Total 15 Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Prescot, Merseyside, M28 0ZA

Our Knowsley intermediate care bed-based team is seeking a committed Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our service, supporting the patients through shared care within their localities. We are seeking a highly skilled, enthusiastic, and proactive therapist to join our team. The service responds to the rehabilitation needs of adults 18+, who have multiple complex co-morbidities. Services are provided within bed-based units and patient's own homes. In addition to bed-based services, the team provide urgent care therapy response to prevent a hospital admission with an MDT approach where it is safe to do so.

We thrive to communicate and collaborate between Integrated care systems to address the health and social care needs across the area, maximising patient independence and preventing hospital admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our multi-disciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and Therapy Assistants.

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patient’s comorbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group. The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal. The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

The post holder will take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of service users / patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.

Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients / clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within intermediate care bed-based units and urgent care response therapy and will facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

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.

To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments, devise treatment plans
individualised to patient needs, reviewing and adapting during patient journey from initial assessment through to discharge.

To gain consent through engaging patients / clients through their therapy journey, enabling them to experience choice and as part of their recovery.

To prioritise designated Occupational Therapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity

To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals including sensory integration difficulties within ward/rehab hub setting.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the patient’s social and physical environment.

To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership within your team.

To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working practices.

To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.

To liaise with family members, carers, GP’s and other professionals as
necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.

To be a point of contact for service users and carers that have concerns regarding their care, making every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively and promptly, referring to and informing the Team Manager as necessary.

To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately. To monitor and work with all team members to ensure that service user risk is managed appropriately and that risk management plans are of a high quality. Understanding risk assessment, being able to assess risk and complete management plans.

To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility for.

To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users by supervision of sector members’ caseloads and via audit.

To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive. Use your judgement, gained from experience, to establish if a service user requires assessment by a medic or possibly hospital admission.

To use skills gained through experience to deal with service users who become anxious, hostile or distressed.

To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidents and liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are implemented.

To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions.

To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting or return to this on discharge.

To demonstrate an understanding of capacity and mental capacity Act.


This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024

Package Description:

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: helping the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future.

Bank work is a great way of gaining experience in a not-for-profit organisation and topping up your income.

We are looking to build a team of Bank Occupational Therapists to provide ad-hoc projects and interventions. You will be involved in a range of varied activities including direct intervention with individuals and groups of young people, primarily in SEN or mainstream settings. You will provide one-off assessments and reports, coaching, training and mentoring for professionals, front-line staff and families.

What can you bring to the team……………

• Are you creative enabling individuals to be stretched and challenged to develop goals?
• Do you have a proven track record of young people making outstanding progress?
• Are you driven to help someone reach their potential?

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and varied life and work experience.

Benefits

• Proud to be a real living wage employer.
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you'll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.

Full Job Description is attached.

https://www.togethertrust.org.uk/join-us

If this sounds like a place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience we are looking for please get in touch at jobs@togethertrust.org.uk or apply now. We would love to hear from you!

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you

Package Description:

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different but our mission remains the same : helping the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future.

Bank work is a great way of gaining experience in a not-for-profit organisation and topping up your income.

We are looking to build a team of Bank Speech & Language Therapists to provide ad-hoc projects and interventions. You will be involved in a range of varied activities including direct intervention with individuals and groups of young people, primarily in SEN or mainstream settings. You will provide one-off assessments and reports, coaching, training and mentoring for professionals, front-line staff and families.

What can you bring to the team……………

• Are you creative enabling individuals to be stretched and challenged to develop goals?
• Do you have a proven track record of young people making outstanding progress?
• Are you driven to help someone reach their potential?

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and varied life and work experience.

Benefits

• Proud to be a real living wage employer.
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you'll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.

Full Job Description is attached.

https://www.togethertrust.org.uk/join-us

If this sounds like a place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience we are looking for please get in touch at jobs@togethertrust.org.uk or apply now. We would love to hear from you!

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you

We are looking to recruit a sonographer to join our team at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (St Helens & Knowsley sites). Applicants must hold a recognised ultrasound qualification (PgCert, PgDip or DMU), and be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.



A wide range of obstetric and non-obstetric examinations are undertaken across two hospital sites (Whiston Hospital and St Helens Hospital).We also provide ultrasound services at four community sites (St Helens Millennium Centre, Newton Community Hospital, Widnes Urgent Care Centre, and St Helens Lowe House). We act as a clinical placement site for the University of Cumbria’s Direct Access MSc Ultrasound programme and there are opportunities to engage in the training and mentorship of student sonographers.



Mersey & West Lancashire Trust fully supports role extension and we have sonographers undertaking HyCoSy examinations, ultrasound guided joint injections and breast interventional procedures.The department also undertakes seven-day working and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake evening and weekend duties.


• Responsible for autonomously performing Ultrasound examinations and clinically interpreting the images.
• Responsible for providing a high quality Ultrasound scans in accordance with protocols within the Ultrasound department.
• Responsible for supervision and teaching of junior and medical staff.
• Responsible for keeping up to date with current Ultrasound techniques and maintaining a CPD portfolio.

The team provides ultrasound services to health community, providing inpatient, outpatient and GP services to a broad spectrum of client/patient groups.

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
• Perform obstetric, gynaecological, abdominal, vascular and small parts Ultrasound examinations.
• Report all Ultrasound examinations by clinically interpreting images and providing a written report in accordance with the scheme of work and departmental protocols.
• Liaise with referring clinicians to discuss the Ultrasound findings if the need arises
• To deputise in the absence of the Lead Sonographer to ensure the smooth running of the department.
• Abide by scanning protocols developed within the Ultrasound department
• Undertake patient referrals to specific clinics with reports where appropriate.
• Maintenance of a good working relationship with all other departments and staff, providing an effective and efficient Ultrasound service to all users and patients.
• Assist in the day-to-day running of the unit, to include administrative, clerical duties; booking of scans at appropriate times.
• Be competent in the use of all Ultrasound machines and their associated equipment.
• Perform regular QA checks on all Ultrasound equipment
• To perform weekly and daily checks on emergency equipment e.g. cardiac arrest box.
• To report all equipment malfunctions to the Lead Sonographer and if necessary undertake any further action to ensure the safe operation of a faulty unit.
• To maintain and recommend improved standards of technique in association with the Lead Sonographer.
• Maintain electronic records/ ultrasound films, updating patient electronic records as necessary.
• Provision of reporting of Ultrasound scans as per departmental policy on role development of Sonographers.
• Responsible for data collection and interpretation of information.
• Promote quality initiatives, ensuring the quality of patient care and compliance of quality standards.
• Ensure effective communication within the Ultrasound department, and throughout other departments within the Trust and other agencies.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To be responsible for adhering to Ultrasound examination protocols.
• Provide clinical support and advice to staff within the Trust and other agencies.
• Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times.
• To perform all aspects of clinical/ technical procedures within the Ultrasound department as per departmental policy, providing specialist knowledge when necessary.
• Responsible for audit of personal reporting activities and participation in clinical audit.
• Responsible for breaking bad news to obstetric patients and their relatives when a foetal death or abnormality is found, and formulating the report.
• Responsible for performing invasive procedures. (Transvaginal/transrectal scanning).
• Responsible for musculoskeletal health whilst scanning, aware of posture and scanning position to reduce the effects of known WRULD (work related upper limb disorders).
• Establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals and groups on complex matters overcoming and potentially stressful topics in a range of situations.
• Maintain a patient, courteous manner in all aspects of communication with patients and staff.
• To ensure delivery of a patient focussed service including care comfort and dignity of all patients
• To take an active role in the general cleanliness and professional image of the department
• To be responsible for assuring the safety of him/herself and others in accordance with Trust and departmental protocols e.g. COSHH, Radiation Protection etc.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
• To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures (i.e. name, date of birth, address, postcode, GP and telephone number) are all current and correct

