Total 324 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Preston, PR1 7LY

The Neurosurgery Spinal Specialist Nurse will act as a strong role model and provide development, clinical supervision and advice for other staff and students within this specialty area. You will also actively engage in research and development opportunities for the service. Please see job description for more details

Duties to include but not be limited to: Communicates all relevant clinical trial information to members of the clinical trial pharmacy team, wider pharmacy team, colleagues within R&I, trial participants and service users, and with external organisations as required Deliver as part of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team, all duties required in relation to the service To ensure all clinical trial prescriptions are dispensed correctly within the required timescales Liaises with Senior Clinical Pharmacists in their review of clinical trials within their speciality Act as an Accredited Pharmacy Technician Accuracy Checker Oversees all elements of stock management, for IMPs and NIMPs, ensuring tasks are carried out comprehensively and accurately, in a timely fashion Minimises medicines wastage and medicines spend within clinical trials service and wider pharmacy service Reviews and advises on financial costings for new studies in feasibility stages, liaising with other pharmacy areas or external departments as necessary Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice, policies and legislation Supports the training and development of pharmacy team Contribute to the formal handling and investigating of complaints, error reports, accident/incident reports and monitor for preventative and/or corrective action and improvement For more information please see job description.

Job Description

Mental Health Nurse

£40,000

Day Shifts

Full-Time Hours

Please note that our client DOES NOT offer Tier 2 sponsorship

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Mental Health Nurse to join our client's team and provide high-quality care to their patients. As a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will play a crucial role in supporting individuals with mental health conditions and facilitating their rehabilitation.

Qualifications:

• Mental Health Nurse (RMN) qualification with a valid UK NMC Pin
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions and rehabilitation
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassionate and empathetic approach to patient care
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion in healthcare settings

Benefits:

• Continuous training and career development
• Employee assistance programme
• Paid NMC fee renewal fee
• Paid handover
• Free DBS check
• Onsite parking
• Healthcare plan
• Company pension scheme

Responsibilities:

• Assessing and planning nursing care requirements for patients with mental health conditions
• Administering medication and treatments according to protocols
• Providing support and education to patients and their families
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of care plans
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic and person-centered care
• Contributing to the development and implementation of therapeutic activities and programs
• Maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records
• Supporting and advocating for patients to promote their well-being and recovery

Reference: WILL79597/MW

INDNUR

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Essential Qualifications required:
• Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN, SW, OT)

Would you like to gain valuable community experience with a caseload of 15, without care coordination responsibilities, so you can focus on providing collaborative psychosocial interventions? Look no further. This could be the job you've been looking for!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join our Family Safeguarding Service as a Mental Health Practitioner. This role is based in the Preston area on full-time 12-month fixed term basis (covering Maternity leave). This post is open to those only with a Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (RMN, SW, OT).

We are looking for an organised, compassionate, and reflective individual who is passionate about working collaboratively with families to safeguard children. Are you an energetic, skilled mental health professional? Are you somebody that relishes change and service development? Do you see the opportunity to positively influence a person's emotional health and well-being as a privilege?

If so, we want you to join us on our journey to be the best we can be for our families.

For further details/informal visits please contact us on the details provided

The service is funded by Lancashire County Council to provide specialist assessment and treatment for parents of children open to the Family Safeguarding Service who have identified mental health difficulties which are impacting upon their ability to safeguard their children. The integrated service is positioned at the primary care level, offering preventative early intervention. The overall aim is to provide families with the right mental health support, at the right time, in the aim of keeping families together when it is safe to do so.

We are a small, supportive adult mental health team made up of mental health practitioners (social worker or mental health nursing backgrounds) and psychologists, with a strong focus on reflective supervision and training. The successful candidate will also be part of the Multidisciplinary Team in Preston which is made up of children social workers, child and family practitioners, substance misuse workers and domestic abuse workers (supporting families to overcome the “Toxic Trio” of substance use difficulties, domestic abuse, and mental ill-health). We follow the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding Model which has been shown to be effective at reducing the number of children who are taken into care and safely keeping them with their families.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Thursday 10 Oct 2024

Support the Manager or Matron in ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion for the patients, relatives, and visitors who are cared for within the Virtual Ward. Ensure a high standard of nursing is delivered by self and others based on assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care to meet patients needs in accordance with agreed local and National standards and evidence-based guidelines. Assist and support the Unit Manager in the safe, effective management of the area, including management of personnel, facilities, and the associated systems and processes. Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team, and the organisation. Be responsible for the delivery and coordination of care through appropriate professional practice, delegation, and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff. Set, monitor, and maintain standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care. Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety, and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines. Take an active role in communicating with all relevant multidisciplinary teams internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care and integrated patient pathways. Promote the provision of patient education and health promotion. Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting, and meeting the needs and choices of individuals. Ensure the environment of care is safe, well equipped, and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness. Participate in the education and training of junior staff. Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within the scope of role and professional practice.

