise or knowledge specific to this role is an essential criteria*

This advert may close early due to high numbers.

****** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ ******

Please note - we are unable to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (Work Permit) for this role.

You will provide effective, caring, and compassionate services to patients working with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to deliver a high standard of care and support to people affected by breast cancer, and to help individuals take control of their own care.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

We are a flexible working employer

At West Herts we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. We are delighted to offer a variety of flexible working options for all staff. Please check out our web page for more information.

https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/

We encourage and welcome people with disabilities. If you need help, please ask.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

This will involve co-ordinating care from referral through to treatment as well as ongoing follow up care. Included within this will be assistance with the navigation of the patient pathway and investigations for all patients as well as those who are under nurse led active surveillance.

You will have regular contact with people affected by cancer.

This will include support and signposting of patients both face to face and via telephone to ensure effective progress along care pathways in liaison with other colleagues and departments in the hospital.


This advert closes on Thursday 3 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.


As a Lead Employer Service our key priorities are to ensure the efficient, professional and integrated ‘one stop’ service for all our stakeholders including Host Trusts and our Educational Stakeholders.

The post holder will ensure that the team is delivering a professional, efficient recruitment service to Trainees and the wider stakeholder group. You will support the delivery of a high level service to all Lead Employers stakeholders, and requires excellent communication skills, handling enquiries efficiently and providing excellent support, guidance and advice in all aspects of recruitment.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience within a HR or support services environment, will be able to demonstrate a flexible approach to effectively undertake their duties. They will also be a self-motivator and display commitment and resilience to ensure a professional and efficient service is maintained.

If you enjoy working in a fast paced and challenging environment where data quality and methodical use of Excel is key, then we would like to hear from you.


• As part of the Lead Employer Service, the Employment Services Team Leader will ensure the provision by their area team of a professional, efficient, and integrated employment services for Doctors and Dentists in Training (Trainees) and any other staff which Lead Employer is contracted to supply the service for. The job holder is required to ensure special attention is given to managing the non-standard cases and situations in an effective manner.
• The Employment Services Senior Administrator will ensure the delivery of high levels of customer service from their area team to all of Lead Employer’s stakeholders in their area of responsibility, including Trainees, Host Organisations, NHS England Education (NHSE) , Heads of School, and Training Programme Directors.
• The Employment Services Senior Administrator will be responsible for supporting the processing of Work Schedules and accurate, timely payment for Doctors and Dentists in training and for ensuring the integrity of data.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES
• Ensure good and professional communication pathways are maintained within the respective teams, trainees and the wider stakeholder groups including NHSE, GMC and BMA Acting as an advocate for the service.
• Assess and calculate pay protection for Doctors and Dentists in training
• Provide comprehensive advice regarding the employment of doctors and dentists in training, interpreting national codes of practice, terms and conditions of employment and Trust policies and procedures for all Lead Employer stakeholders.
• Advising trainees and host organisations on employment issues including pay, pay protection, work schedules, excess mileage, and removals (including sign off where required) and terms and conditions of employment escalating any major concerns to the Team Manager.
• Adhering to escalation procedures to ensure the timely processing of information.
• Communicate effectively with Host Organisations to ensure that timely information regarding new starters from outside the UK and any potential delay to commencement in training.
• Undertake advisory sessions for trainees to provide information and advice on queries regarding their pay, expenses and salary sacrifice status.
• Responsible for ensuring that all required actions for trainees are processed onto the relevant systems including, salary information, ESR, Contracts and pre-employment checks.
• Ensure that the monitoring of regular workforce reports on all Doctors and Dentists in training i.e., Tableau reports, Payroll auditing and Overpayment reports are actioned.
• Contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives and the Lead Employer Service Level Agreement.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the Lead Employer Service.
• Work in partnership with colleagues to optimise opportunities for working collaboratively towards the provision of an integrated employment service.
• Production and delivery of a high-quality customer service ensuring communications both verbal and written are delivered in line with the trust values and behaviours.
• Support and participate in regular team meetings.
• Ensure diplomacy when liaising with senior internal and External stakeholders being sensitive to needs whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism.
• Work with the Team Leader to ensure work is distributed across the Pay & Work Schedules team in line with roles and responsibilities of each team member and the needs of the service.
• Ensure the effective organisation and prioritisation of the administrators within your areas of responsibility and to provide support across the service to other areas when required.
• Support the Team Leader & Team Manager in the identification of service improvements and actively participate in ensuring any actions are put into practise.
• Support the Lead Employer in the administration of risk management, information governance, compliance, and audits.
• Ensure information recorded in ESR Is accurate and entered in a timely manner.
• Actively participate in projects as required, e.g., trainee survey, audit feedback and Standard Operating Procedure reviews.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with monthly deadlines including, Pay Elements, Overpayment, Payroll Changes reports and any other reports relating to Pay & Work Schedule processes as well as adhering to payroll deadlines and the authorisation and payment of relocation expenses and Fleet car applications.
• Manage a forward planning system to ensure that deadlines are met with other team members and colleagues in other teams.
• Make and receive phone calls, being flexible and using initiative and judgement when handing enquiries. Act and provide feedback as appropriate, ensuring that appropriate messages are relayed and/or that appropriate action is taken.
• Work without supervision, responsible for organising own day to day work. Using sound judgement to seek advice or alert Managers to issues.



PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve professional knowledge.
• Participate in personal objective setting and review, including creation of a personal development plan.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

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We are looking to appoint a Consultant Anaesthetist with a Special in Interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia. There will be opportunities to specialise in anaesthesia for a variety of surgical specialties dependant on individual interests and training.

Candidates are invited to apply on a full time basis.

You must have a GMC licence to practice and be on the specialist register or CCT to be obtained within 6 months of the interview date which will be confirmed. Nov/Dec 2024

The proposed timetable will contain six DCC sessions, including two sessions (1 day) of anaesthetic provision within the maternity unit.

At the Conquest Hospital there is a consultant-led maternity unit where doctors, including anaesthetists, are available 24 hours a day. Anaesthetists provide epidural analgesia, and support assisted and emergency births. There is a Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU). The Buchanan delivery suite has ten rooms, one main operating theatre and two recovery beds. There is also midwifery-led unit at Eastbourne District General Hospital. There were nearly 4000 births in 2023, of which 400 were elective caesarian sections and 600 carried out as an emergency. The anaesthetics department provides a consultant-led high risk obstetrics clinic once a week.

The Anaesthetic department covers two acute hospitals Conquest Hospital, Hastings and Eastbourne District General Hospital and the successful will be expected to work cross site.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.


In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.


There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.



Job plan and duties

The successful candidate will have a job planning session after 3-6 months of being in post to review their timetable and SPA (supporting professional activities). The 10.75 PA (programmed activities) job plan will incorporate 1.5PAs of SPA (1 timetabled SPA session per week, and 0.5PA additional SPA). Candidates who wish to work a different number of PAs will be considered.

Weekday Clinical Activities

The proposed timetable will contain six DCC sessions, including two sessions (1 day) of anaesthetic provision within the maternity unit.

Example timetable/job plan for anaesthetics

This is a 10.75 PA (programmed activities) job plan for a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia based at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

A theatre session or all-day operating list is between 08:00 and 18:00 hrs and equates to 2.5 PAs. A single (AM or PM) session is 1.25 PA.

The morning session following a non-resident 1ston call (i.e. overnight) is non-clinical during weekdays to ensure adequate rest. On-call is 1.75 PA on average

See job description for more information


This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Oct 2024

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We are the largest Lead Employer in the country employing approximately 12,000 Post Graduate Doctors and Dentists in specialty training across a national geography, namely; North West, West Midlands, East of England, East Midlands, Thames Valley, Yorkshire and Humber and London and South East. As an established Lead Employer with over 11 years’ experience; strong team working relationships both with our internal colleagues and external stakeholders are high priority.

Our Lead Employer Model is focused on improving the working lives of Colleagues-in-Training. The Lead Employer model is a collaborative one, with the responsibilities of the traditional employer shared between three major stakeholders, who are:

• Lead Employer – Employer for duration of training programme.