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• Responsible for the training and clinical assessment of postgraduate students.
• To supervise and teach Radiology Specialist Registrars Ultrasound scanning, technique and interpretation of images.
• Contribute to the continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current medical developments.
• Contribute to the departments’ CPD programme by the presenting of lectures.
• Provide highly specialist knowledge and support to the wards, departments and clinical staff within the field of Ultrasound.
• To attend other training courses relevant to the post

RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Participate in the audit of current techniques; keep up to date with the research and development of new techniques.
• Ensure compliance with all Trust research governance procedures.
• To support the Trusts clinical governance agenda by understanding the key priorities for change and ensuring that new developments utilise the objectives within the governance agenda.


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

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


We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Senior Pharmacy Technician (Clinical Services).

Your role will involve working with the Chief Pharmacy Technician (Clinical Services) to manage and develop our technical ward services team.

This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside sound knowledge of clinical ward services. Relevant experience and good written and verbal communication skills are also essential.

You will alsosupport the Chief Pharmacy Technician (Clinical Services) to manage and co-ordinate the technical staff on wards, implement omnicell systems at ward level and manage the satellite dispensaries on wards.

In addition, you willbe required to provide medicines management cover to clinical ward services; completing medicines reconciliation, discharge planning and final accuracy checking of prescriptions.

The department operates a 7 day service to the Medical Care Group. Participation in the late night working, weekend and Bank Holiday rotas will also be required.

Interview Date - Week Commencing 25th November 2025
• To support the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services to develop and manage the clinical pharmacy technical ward services.
• To support the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services, manage the ward-based dispensers, students, technicians, and accuracy checking pharmacy technicians
• To support the Senior Technician Training and Education Clinical Services to deliver training to ward based dispensers, students, technicians, and accuracy checking pharmacy technicians’ teams for clinical ward services.
• To provide a specialist clinical technical service/specialist advice to patients at ward level including medicines optimisation
• To complete audits and procedures for technical clinical ward services
• To support the Chief Pharmacy Technicians management of the Omnicell systems at ward level
• To participate in the department rota to ensure a pharmacy service is provided efficiently over 7 days

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 work under the supervision of the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services to manage the operational provision of pharmacy services to wards and provide cover in their absence.
• Plan and manage own workload working independently.
• To work with the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services to performance manage band 5 pharmacy technicians and other staff allocated to ward services within the department including:

- The recruitment and selection process of pharmacy technicians and assistants

- Ensure all direct line reports have an annual appraisal and appropriate personal development plan which is in line with the strategic objectives of the department, ensure this is reviewed and updated in regular 1:1’s

- The conducting and recording of ‘return to work’ interviews and managing sickness absence for band 5 technicians according to the Trust sickness absence policy.

- To liaise with the Human Resource Department concerning disciplinary and grievance matters for staff in ward services.

- To organise and conduct disciplinary meetings with ward services staff in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Provide pastoral and emotional support to the team when necessary.
• To supervise and support pre-registration pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacy technician’s and pharmacy students allocated to ward services.
• To collate performance data for the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services to present to the Pharmacy Leadership Team.
• To write procedures for pharmacy ward technical services
• Assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician in the investigation of complaints including providing suitable responses and ensuring remedial action is taken where appropriate.
• To manage annual leave, time owing and related issues forward based technical staff.
• Prepare weekly rotas for the band 5 technicians and ward services dispensing staff to ensure adequate service provision. To re-assess and adjust staffing according to irregular or unpredictable workloads, whilst aiming to keep the service within acceptable limits.
• To be responsible for the organisation of staffing for the ward technical staff when emergency or voluntary rota staffing is required and in the case of additional activity during the weekend and/or evenings, relating to ward services.
• To liaise with medical, nursing, portering and other staff regarding the pharmacy service and any related problems.
• Approval of bank and agency staff hours worked on e roster.
• To be responsible for developing and delivering detailed information to inform decisions on configuration of the Omnicell systems.
• To be responsible for the installation, training, and operation of the Omnicell drug vending machines based on wards.



CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To perform final accuracy checking on prescriptions and inpatient requisitions which have been clinically verified by a pharmacist in accordance with Trust procedures and ensure dispensing errors are corrected by the appropriate member of staff.
• Labelling and dispensing of medication as required including the accurate input of data into the pharmacy JAC computer system, extemporaneous dispensing, and blister packs.
• To provide a specialist clinical technical service to a designated ward, in accordance with professional, departmental and Trust policies. This will include:

- the taking of a comprehensive medication history for new patients as soon as possible after admission using multiple sources of information

- Close liaison with external organisations e.g. nursing homes/community pharmacies, other hospitals, and GP practices

- Assessment of patients own drugs for reuse.

- Accurately transcribe medicines from EPMA to ICE discharge identifying any discrepancies to the ward doctor and ward pharmacist

- Processing of TTO’s at ward level in a timely manner to maintain patient flows in the Trust.

- Ordering medication in a timely manner to avoid missed doses, particularly of critical medicines.

- Monitoring for adverse drug reactions and submit ‘yellow cards’ to the CSM where appropriate.

- Counselling and educating patients on how to correctly take their medicines including advice on side effects and appropriate storage.

- Identify unintentional nonadherence to medicines and intervene where appropriate.

- Follow up patients to ensure interventions put in place have been successful.

- Monitoring for adverse drug reactions and submit ‘yellow cards’ to the CSM where appropriate.

- To participate in patient counselling and communicate complex information effectively to other grades of staff and patients and if appropriate use demonstrational techniques in the use of medicines to patients, carers, and other health care professionals, ensuring they understand fully any advice or instructions provided.
• To provide appropriate advice to doctors, nurses and other professionals as required.
• Report any drug errors you detect to the Head of Pharmacy or their deputy. Ensure that the appropriate error form is completed.
• Return unwanted or patients own Controlled drugs from the wards in accordance with the departmental policy and the Misuse of Drugs Act
• To participate in Continuing Professional Development as per department policy and national guidelines from the General Pharmaceutical council



TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
• To provide induction training on ward services for newly recruited staff.
• To deliver training and education forward-based pharmacy technical services staff, including assessing their competence in the following:

- Assessment of patients own drugs for suitability to reuse.