Please read the job description listed below: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidelines. Support and provide patient education and health promotion Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals

Duties to include but not be limited to: Runs nurse led clinics for treatments and education (Face to face, Video and Telephone clinics). Provides psychological support Provides expert advice and clinical practice Provide specialist education and training to others Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered Effectively communicates with patients and other health professionals Undertakes audit, quality initiatives and contribute to research if required in future Manages and maintains medication and equipment stock

Contribute to the delivery of a safe and effective pharmacy service Use EMIS pharmacy stock control and patient medication record system Manage stock appropriately and contribute to stock management Accurately dispense prescriptions whilst minimising patient waiting times Maintain accurate records Ensure the safe and accurate issue of prescriptions Act as an accuracy checker Purchase, receive and store medicines Assist in dispensing and planning prescription deliveries Work effectively as part of the team to meet company targets Offer suggestions to improve working processes Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, health professionals and patients Participate in quality and/or clinical audit projects Contribute to the development and review of Standard Operating Procedures Provide cover for other Pharmacy Technicians, across sites, as appropriate Promote and maintain strong working and customer relationships with key stakeholders Maintain professional standards Observe confidentiality requirements Support the implementation of local and national medicines-related guidance Supervise the routine work of other staff and assist in activity/workload planning Provide leadership and act as a role model Carry out CPD and maintain GPhC Registration Train, coach and mentor new and existing members of the team Work within the Companys business and strategic plans

Lancashire Hospitals Services (Pharmacy) Ltd is delighted to be able to offer a vacancy for a Pharmacy Technician to come and join our fantastic team. The role is varied with opportunities to work in all three of our branches covering a range of tasks.

If you have never worked in a hospital setting before, please do not be discouraged from applying as full training will be provided. The team are friendly, helpful and by all working together, we deliver a service that we are proud of.

Please note full time hours are 36 hours per week worked over four days.

You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a desire towards developing our services.

If all of the above applies to you and you would like to know more or come for a visit, please feel free to contact us to discuss further.

On a day to day basis, your duties will vary and help provide a high quality service to our patients whether this be provided customer service, dispensing/checking medicines or ordering and receiving pharmacy stock.

You will also develop positive working relationships with our fantastic colleagues and multidisciplinary team and be a valued member of the company.

Lancashire Hospitals Services (Pharmacy) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. We provide the NHS Trust with the outpatient dispensing service at Royal Preston Hospital, Rosemere Centre (within Royal Preston Hospital) and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital.

If you have always aspired to work within a hospital setting and working alongside other highly motivated individuals, then you are going to love this role. We are offering an opportunity for you to join our friendly and dedicated team where you will learn, grow and flourish, supported all the way.

As a employee, you will enjoy a rewarding career by really making a difference. You'll work hard but be recognised for your contribution which includes having your registration feed paid and be able to keep a healthy work/life balance.
• Contribute to the delivery of a safe and effective pharmacy service
• Use EMIS pharmacy stock control and patient medication record system
• Manage stock appropriately and contribute to stock management
• Accurately dispense prescriptions whilst minimising patient waiting times
• Maintain accurate records
• Ensure the safe and accurate issue of prescriptions
• Act as an accuracy checker
• Purchase, receive and store medicines
• Assist in dispensing and planning prescription deliveries
• Work effectively as part of the team to meet company targets
• Offer suggestions to improve working processes
• Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, health professionals and patients
• Participate in quality and/or clinical audit projects
• Contribute to the development and review of Standard Operating Procedures
• Provide cover for other Pharmacy Technicians, across sites, as appropriate
• Promote and maintain strong working and customer relationships with key stakeholders
• Maintain professional standards
• Observe confidentiality requirements
• Support the implementation of local and national medicines-related guidance
• Supervise the routine work of other staff and assist in activity/workload planning
• Provide leadership and act as a role model
• Carry out CPD and maintain GPhC Registration
• Train, coach and mentor new and existing members of the team
• Work within the Company’s business and strategic plans




This advert closes on Sunday 6 Oct 2024

This role is for a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist or equivalent to lead the Education and Organisational Development team to plan, organise and deliver clinical and non clinical education, training and organisational development across the Hospice, ensuring compliance with national legislation. You will build strong links with external education providers, broadening the reach of the hospice education and training offer, to support high quality palliative and end of life care and seek to expand our income generating activities by proactively identifying opportunities for education and partnerships to ensure there are sustainable income streams. You will work in conjunction with the Higher and Further Education Institutions and other establishments to develop, plan, deliver and evaluate appropriate programmes at all academic levels. You will work in collaboration with senior clinical colleagues to plan and ensure our clinical workforce is equipped with the necessary skills to provide safe and effective care to our patients. You will deliver specialist clinical programmes to clinicians at all levels utilising your clinical knowledge and expertise. Lead and manage the Education and Organisational Development team to deliver high quality training both internally and externally. Manage the education and organisational development budget effectively. Deliver specialist clinical training programmes to clinicians at all levels. Develop and update educational policies to reflect local and national policy Contribute to Hospice Board and Committees to support the achievement of relevant business plan objectives and organisational strategy. Work with the Hospice Medical Director, and in collaboration with the Higher Education institutions, to deliver modules and develop learning opportunities for all Hospice colleagues. Develop relationships with local colleges to build links for partnership working Support the development of career pathways across the Hospice. Lead the development of education programmes for staff and volunteers, based on development needs Promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement across the Hospice. Explore diverse funding opportunities via grants and bids as required. Oversee the organisation of placement students across the Hospice. Lead on the promotion and uptake of apprenticeships across the Hospice. In conjunction with the clinical educator, develop and deliver clinical competency based training Work in collaboration with the Corporate Engagement Partners and Clinical Educator to develop various external training packages. Work with the Medical Director to develop and oversee external courses and conferences to support income generation and education Represent the hospice at local, regional and national meetings/groups as identified by line manager Maintain high level clinical skills. Expand income generating activities to ensure a sustainable income stream. Lead a peer support quality assurance process to ensure education is developed and delivered to a high standard. In conjunction with clinical leads, audit the educational programme on an annual basis. Ensure all programmes of education are culturally sensitive and consider the needs of under served communities Any other duties commensurate with grade and role as required by the CEO and Directors team.