• Host Organisation - NHS Trusts / GP Practice / Hospices / Dental Practices and any other approved training placements are the Host Organisation location where the trainee works and carries out their training. They provide day to day supervision and management of our colleagues in training.

• NHS England - Oversee the education for Specialty Trainees and GP Registrars.

Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join our experienced and friendly HR Business Partner and Advisory Team in our Lead Employer Service. As an Assistant HR Business Partner for the Lead Employer Service you will have proven experience of working collaboratively and building positive stakeholder relationships.

Key responsibilities include:-
• Provide expert HR advice on complex employment matters in line with Lead Employer policies and procedures keeping in line with best practice and employment legislation.
• Working in partnership with the senior management team to provide professional customer focused HR advice, coaching and solutions that support the business in the identification and management of workforce issues and major change programmes.
• Support the development and implementation of robust systems and processes to enable effective monitoring and management employee relations issues.
• Analyse workforce information and Key Performance Indicators and work with the HR Business Partners to develop plans and strategies to support improvement and efficiency within the Service.
• Build effective working relationships with Trade Union Representatives.

We actively promote applications for flexible working. And you will be part of a team where we encourage and support each other’s health and well-being.

Please note interviews will include assessment tasks.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Supporting the Business

To contribute to the development of the HR plan aligned to the service delivery objectives and standards required by the Lead Employer Service.

Anticipate the impact of external changes on the workforce and develop effective solutions and strategies to support the changing environment.

Provide management/workforce information as requested to enable the development of workforce plans.

Represent the service at various meetings and stakeholder events as required within our 6 NHSE regions.

Support the senior management team to maintain and develop professional HR services, systems, records and quality/control procedures.

Policies and Procedure

Support Host organisations and Health Education England in the interpretation of policies and procedures e.g. Sickness Absence, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption.

Deal with complex or highly sensitive matters as cascaded from the Employment Services team, senior management team, Host Trusts and NHSE.

Produce high quality written correspondence including letters, e-mails and memos, in line with corporate communications guidance and Trust policies and procedures.

Contribute to the development and review of HR policies and procedures specific to the Lead EmployerService.

Maintain effective employee relations with staff side to ensure the efficient and effective management of cases.

Workforce Development and Transformation

Lead by example, working in partnership with the Learning & Development team; develop a coaching culture across the service to support personal development and succession planning as identified.

Identify specific employment issues from workforce trends and staff feedback mechanisms to support the development of HR interventions to meet business needs.

Design and deliver HR skills training as required.

Lead Workforce thinking, encouraging innovation and championing workforce transformation to support service development.

Active participation in leadership of development projects.

Lead and project manage key HR initiatives in accordance with agreed requirements realising effective co-ordination of people, resource and talent ensuring the benefits are realised.

Workforce Planning and Information

Establish workforce metrics and performance targets and work closely with the Workforce information

team and HR Business Partners to produce regular monitoring reports for effective cascade of management information to key stakeholders.

Analyse workforce information and productivity measures and work with the HR Business Partners to develop plans and strategies to support improvement and efficiency within the Service.

HR Service Delivery

Influence business decisions to ensure account is taken of best practice human resource management.

Advise key stakeholders on complex, sensitive or contentious employee relations issues, providing support to

key stakeholders investigating complex cases when required and supporting hearings.

Review and develop HR Policies and Procedures in line with governance and legal requirements.

Negotiate terms and conditions of employment with staff side in respect of specific projects andactivities.

Implement effective HR systems to record and monitor all case activity and monitor compliance in relation to data protection, E& & I and other HR related legislation

Ensure effective recording and monitoring systems are implemented and maintained for attendance management activity.

Service Improvement and Change Management

Contribute to the continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the Lead EmployerService.

Seek customer service feedback from designated areas of responsibility and make recommendations to the Lead Employer Senior Management team as part of the delivery of the SLA.

Support in the transformation of, new ways of working and continuous improvement of the service.

Undertake and participate in projects as required.

To continually promote equality diversity and inclusion and undertake equality impact assessments as required.