- Medication history taking

- Transcribing of discharge prescriptions

- Patient counselling

- Accuracy checking of discharge prescriptions.

- Ward based training for pharmacy student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy assistants.
• To assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services in the development and management of the satellite dispensaries ensuring all staff are appropriately trained and competent to undertake their duties to ensure safe and effective working practices to improve patient flows within the Trust.
• To assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services to provide training for the use of the Omnicell systems to both pharmacy and ward-based staff.
• To comply with the GPhc requirements for continuing professional development



RESEARCH & AUDIT
• To collate ward services audits, including planning, collating results, writing reports, and presenting findings to stakeholders.
• To work with the Chief Pharmacy Technician analysing the ward services key performance Indicators.
• To participate in locally any regional / national audits relating to ward services
• To ensure risk assessments are carried out within the ward technical services and to act on any Risk Management issues highlighted.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced manager to join the General Surgery Team as an Associate Directorate Manager at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Directorate Manager, Deputy Directorate Manager in delivery of performance for their specialties and support services. Liaising with, Specialties, Departments, Staff and Clinicians to manage capacity and demand, patient flow and site issues ensuring deliver of key performance indicators for the Division and specialties and services within it.

The management of an efficient and responsive clinical, administration and support service across MWL sites and off site when appropriate, providing professional advice and leadership and to take responsibility for the performance of each department.

The post holder will participate in the development of corporate objectives, policies and strategic plans along with having budgetary responsibility. The post holder will also contribute to the development of effective Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Controls Assurance Systems ensuring that procedures are embedded into the culture of all administration across both hospital sites.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in managing the complaints process throughout their specialty/ specialties, ensuring compliance with Trust targets and establish processes to ensure lessons are learned.


• The post holder will assist in the management and support the Directorate Manager or Deputy Directorate manager across the Division. Encouraging and motivating by allowing continual development through appropriate training and personal development.
• The post holder will be responsible for assisting in managing the complaints process, ensuring compliance with Trust targets and through working with the Head of Quality establish processes to ensure lessons are learned throughout the Division.
• To be responsible for the development of policies and procedures for the department in line with national guidance and local requirements. Ensure all standards, policies and procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Develop and be responsible for effective business standard operating procedures and processes thereby ensuring streamlined delivery.
• Work with Clinical staff, Directorate Managers to identify capacity and demand risk areas and discuss resolution.

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
• The post holder will assist in the management and support the Directorate Manager or Deputy Directorate manager across the Division. Encouraging and motivating by allowing continual development through appropriate training and personal development.
• The post holder will be responsible for assisting in managing the complaints process, ensuring compliance with Trust targets and through working with the Head of Quality establish processes to ensure lessons are learned throughout the Division.
• To be responsible for the development of policies and procedures for the department in line with national guidance and local requirements. Ensure all standards, policies and procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Develop and be responsible for effective business standard operating procedures and processes thereby ensuring streamlined delivery.
• Work with Clinical staff, Directorate Managers to identify capacity and demand risk areas and discuss resolution.
• To lead the development, implementation and maintenance of any administration IT Systems. To liaise with Clinical Staff, Administration Staff and IT Department in ensuring good communication channels are open.
• In conjunction with the Directorate Managers or Deputy Directorate Manager the post holder will monitor activity and access targets, providing weekly updates/reports and monitor agreed actions to ensure delivery.
• The post-holder will lead on ensuring targets are achieved and will take forward agreed projects to improve service delivery and patient experience. They will be required to lead on key areas of performance and activity as directed.
• To work alongside Deputy Divisional Directors of Operations and Directorate Managers and Deputy Directorate Managers to ensure compliance with national access targets and local access targets as outlined within the local and national Patient Access Policy.
• To lead on up-to-date information reassurance data for PTL Meetings highlighting potential problem areas by speciality to the relative Directorate Manager.
• The post holder will support capacity and business planning for the service group, with the Directorate Managers or Deputy Directorate Managers sharing knowledge to develop business cases for new services.
• Managing the outpatient capacity and reallocation clinic capacity to relevant specialities and clinicians, in order to maintain 18 weeks and reduce/maintain the 18-week waiting list backlog in line with Department of Health guidelines.
• Communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance.
• Develop and sustain good relationships and work closely with other directorates / departments.
• Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the Trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or x-ray images.

HUMAN RESOURCES RESPONSIBILITIES
• To support the department’s full process of recruitment and selection of staff where appropriate
• The post holder will act independently within Human Resources guidelines, ensuring all areas are compliant (Attendance Management Policy, Disciplinary and Grievance). Supporting clinical and administration staff in delivering first line with Human Resources
• The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all areas of administration are compliant with Human Resource Key Performance Indicators, including Annual and Interim Appraisals with set objectives and development plans and Bi-Annual Mandatory Training.
• Manage performance and behavioural issues accordingly when escalated by service leads, ensuring there is effective monitoring and full documentation available.
• Adhere and promote Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and maintain the Professional Code of Conduct.
• Manage and support in delivering KPI’s.
• Be responsible for own actions and that of other administration staff, using own initiative and using discretion within difficult situations.
• To ensure all HR policies are communicated widely and implemented.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Post holder must have a full knowledge of patient access and operational performance and software programmes and their application to improve service efficiency and effectiveness. To manage the process and availability of training for all staff included throughout clinical and administration teams, including systems training, mandatory training etc.
• To support and monitor that all new staff are compliant with Trust Local Induction programme for each new employee and necessary documentation completed.
• To develop, implement and maintain a local training package for all levels of staff who wish to develop within administration and clinical teams with support of Learning and Education. Recognise the effective utilisation of all appropriate development resources and opportunities available.
• Support the management of the 18-week pathway within specialties. Attending clinics where necessary to raise awareness with colleagues, clinical staff ensuring correct pathways attached to ensure 18-week target to be achieved and maintained throughout to Admission. Ensuring compliance in relation to policies i.e. inter provider transfer documentation, choose and book administration and patient choice bookings. Training staff where necessary.
• Manage and support areas for change within the clinical and administration teams which will lead to improvements in quality and efficiency within specialties.
• Recognise and accept responsibility for own personal development. Understanding of all Trust IT systems to ensure a delivery of an effective service
• To take the department lead for any health & safety matters of staff, patients and visitors ensuring a systematic review is undertaken.
• To undertake training as part of the Trust Mentoring Programme to support and facilitate staff development.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure that an effective communication network exists within the department and that all staff are aware of corporate and directorate aims and objectives and their contribution in achieving these.
• Attending Trust monthly Team Brief sessions and ensure that information is cascaded appropriately throughout teams.
• Carrying out weekly 121 meetings with clinical and administration service leads and managing concerns / issues.
• Ensure management of staff is consistent with Trust’s HR Policies to the achievement of equality, equity and optimum performance.
• Ensure that colleagues are treated fairly. Behave in a non-discriminatory way and challenge the discriminatory behaviour of others. Be supportive of colleagues or service users who wish to raise issues about discriminatory practice or experience.
• Work within the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers
• Continuously review the managerial and organisational effectiveness of the department and develop operational plans for implementing the changes where necessary.
• Ensure departments are compliant with governance framework managing risk and incidents appropriately within their areas, ensuring all health and safety aspects have been covered. Provide training and guidance to Administration Service Co-ordinators.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Contribute to the achievement of the Trust’s business and strategic goals
• Responsibility for supporting and managing, maintaining and delivering the service budget within financial constraints. Looking at areas that can deliver a CIP across specialities.
• Identify forecasts, trends and predictions within services providing reports for Directorate Managers or Deputy Directorate Managers when required.
• Manage service changes that impact and which have financial implications.
• Support manpower planning within annual budget setting directly with Division Management Accountant.
• Manage and authorise all stationery requests for all areas within remit.
• Ensure all delegated budgets adhere to Trust standing financial instructions and standing orders.
• That activity is delivered in the most cost effective and efficient way, to minimise the need for premium rate work and thereby manage cost down.

RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Support department and service quality assurance measures to validate the quality of outputs and undertake audits as required to ensure key performance indicators are achieved accordingly.
• Develop and implement research programme and survey with Learning and Education in order to assess staff requirements for development and training needs
• Liaise with other internal departments to ensure best practice is delivered.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Full Time Band 6 shift radiographer 37.5hrs per week.



We are a family friendly department looking for radiographers with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience to join theRadiologyteamat Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St Helens and Knowsley sites.

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated individuals with aflexible approach to working who are able to demonstrate goodorganisationaland communication skills along with a commitment to a quality patient focused service.



The successful applicants will rotate across all our sites and through all aspects of radiography including: adult and paediatric plain film radiography, theatre, mobiles, digital fluoroscopy and CT. Training will be given in CT and i.v. cannulation if required. Radiographers are actively encouraged to take part in clinical governance, audit, training and clinical professional development. We provide opportunities to develop in all areas of radiography and currently have radiographers reporting in a number of specialties.

Participation in the shift rota which provides 24/7 cover is essential. The shift rota includes a combination of 7.5-hour days, long days and nights and includes some weekend shifts as well as an on-callcommitment.

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
• Perform radiographic examinations in accordance with departmental protocols.
• Be competent in the use of all appropriate x-ray equipment.
• Maintain high standards of radiographic technique at all times.
• Participate in the shift, on-call and out of hours service.
• Perform QA checks on all equipment used within radiology.
• Abide by radiographic protocols.
• Abide by all Radiation Protection regulations.
• Report all equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for sending accurate image data to the Picture Archiving Communication System for storage, transmission, and archive.
• Supervise junior radiographers, assistant practitioners, and students.
• Justify radiographic examinations for Radiographic Assistant Practitioners
• Ensure delivery of a patient focussed service including care comfort and dignity of all patients.
• Take an active role in the general cleanliness and professional image of the department.
• Responsible for assuring the safety of him/herself and others in accordance with Trust and departmental protocols e.g. COSHH, Radiation Protection etc.
• Monitor the dose monitor system highlighting any issues to the relevant lead radiographer.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for adhering to radiographic protocols.
• Ensure clinical and professional standards are always met.
• Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy.
• Perform intravenous injections as appropriate.
• Comply with Health & Safety legislation for Control of Radiation, VDU use, handling of patients etc.
• Maintain Professional Registration
• Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
• To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures (i.e. name, date of birth, address, postcode, GP and telephone number) are all current and correct.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• Contribute to continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current professional developments.
• Participate in department CPD programme.
• Supervise and contribute to the training of radiographic assistant practitioners and students.
• To attend other training courses relevant to the post

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Participate in departmental audit and research programmes.
• Undertake audit with senior radiographers and radiologists.
• To support the Trusts clinical governance agenda by understanding the key priorities for change and ensuring that new developments utilise the objectives within the governance agenda.


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and creative individual to join the Community Learning Disability Team based at Willis House in Whiston, which covers the population of Knowsley and St Helens. The post holder may also be required to support individuals under the care of the Intensive Support Function, who may be in crisis and at risk of placement breakdown / hospital admission, or preparing for discharge back to the community from secure services.

Working within this established multi disciplinary team, you will provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention as part of a team approach to supporting service users with learning disabilities and complex needs.

As part of an Advanced Occupational Therapist’s role, you will be in an ideal position to support and contribute to Occupational Therapy/Learning Disabilities Strategic and Team Development

Being part of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, you will be given opportunity to network across different learning disabilities services and liaise with other OT’s and AHP’s within the wider Trust linking into the AHP workforce.

You should have a keen interest in working with this client group, be able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a Multidisciplinary Team, and have strong leadership skills. You will need to demonstrate an understanding of Transforming Care and this role to support that agenda.

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.

To provide leadership within the sphere of responsibility in the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service.
To be accountable for the delivery of the Occupational Therapy interventions and producing outcome measures of the service.
To ensure compliance for senior occupational therapy staff against the outcomes of the Trust’s quality dashboard.
To be responsible for a caseload of service users and complete standardised and non-standardised assessments of service users in order to identify appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions collaboratively with service users in line with the Care Programme Approach process.
To work within the model of recovery led practice and facilitate user involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
To utilise Occupational Therapy models/best practice to inform assessments and treatment interventions as appropriate.
In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, plan, implement and evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions for effective coordination of service provision.
To undertake project and service development work based on identified clinical and/or organisational need.
To assist in the development of underpinning knowledge and skills for direct care staff regarding meaningful service user therapeutic occupation.
Work in collaboration with the Trust’s Research and Development department in development and evaluation of appropriate research initiatives.
Undertake/support clinical audit activity within this service.
Work as a clinical professional contributing to the multidisciplinary team by providing specialist Occupational Therapy advice/input as appropriate.
Ensure that meaningful communication links are established and maintained with service user’s families, carers, other service providers as appropriate.
Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery of Occupational Therapy activities and comply with Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of Occupational Therapists, 2021), contributing to good health and the
importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
To collate information about local resources including those for older adults with a mental health problem including potential resources for service user’s access/utilisation.
To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of service users including pre and post admissions as appropriate.
To receive professional/clinical supervision from an appropriate supervisor in accordance with Occupational Therapy practice.
To receive leadership and transformation supervision from the AHP Lead in line with the Trust’s strategic goals.
To maintain active professional links with other Occupational Therapy services, within the speciality, external to the Service.
To ensure effective clinical supervision of Occupational Therapy staff in line with the management structure.
To ensure opportunities for students are available and that a positive experience is provided by the service with clinical supervision.
To undertake and adhere to Occupational Therapy practice in accordance with Standards of Proficiency – Occupational Therapists (Health and Care Professions Council 2013) and Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of Occupational
Therapists, 2021).
To participate in the recruitment and selection process for occupational therapy staff.
To chair the interview panel for the recruitment of qualified Occupational Therapists.
Attend all mandatory and CIS training as necessary and follow all policies and procedures.
Contribute and be aware of personal responsibilities and accountability for helping to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained in accordance with legislation.
Any other duties commensurate with role and responsibilities of the post.
Attend policies and procedures meeting and influence the development of future policy for the Trust.
Communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders.
Provide clinical and managerial reports and attend relevant meetings with internal and external agencies as and when required.
Arrange and attend meetings and liaise with relevant external organisations as and when required.
Appraise the AHP Lead regarding service activity and issues of concern.
Undergo an annual appraisal of performance in accordance with Trust Policy, and undertake further training and education as identified by personal development profile.
Attendance at service delivery meetings.
To investigate any complaints to safeguard service users and staff.
Monitor that training of all staff is carried out and records are kept up to date in conjunction with organisational development department.
Develop management and professional skills in staff and recommend additional training, as necessary.
Maintain staff morale by means of team building and encouraging initiative.