Clinical Pharmacist Job Description Responsible to: Townships 2 PCN Accountable to: Clinical Director Base: Woodhouse Health Centre Job Summary: The post holder is a pharmacist, who acts within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists in Townships 2 member practices. In this role they will be supported by a senior clinical pharmacist who will mentor them. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient-facing role. The post holder will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management within the practice and undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage patients with complex polypharmacy. The post holder will provide primary support to general practice staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, providing expertise in clinical medicines advice while addressing both public and social care needs of patient in the GP practice (s). The post holder will provide clinical leadership on medicines optimisation and quality improvement and manage some aspects of the quality and outcomes framework and enhanced services. 2 Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility Patient facing Long-term condition Clinics See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement. Patient facing Clinical Medication Review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring. Patient facing care home medication reviews Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration. Patient facing domiciliary clinical medication review Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences. Management of common/minor/self- limiting ailments Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate Patient facing medicines support Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines in the practice Telephone medicines support Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Medicine information to practice staff and patients Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Unplanned hospital admissions Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to highrisk patient groups. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to highrisk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes). Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Repeat prescribing Produce and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. Risk stratification Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. 3 This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Information management Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision- making. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team. Medicines safety Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations Monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages. Education and Training Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Care Quality Commission Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Public health To support public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public. Collaborative Working Relationships Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs and other PCNs) Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary Actively work toward developing and maintaining effective working relationships both within and outside the practice and locality Foster and maintain strong links with all services across locality Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital pharmacy teams Liaises with ICB pharmacists and Heads of Medicines Management/ Optimisation to benefit from peer support Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to Patients GP, nurses and other practice staff Other healthcare professionals including CCG pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, optometrists, dentists, health and social care teams and dieticians etc. Locality / GP prescribing lead PCN manager/Clinical Director Community nurses and other allied health professionals Community and hospital pharmacy teams Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation

Duties to include but not be limited to: Communicates all relevant clinical trial information to members of the clinical trial pharmacy team, wider pharmacy team, colleagues within R&I, trial participants and service users, and with external organisations as required Deliver as part of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team, all duties required in relation to the service To ensure all clinical trial prescriptions are dispensed correctly within the required timescales Liaises with Senior Clinical Pharmacists in their review of clinical trials within their speciality Act as an Accredited Pharmacy Technician Accuracy Checker Oversees all elements of stock management, for IMPs and NIMPs, ensuring tasks are carried out comprehensively and accurately, in a timely fashion Minimises medicines wastage and medicines spend within clinical trials service and wider pharmacy service Reviews and advises on financial costings for new studies in feasibility stages, liaising with other pharmacy areas or external departments as necessary Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice, policies and legislation Supports the training and development of pharmacy team Contribute to the formal handling and investigating of complaints, error reports, accident/incident reports and monitor for preventative and/or corrective action and improvement For more information please see job description.

JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE REPORTS TO: GP PARTNERS - Clinically PRACTICE MANAGER - Administratively HOURS: 30 to 37.5 hours per week SALARY: Competitive / Depending on experience & qualifications Main Purpose of Post: To assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education.

Duties to include but not be limited to: To provide an active role in the psycho-oncology collaborative, consultation and collaboration with NHS and voluntary sector providers is a key part of this role. To contribute to the implementation, development and evaluation of the service. Provide a highly specialised psychological therapy and assessment for patients with Cancer, in line with the best available evidence. Work within the Macmillan pathway across LTHTr and UHMB. Offer supervision in psychological skills to other less experienced psychological practitioners and to heath service staff working in the service. To contribute to and facilitate a varied training programme for health care professionals. To attend and contribute to triage meetings and contribute to highly specialist clinical health psychology discussions for patients living with cancer. To provide integrated multidisciplinary care across the cancer specialist pathways. Develop and engage in audit and research within the pathway to further the development of the pathway. You will be a senior psychologist with demonstrable leadership skills and experience at a similar or higher level/grade. There will be an expectation to work flexibly across the pathway as required. To work in consultation and collaboration with the consultant clinical psychologist, clinical colleagues, service user engagement officer, project manager and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit and Macmillan.