Relationship Management and Networking

Develop effective relationships within Host Trusts and ensure the service is viewed positively by adding value to the Lead Employer Service.

Develop and maintain relationships within the wider HR community to enable networking and sharing of best practice.

Work closely with other HR colleagues to ensure a ‘seamless’ and World Class HR service is delivered.

Team Leadership and Development

Support colleagues in their continuous professional development and provide training/coaching solutions as identified for the Employment Services team and key stakeholders.

Effectively manage the delegation of case work to members of the Employment Services Team/HR Advisory team as appropriate providing professional coaching to optimise their capability and careerdevelopment potential.

Manage the monitoring of regular reports on contractual matters escalating any areas of concern to theHRBP

Escalate any highly complex cases to the HRBP and support with the development of plans to mitigate risks to the organisation.

Be responsible for own development, including attendance at mandatory training and continually keep up to date with changes to employment legislation and best practice.

Performance Management

Contribute to the achievement of the Lead Employer HR Service to deliver against the corporate objectives and the Lead Employer Service Level Agreement.

Co-ordinate the provision of accurate and timely information as requested.

Support key stakeholders in the analysis of HR metrics/statistics highlighting any trends.

Support key stakeholders in the development of action plans to address any areas which require improvement.

Coach and guide key stakeholders on specific employment relations issues emphasising the importance of good record keeping and data protection.

Employee/Stakeholder Engagement

Develop and maintain effective internal and external communication networks to support the delivery of the Lead Employer Service.

Build and maintain effective relationships with Staff Side representatives.

Contribute to the process of involvement, consultations, negotiations with staff and their representatives.

Actively promote positive behaviours, the Trusts values and culture across the division.

Champion the Equality Diversity and Inclusion agenda and proactively support key stakeholders to ensure the principles are embedded in their areas of responsibility.

Continually promote equality diversity and inclusion in policy development and undertake equality impact assessments when required.


This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Sep 2024

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Working Pattern: Term time only (39 weeks) 32 hours per week
Actual starting salary (calculated pro rata): £21,315 per annum
Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments

Are you committed to the development and achievement of pupils? Do you take a creative approach when interacting with children?

We are looking to recruit a Higher Level Teaching Assistant on a permanent basis to teach our Pupil Premium students in small groups and tutor individual students, dependent on current need.

The successful candidate will be someone who:

Is patient, calm and relaxed with an enthusiastic approach to learning
Is confident in running stimulating, fun and educational activities with children
Can build and encourage confidence in children, allowing them to lead their own learning when appropriate
Please download the job description and person specification for full details of this rewarding role.

The St Leonards Academy

At The St Leonards Academy, we believe in the power of knowledge to enrich lives and shape educated citizens. We are committed to a broad and balanced curriculum ensuring every student, regardless of background, encounters the best of human thought and achievement.

The academy takes pride in its meticulously planned curriculum, dedication to excellence, and robust pastoral support system. We prioritise reading and offer comprehensive mental health support. Exceptional assistance is provided for students with additional needs, alongside a wide array of enriching extracurricular activities.

With rigorous safeguarding measures and opportunities for student leadership, The St Leonards Academy creates a safe, supportive environment where all 1400 students can thrive.

We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:

Automatic annual pay increments
High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression
A strong commitment to your health & wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors, flexible working opportunities from Day 1, and Employee Assistance programme
Generous public sector pension scheme
Discounts on retail & travel
Cycle 2 Work scheme
Charity giving

As the largest Multi-Academies Trust in Sussex, we are a close-knit family of schools committed to achieving ambitions, delivering excellence, and nurturing potential. Sponsored by the esteemed University of Brighton, we provide high-quality learning experiences for our pupils.

Our success is a result of the dedication and expertise of our staff and central teams, creating vibrant places of learning that ignite curiosity and foster a lifelong love of education. Together, we aim to inspire our children and staff to flourish and achieve their best.

At the heart of everything we do are our pupils. We believe that learning should be exciting, engaging, and fun – an adventure where curiosity is celebrated, and creativity is encouraged. We strive to create an environment where each child feels inspired and supported, enabling them to discover their unique talents and interests.