Take personal responsibility for:
Undertaking the necessary training as required.
Ensuring renewal of registration with the Health and Care Professions Council annually in accordance with statutory requirement.
Will maintain personal commitment towards and responsibility for the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
Will adhere to the Trust Dress Code.
Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.
Role model the values of the Trust – Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support– in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders.
Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.
Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about that
provision has been made.’
Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.
Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.
Value the contribution of the patient/ service user voice.
Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.
Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.
Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.
Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
Adhere to all organisational policies.
Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment.
Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS employees.
Attend a one day Just and Learning & Civility and Respect training workshop.
Be an ambassador for Just & Learning and Civility & Respect following the training.
Positively advocate the just and learning culture within your team.
Be a confident supporter and implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility & Respect within your team.
Support their team/ services to create a positive environment for Just and Learning Culture.
Participate in Just and Learning Culture events.
Bring Just and Learning Culture updates/ information to the attention of team members and other MCT colleagues they work with.
Support and encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety and quality of care with senior leaders with the aim of improving safety and quality.
Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns and difficulties can be discussed safely and respectfully.
Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the workplace will speak up.
Listening and understanding others who have concerns and taking a collaborative approach to worktowards a solution to improve civility and respect.


This advert closes on Thursday 28 Nov 2024

An exiting opportunity has arisen within the Mental Health Care Division as we are looking to recruit a team of three Senior Clinical Nurse's within the Inpatient Service Line. The successful candidate's will provide senior clinical leadership and advice across the Inpatient Capacity and Flow portfolio of services. The post holder will report to the Head of Nursing and will work alongside service line Matrons and Clinical Service Managers in delivering safe and effective high quality inpatient care and innovative evidenced based practises.

The successful post holder's will evaluate existing nursing practice through audit and evaluation of expected practice standards. They will embrace a culture of continuous learning and service development utilising Patient Safety Incident Response Framework techniques and analysis of key safety indicators. They will highly value the experience of our service users, carers and workforce to inform and drive service improvement initiatives embracing a quality culture through strong clinical leadership. The post holder's will support the Head of Nursing with the implementation delivery and commitment to the service line patient experience strategy. They will be innovative in their thinking with a passion for clinical excellence both influencing and co producing strategies that address identified areas for improvement. They will support the Head of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing in shaping and developing relevant policy and procedure and will assist the ongoing review and development of inpatient clinical pathways in keeping with National Standards and Evidenced based interventions for service users across the Division.

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.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for the full detailed job description and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

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


Are you a dynamic individual looking for a new challenge?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join the Paediatric Emergency Department as a Band 6 Ward Sister/Charge Nurse. We are just moving into an extended and redeveloped department which will ensure that the children are treated in the best environment possible.

If you are an efficient worker with strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills and able to work under pressure whilst remaining focused on safe good quality care, seeking a new personal challenge we look forward to your application.

You will need to have significant post registration experience and a sound clinical background as well as a valid RSCN/RN Child NMC registration. We are seeking an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and self-motivated Band 5/6 with a ‘can do’ mind-set and a strong interest in patient flow and the need to ensure patients are not admitted to hospital when there are other options for their treatment.

If successful you will be part of a fantastically motivated and forward thinking team who constantly strive to give the highest standards of care.

The post holder should have up to date knowledge of current issues in patient flow and changes within the NHS. The role is challenging and instrumental to the day to day operations within the Trust.
• To deputise for the Paediatric Lead Nurse with continuing responsibility for providing a seamless, safe service.
• To ensure the optimum, cost-effective use of staffing and resources to maintain and develop standards of care and safety as appropriate.
• To assist in implementing changes and maintain standards, to ensure the care delivered to families is according to relevant national access and treatment targets, national guidance, standards, recommendations, and legislation.
• To participate fully and provide evidence that the clinical governance agenda is active, effective and continuous throughout the Paediatric Emergency Department including: -

- standard setting

- policies and guidelines (including Trust policies, Paediatric clinical policies, and local Paediatric operational policies)

- benchmarking locally and nationally

- risk management

- clinical audit

- ensuring clinical practice is protocol and/or pathway driven, evidence-based or guided by best practice if the evidence is not available.
• To ensure the Paediatric Emergency team work to safe practices at all times and work proactively to monitor standards throughout the department, acquiring evidence and acting on findings.

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 CONTINUED
• To ensure families experience an excellent service during their time in the Paediatric Department dealing with any issues, matters arising, informal and formal complaints immediately and effectively, according to Trust policy.
• To be flexible and be prepared to support other Paediatric Clinical areas as required working closely with the Paediatric Senior Nurse Bleep holder, prioritising patient need accordingly at all times.
• To be competent at Safeguarding children and implementing the Child Protection procedures as appropriate.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain Professional Registration
• Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body.
• Optimum use of resources so that standards of care and safety are not compromised.
• Maintain effective communication systems, so that all staff can practice in an informed and professional manner.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, visitors and staff as required, i.e., Medical Coordinator, Senior Manager for ED, Directorate Manager.
• To investigate any untoward incident/complaint thoroughly.
• Liaise promptly with the Emergency Care Manager, Lead Nurse, or Directorate Manager
• To liaise with the Medical Coordinator around the needs and demands of departmental activity.
• Deputise for Senior Nursing staff as directed.
• Be fully conversant with the Major Incident Policy and be prepared to support its activation as required.
• Ensure effective infection prevention and control methods are followed.
• Maintain effective allocation of staff utilising appropriate skill mix.
• To delivery training and teaching packages of a competency-based nature to families, non-parent’s, carers, and staff in educational, social and voluntary settings.



SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

To be competent at safeguarding children and implementing the Child in Need and Child Protection procedures as appropriate includes the following skills, competencies and knowledge: -
• Be able to recognise child abuse.
• Be able to document accurately safeguarding concerns according to Laming recommendations, differentiating fact from opinion.
• Know who to contact / inform / seek advice from; and how to escalate safeguarding concerns according to Trust and Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards policies and procedures.
• Understand the steps in the child protection process.
• Know when and how to act, when and how to refer and the importance of following up a referral.
• Understand which groups of children are at risk of harm or neglect.
• Know how to share information – in writing, by telephone, electronically or in person.
• Know who to share information with and when, understanding the difference between information sharing on individual, organisational and professional levels.
• Work collaboratively with existing health services, social services and other agencies to ensure partnership working and sharing information to support children and families.
• Have an understanding of your own (and others’) professional roles and boundaries, including the Named professionals, trust managers and social workers.
• Have a working knowledge of the implications of key national documents / reports.
• Understand multi-agency frameworks, investigations, working and child protection assessment processes including the use of the Common Assessment Framework / investigation/working.
• Be able to present child protection concerns at multi agency meetings / child protection conferences.
• Demonstrate ability to work with families where there are child protection concerns.



ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• To ensure that the recording of patient care is comprehensive, concise and in line with the NMC Record Keeping guidance.
• Ensure Emergency Department Patient Tracking IT systems are current and reflective of department activity.



TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• To maintain an effective learning environment for all staff, contributing to the training and assessment of staff
• To act as a role model and expert practitioner, providing support and guidance to nursing staff
• To participate in the annual performance review of identified staff Band 5 and below to identify their training and development needs.
• To participate in an annual performance review to identify the post-holder’s personal development needs
• To personally ensure fulfilment of the requirements for professional updating and to maintain a personal record for future registration purposes.



LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsibility for designated nursing staff within team including appraisals, HR management and support in clinical practice in conjunction with the Practice Development Nurse and Emergency Care Manager
• To assist the Lead Nurse in planning, recruiting, retaining and developing staff to meet the service needs as required.
• To take an active role in facilitating staff to complete annual mandatory training, including safeguarding training, in accordance with Trust and departmental policy.
• To manage situations as they arise and report to the appropriate person as soon as is possible.
• To participate and support the induction and orientation of new starters.
• To be responsible for the annual appraisals of a team of nurses and health care assistants in agreement with the Lead Nurse, and to ensure their agreed personal development plans (PDPs) are operational.
• To manage the sickness and absence of a team of nurses and health care assistants working closely with the Lead Nurse and to escalate and manage any issues alongside the human resources/absence support team.
• To monitor and develop clinical competencies of a team of nurses providing supervision, support, mentorship and preceptorship is a key component of the role.



FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Managing nursing team and skill mix appropriately, utilising bank and agency staff when appropriate within ED budget.



RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Contribute towards the setting, maintaining, and monitoring of standards of care within the Department by leading and participating in Emergency Department audits.


This advert closes on Monday 4 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

To coordinate the assessment and delivery of a planned programme of care with guidance and indirect supervision from a qualified practitioner and to contribute to formal assessment and delivery of an individuals plan of care. To assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan. To report general observations and provide feedback to a qualified practitioner both verbally and in written formats, if required. This should include any concerns arising from the service user physical or mental health. To contribute to effective running of the service by providing and receiving information to/from other departments or services. Ensure this information is provided in the most effective way i.e. telephone, fax or in writing To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health needs To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service user in the community (where appropriate). To carry out specific duties that contributes to the assessment of service users as requested by a qualified practitioner. To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary (where appropriate). To use skills and techniques, to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive. To contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users by reporting, to the qualified practitioner any issues or concerns regarding service users behaviour / action towards themselves or others. Respond to the changing needs of service users. Control the assessments of implemented individual service users care plans. Provide advice and guidance related health promotion to the service user. Plan social and therapeutic work with service user using a range of therapeutic approaches. Participate in presenting multi-disciplinary reviews, daily reviews and handovers.

Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?

If so, then we would like you to join us as a Nursing / Health Care Assistant on the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Bank where you will support our clinical teams in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.

We are currently looking for applications for our specialist community Learning disabilities team, covering the Sefton Area.

We work 9-5 Monday – Friday

We support individuals with a range of complex physical and mental health needs.

The MDT is made up of Nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, Physio, OT and SALT.

There are opportunities to develop within the team and within the team and trust.

To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.

To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users’ activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.

To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.

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.
• To coordinate the assessment and delivery of a planned programme of care with guidance and indirect supervision from a qualified practitioner and to contribute to formal assessment and delivery of an individual’s plan of care.
• To assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan.
• To report general observations and provide feedback to a qualified practitioner both verbally and in written formats, if required. This should include any concerns arising from the service user physical or mental health.
• To contribute to effective running of the service by providing and receiving information to/from other departments or services. Ensure this information is provided in the most effective way i.e. telephone, fax or in writing
• To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health needs
• To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service user in the community (where appropriate).
• To carry out specific duties that contributes to the assessment of service users as requested by a qualified practitioner.
• To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary (where appropriate).
• To use skills and techniques, to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.
• To contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users by reporting, to the qualified practitioner any issues or concerns regarding service users’ behaviour / action towards themselves or others.
• Respond to the changing needs of service users.
• Control the assessments of implemented individual service users care plans.
• Provide advice and guidance related health promotion to the service user.
• Plan social and therapeutic work with service user using a range of therapeutic approaches.
• Participate in presenting multi-disciplinary reviews, daily reviews and handovers.




This advert closes on Friday 1 Nov 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 clinical pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Department

This post is offered on a Band 6 progressing to Band 7 on successful completion of Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy and suitable performance.

Pay progression is locally agreed and includes a pay increase on diploma enrolment, a further increase on enrolment onto the second year, and finally progressing to band 7 on passing the diploma and suitable performance.

We have vacancies for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to complete our current team of band 6 rotational pharmacists and participate in the provision of the Trust’s pharmacy service.

Interview Date: TBC
• The department operates a 7 day service to the medical care group and as part of this role you will be expected to participate in the rostered shift system which is currently 1 in 5. Participation in the late night working and pharmacy on call will also be required.
• The Trust comprises two modern high-performing state-of-the-art PFI hospitals, St Helens and Whiston, which have accredited teaching hospital status.
• The Pharmacy Department has over 80 staff operating across the two sites. We have established automated dispensing systems within both dispensaries, and there is an ambitious and active technology implementation program which includes automated labelling & checking.
• A new e-prescribing facility has recently been launched.
Both the Department and the Trust has a long-standing reputation for being a friendly and rewarding place to work.
• A previous Investors in People assessment recognised our Pharmacy as an outstandingly good department for staff support and development.