Our commitment
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We welcome applications from all members of the community.
The Trust is proud to be part of the government’s Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff and volunteer recruitment practices. If you would like any support or assistant at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know, by contacting us by email to recruitment@brightonacademiestrust.org.uk or by telephone to Emma Richings 01424 905 306.

To arrange a visit or to have an informal discussion about this role please contact Gail Sidders, Academy Administration Manager on g.sidders@thestleonardsacademy.org.uk

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Package Description: Shift Details : At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supportingyour career development witha variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. We are nowseekingacompassionate,enthusiastic,and dedicatedindividual to join ourfriendly, award-winning team asKitchen Assistant. ABOUT THE ROLE Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is tosupportthe catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilitieswillinclude: Understandingthe principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is to the highest standards of hygiene. Contributingfully to team working, responding positively tocolleagues,and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly. Advisingon the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring thetimelyandappropriate orderingof replacement goods. Actingaccordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident. ABOUT YOU To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring,supportive,honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidatemust: Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate anddemonstrateshigh standardsof personal hygiene. Have theknowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments. Be an efficient worker, capable ofa high levelof sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demandingworkload. Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working. Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents. ABOUT AVERY As one of the largestproviders of luxury elderly care homes in the UK,we believe that the lateryearsof our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other.Our vision of creating meaningful livestogether is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees. Please note this role will require: A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our busy team on a permanent full time basis

The post holder will be required to provide clinical case management to a group of patients who meet the Trust identified criteria, who have long term conditions and other complex medical and social problems.

They will develop the clinical case management role and function across health and social care organisations.

The primary function of the role is to maximise the patient’s health, clinically assess and treat patients in a defined group and reduce risks that contribute to ill health, thereby reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on GP time and facilitating the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and timely high quality care to patients.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

The post holder will be required to provide clinical case management to a group of patients who meet the Trust identified criteria, who have long term conditions and other complex medical and social problems.

They will develop the clinical case management role and function across health and social care organisations.

The primary function of the role is to maximise the patient’s health, clinically assess and treat patients in a defined group and reduce risks that contribute to ill health, thereby reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on GP time, and facilitating the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated, and timely high-quality care to patients.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation. These principles will recognise the need to:
• Promote safe practices
• Value the aims of service users
• Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
• Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
• Value social inclusion

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES
• Maximise independence by supporting people with long term conditions and highly complex needs to remain in their own homes as appropriate, by utilising and commissioning available resources
• Undertake clinical assessment and diagnosis and provide treatment for patients within the defined group.
• Link with existing services to facilitate early discharge from hospital and prevent re-admission.
• Develop Partnerships and joint working within the local health and social care economy.
• Work collaboratively across organisation boundaries to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of social care and health care services.
• Be aware of and adhere to, the Professional bodies Standards for administration of Medicines Act 1992, and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the Case Management role is focused on meeting the needs of service users, thus promoting continuity of high quality patient centred health and social care.
• Acts as an advocate and champion for patients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenges attitudes and behaviour.
• Act as a role model so that patients receive the most effective care possible through:
• Encouraging optimum management of long term conditions to ensure that the patient is functioning at the most independent level possible.
• Acting in patients’ interests at all times.
• Make, implement and communicate changes to clinical practice as necessary in relation to case management

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Conduct a comprehensive health and social care assessment, utilising any current information in order to develop an individualised plan of care for patients within a defined group. This will include:
• Review of health assessment including medical history.
• Physical examination.
• Assessment and review of medication.
• Prescribing in conjunction with management plans.
• Making referrals for diagnostic tests.
• Functional /cognitive assessment.
• Assessment of social care need

Develop, monitor and manage the plan of care in collaboration with the primary health and social care team and others through:
• Application of clinical knowledge about long term conditions.
• Analysis of symptoms and data.
• Identification of risk factors associated with exacerbation of patient’s condition.
• Recognition and management of early signs and symptoms of acute illness.
• Involving patients and carers in the development of the care plan and ensuring that their views and abilities are reflected.
• Documentation of progress and continuous reassessment
• Referral and investigation.
• To be responsible for maintaining competence in clinical and diagnostic skills required to manage patients.
• Set up and actively participates in case review to evaluate the outcomes of care plans including social care needs.
• Co-ordinate care and treatment to avoid fragmentation, duplication and delay, in the least intensive setting appropriate to the patient’s needs by:
• Prioritisation and co-ordination of multiple health and social care needs.
• Referrals to specialist services.
• Ensuring effective communication and sharing of appropriate. information amongst professionals to avoid conflicting treatments.
• Integration across health and social care (including voluntary sector and housing).
• Identifying deficiencies in service provision and addressing these as appropriate (i.e. through commissioning services for individuals).
• Understanding and working through entitlements to social care and necessary financial assessments.
• Lead the process of identifying their caseload through interpretation of the information available on the health needs of the locality in which they are based.
• Participate in the development of case management across the Trust.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a case management role.
• Contributing to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the patient caseload.
• Liaise with patients and carers, community and specialist nursing and other health professional, GPs, acute colleagues, social care colleagues and the voluntary/charitable and non-NHS sector

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Promote formal and informal training to pre and post registration health and social care professionals in relation to integrated working and long term conditions and provide mentorship and teaching to others developing a case management function.
• Participate in the induction of new staff.
• Provide education, advice and support to health and social care staff, people with long term conditions and their carers; in both community and acute settings.
• Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage the complex clinical and social care interventions of individuals within an identified patient group on an ongoing basis.
• Undertake risk assessment in relation to individuals within the client group
• Monitor and respond to the development of changing clinical and social situations with the identified
• Patient group without recourse to others where possible
• Ensure the safe management of care and service delivery
• Line manage a defined team of staff; including performing appraisal, personal development reviews and the application of staff management procedures
• Provide clinical support to complete complaints, investigations and staff development
• Contribute effectively to service developments
• Act as a role model by demonstrating excellent communication and listening skills with patients, relatives and staff
• Promote effective team working
• Participate in recruitment and selection of staff as required
• Actively market and promote the role of the community matron
• Provide an effective leadership role in contributing to resolving own service issues pertaining to clinical governance agendas and shared governance within the Trust e.g. maintaining standards, risk management, clinical audit and research, standard setting, benchmarking, evidence based practice, etc.
• Provide leadership to nursing and HCA staff with regard to training and development ensuring the delivery of consistently high quality care.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
• Participate in research and audit relating to long term conditions management
• Develop and implement policies and strategies in line with evidence based practice e.g. NICE/DoH and in partnership with other clinical teams.
• Be involved in identification, development and implementation of relevant policy/guidelines to aid future management by the MDT e.g. clinical pathways
• Assess the effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, bench marking, formal evaluation and consideration of patient responses.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Develop good working relationships with all staff and other members of the MDT, other departments within the trust and external bodies.
• Act in accordance with professional guidance/Code of Professional Conduct

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Comply with Trust Safeguarding Adult and Children’s Policy and standard operating procedures to safeguard vulnerable adults/children up to 18 years throughout the Trust, fulfilling your role as defined in these documents.
• Liaise with all relevant professionals (including Police and Social Services) in relation to safeguarding work undertaken by your Clinicians. Type any medical reports as requested by the Clinician, Nurse or other Medical staff. Arrange multi-professional meetings regarding adult/child protection cases. Minute multi-professional meetings as necessary.
• Provide administrative support for the Named Consultant and Named Nurse for Safeguarding
• Know about the range of physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and sexual abuse.
• Be able to recognise signs of abuse appropriate to role and what action to take.
• Know what to do if concerned that a patient is being abused.
• Know about the Trust’s local policies/procedures.
• Understand the importance of sharing information, how it can help and the dangers of not sharing information.
• Be able to recognise signs of abuse as this relates to their role. E.g. observe inappropriate interactions, an unusually quiet and withdrawn patient etc.
• Be able to seek advice and report concerns, ensuring that they are listened to.


This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Oct 2024

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