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
• Taking drug histories on admission and informing medical staff of any discrepancies with medication prescribed to ensure continuity of treatment.
• Review medication to ensure safe and effective use.
• Annotate patients’ medicines kardex with details of any allergies and specific instructions relating to administration of medicines to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Formulate individual pharmaceutical care plans and implement appropriate monitoring of therapy to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Review and update care plans depending on response, results of investigations and adverse effects to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Educate patients on their drug therapy to enable concordance.
• Liaise with nursing and medical staff on issues relating to patient’s drug therapy to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Checking patients’ own drugs for suitability to reuse to ensure safe and effective therapy and achieve medication cost containment.
• Therapeutic drug monitoring for specific drugs with a narrow therapeutic window to ensure safe and effective therapy.

To provide professional and legal clinical supervision in the dispensary as allocated: Duties will include,
• Professional checking of inpatient requisitions, outpatient, Accident and Emergency, and To Take Out (TTO) prescriptions to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Ensuring all prescriptions comply with the Medicines Act, and the Misuse of Drugs Act where appropriate.
• Final checking of prescriptions for accuracy prior to releaseincluding extemporaneously dispensed items
• Labelling and dispensing of medication as required including extemporaneously dispensed items to ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
• Providing advice to patients on how to take their medicines and potential side effects to ensure safe and effective therapy.
• Advice to Doctors, nurses and other professionals as required.
• Receive and dispense controlled drugs in accordance with the Misuse of Drugs Act
• Dispense extemporaneously on call when required to do so.
• Liaise with medical staff on the availability of medicinal products.

To rotate through Medicines Information and undertake training and achieve competence in answering a wide variety of complex enquiries:
• Enquiries will include all grades of doctor, pharmacists, nurses, patients and members of the public and will mainly but not exclusively originate from within the Trust and local healthcare community.
• Enquiries will include requests for advice/information on the administration of medicines, their availability, adverse effects, use in pregnancy/breastfeeding, drug interactions, identification of unlabelled/foreign medicines, poisoning and toxicology.
• To communicate complex information effectively with all grades of staff and users of the Medicines Information service using a wide variety of communication including verbal, written and electronic

To rotate through antibiotics and gain experience and achieve competence in the following under the supervision of the Antibiotic Medicines Management Pharmacist:
• Identify areas for audit.
• Design and conduct appropriate audits.
• Analyse and present results
• Make recommendations.
• Monitor the use of non-formulary antibiotics and provide feedback to the Medicines Management Committee and Hospital Control of Infection Committee
• Receive and interpret drug levels for those antibiotics which require intensive monitoring. Advise on adjustment of dosages as necessary.
• Participate in regional antibiotic audits

Rotate through the Aseptic Dispensing Unit and gain experience and achieve competence in:
• Clinical checking of prescriptions for cytotoxic chemotherapy and Hospital at Home for correct drug, dose, route and rate of administration, to make any necessary annotations to kardexes that arise from this and to contact medical and nursing staff if appropriate, to perform any releasing calculations arising from the clinical check.
• Preparation and final checking of intravenous antibiotics
• Preparation and final checking of Total Parental Nutrition
• Preparation and final checking of cytotoxic chemotherapy
• To assist other pharmacists in ensuring that work carried out in the departments at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals is performed in accordance with the recommendation contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements, and the safe systems of work documentation.
• Liaise with appropriate healthcare professionals within Primary Care Trusts to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources across the primary/secondary care interface and where necessary develop shared care protocols.
• Record regularly clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy.
• After appropriate training participate in the departmental therapeutic drug monitoring service, interpreting drug levels and recommending appropriate dosage adjustments to medical staff.
• To undertake the 3 monthly ward-controlled drugs checks in line with departmental policy.
• Return unwanted or patients own controlled drugs from wards in accordance with departmental policy and the Misuse of Drugs Act
• To assist medical staff in undertaking of such clinical trials as have been approved by the Ethical Committee and to arrange under the direction of senior members of staff of the Pharmacy department the necessary supplies and aspects of clinical trials protocol affecting the pharmaceutical service.
• To attend appropriate training courses for pharmacists and to encourage other staff to undertake further training.
• To undertake a diploma/MSc in clinical Pharmacy under supervision of a senior Clinical Pharmacist
• To participate in the training of pre- registration pharmacists and Student Pharmacy Technicians
• To co-operate with the Head of Pharmacy and other pharmacists in the training of health service staff
• To participate in individual performance review and the use of personal development plans
• To participate in clinical audit and practice research as instructed by senior pharmacists within the department including presentation of results where appropriate.
• To comply with legal and other requirements related to the purchase, supply, use, safe custody, and destruction of drugs within the pharmacy and other areas of the hospital.
• To participate in a rota that enables the department to provide a full 7-day service.
• To participate as necessary in the on call, Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday and emergency duty rotas
• To ensure the security of the in-patient and out-patient dispensaries as allocated on the locking up rota
• To participate in Continuing Professional Development as per department policy and national guidelines from the General Pharmaceutical Council
• To comply with Regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSSH , Data Protection Act and other appropriate legislation
• To undertake any other related duties which may be required.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
• To actively participate in the annual performance review to identify personal development needs.
• To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
• All employees must fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work. They must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust “Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work” and the Trust corporate “Health and Safety Policies and Procedures”. You are required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions to avoid actions.
• All staff will be treated with respect by management, colleagues, patients, and visitors and equally staff will treat management, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Staff will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, gender, or employment status.
• St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has a ‘No Smoking’ Policy and smoking is not permitted in Trust buildings or vehicles.
• All employees are individually responsible for the prevention and control of infection within their own area. The employee must attend Infection Control Induction training and mandatory Infection control training. The employee must follow all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines relating to Infection Control.
• To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• To maintain registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The tasks and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trust’s continued organisational development.
• The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be cross site. Any such variation will be agreed in advance between the postholder and their manager as part of the continuing process of management review and development.
• The employee shares with the employer the responsibility for suggestions to alter the scope of duties to improve the working situation. This document is intended to be a guide to the general scope of duties and not an inflexible specification


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are looking for a number of Charge Nurses who can demonstrate strong leadership, compassion and empathy to our patients, improving the quality of care and service delivery within a Secure Mental Health and Learning Disability inpatient environment.

Secure Care Division is responsible for specialised secure mental health and learning disability services, in low, medium and high secure settings.

Working across the Secure Care Division as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of high standards of care and treatment to a challenging group of service users.

Along with your registered nurse qualification, you will need to have at demonstrable experience post preceptorship and demonstrate enthusiasm in your attitude, willingness to work as a team by being flexible and supportive of the wider service.

This vacancy is for a Charge Nurse and within the Secure Care Division, as we are a mobile Trust you may be expected to work at any of our sites across the division. Allocations will be determined by the service, R&R will reflect the amount for that clinical area.

Shifts will be rostered in advance as per working practices in your base area. Working hours may include working unsocial shifts (e.g. Night duty, Weekends, School Holidays, Christmas & Bank Holidays etc.)

Charge nurses will model the Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support in progressing the Trust ambition to achieve perfect care for our patient group.

As a charge nurse you will operate as the clinical focus for day to day planning of treatment, risk assessment and management of the quality of care delivered to the patient group by a team of nurses, carrying continuous responsibility for care and safety issues during hours of duty.

It will be within your responsibility to maintain an overview of all cases allocated to internal care co-ordinators/case managers/care workers.

You will organise and supervise on a day to day basis the work of the nursing staff ensuring that professional standards are maintained.

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.

For full details of the job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and personal specification.

The interview will comprise of two forms of assessment.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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


An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced MRI radiographer to join our busy MRI team as the Lead Radiographer for Quality and Education.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to be responsible for advancing the quality of our excellent MRI service and continuing the training and education of our staff. With significant experience as a senior MR radiographer, you will need to be able to provide advice and guidance to junior staff about protocols and imaging techniques.

Part of the role involves the training of radiographers new to MRI and the mentoring of radiographers new to our team. You must have a flexible approach to working and be able to demonstrate good organisational and communication skills along with a commitment to service improvement. This role is primarily based at Whiston & St Helens Hospitals.

Applicants must hold the BSc in Radiography or the DCR(R), a Post Graduate Certificate in MRI and be HCPC Registered.

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.

Interview date: 5th December 2024

The successful applicant will be responsible for the continual improvement of image quality, helping to maintain the high-quality service that we provide and will work alongside the MRI Lead Operational Radiographer and Lead Radiographer for MRI Safety to develop and educate our workforce.

There will be an expectation to attend a course for a practice educator. The successful candidate will be expected to work clinically across both sites.

There is scope within this role for MRI image reporting. It is not essential that the successful candidate can perform this but the opportunity for training can be provided if desired.

Our department at Whiston hospital contains a GE 1.5T Signa Voyager whilst our CDC at St Helens Hospital houses a GE 1.5T Signa Explorer Lift and a GE 3T Signa Pioneer. The department offers a full range of MRI examinations, including specialist services such as arthrography, breast and enterography. Our radiographers are involved in continuous professional development, and we are keen for them to attain post graduate education in MRI.

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
• Responsible for administration, performance monitoring and data quality of the PACS/RIS and other integrated systems.
• Responsible for training of staff in PACS/RIS and associated systems.
• Perform diagnostic imaging examinations in accordance with departmental protocols.
• Be competent in the use of all appropriate imaging equipment.
• Participate in the on-call, flexible working and out of hours service as required.
• Responsible for QA program in designated area
• Abide by radiographic protocols.
• Abide by all Radiation Protection regulations.
• Report all equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for sending accurate image data to the Picture Archiving Communication System for storage, transmission, and archive.
• Justify radiographic examinations for Junior Radiographers, Radiographic Assistant Practitioners and Student Radiographers. Authorise radionuclide imaging examinations on behalf of the ARSAC holder as appropriate.
• Promote quality initiatives, ensuring the quality of patient care and compliance of quality standards.
• Undertake staff appraisals.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients on complex, contentious and sensitive issues, using persuasion and negotiation where required.
• Maintain a patient, courteous manner in all aspects of communication with patients and staff especially in distressing situations.
• Liaise with lead clinicians to ensure effective running of the service.
• Maintain a good working relationship with other departments and staff to ensure the provision of and efficient and effective service to all users and patients.
• Communicate with service users and external agencies.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Autonomously undertake Advanced Practice in a specialised area of radiography by displaying expert clinical practice, this could be either clinical interpretation of images, performing radiological or interventional procedures
• To provide clinical leadership to all staff in the department
• To act as a radiographic clinical expert in the relevant field
• Provide clinical support and advice to staff.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining a high quality of clinical and professional standards within the department.
• Promote and ensure compliance with radiographic protocols.
• Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times.
• Exercise clinical judgement in the utilisation of resources and initiate liaison with relevant clinical teams if clinical findings necessitate.
• Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy.
• Ensure compliance with COR code of conduct and HCPC regulations to ensure registration is maintained.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
• Ensure all documentation associated with regulations are kept and stored appropriately.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES
• Responsible for the training and development of staff both radiographic staff and external staff.
• Contribute to continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current professional developments.
• Participate in department CPD programme.
• Ensure professional standards are maintained by contributing to the clinical training and development of radiographers, radiographic assistant practitioners, and students.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the designated department, planning and prioritising workload.
• Ensure the effective and efficient running of the service with due regard to available resources.
• Allocating activity to ensure maximised use of capacity. Using data to inform decisions.
• Monitor and evaluate all aspects of service delivery with regard to waiting times ensuring that waiting times are kept to a minimum.
• Demonstrate effective leadership qualities and promote teamwork.
• Undertake initial investigation of patient and user complaints and exercising judgement and initiative take appropriate actions to resolve the problem/complaint.
• Promote a working culture that improves quality.
• Responsible for clinical and professional standards within the designated department
• Identify and contribute to service development within the department.
• Responsible for implementing policies within the designated department and contribute to Radiology Trust policies.
• Responsible for risk assessments within the designated area
• Responsible for the maintenance and servicing of all equipment in the designated work area, liaise and communicate with manufacturers.
• Responsible for optimum use of resources within the department and maintain adequate stock levels.
• Participate in the procurement (specification, evaluation and selection) of radiographic equipment.
• Promote quality initiatives, ensuring the quality of patient care and compliance of quality standards.
• Promote compliance with all Trust risk management procedures and ensure risk management strategies are implemented including Health & Safety legislation for Control of Radiation, COSHH, VDU use, handling of patients, fire regulations and security etc.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, professional, and organisational requirements. Liaising with outside agencies to ensure compliance with statutory regulations when required. Ensure all documentation associated with regulations are kept and stored appropriately.
• Ensure all staff are compliant with the relevant registration eg HCPC, RSAC Act as radiation protection supervisor for a designated department/Modality
• Refer patients for on-going imaging examinations within departmental protocols.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the designated department
• Contribute to the recruitment, selection and appointment of professional, technical and support staff in accordance with policy and procedures.
• Monitor staff performance and formulate personal development plans in accordance with Trust development review process (IPR).
• Monitor and action dose discrepancies via Dose Monitor alerts. Produce Dose audits and DRLs. Monitor and action incidents within own work area that are reported via Datix.

RESEARCH & AUDIT
• Participate in the audit of current techniques and keep up to date with the research and development of new techniques.
• Participate in departmental audit and research programmes Undertake audit with other radiographers and radiologists.


This advert closes on Friday 22 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme