Total 30 Senior Executive level Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Liverpool, Merseyside, l3 9sj

Due to the expansion of the service to encompass 7 day working, we have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Clerical Officer to join our administration team, here in the Endoscopy Department.

Reporting to the lead administrator, you will be part of a team responsible for booking various patient appointments, maintain and use hospital systems (IPM, dashboard, ICE, PENS), monitor waiting lists, database entry, liaise with health professionals, deal efficiently and professionally to the requests of all service users and patient enquiries and provide a functional flexibility to meet the demands of the service.

Other duties will include administratively supporting the specialist nurse team with pre-investigation and the E-referral service.

Due to the nature of the work you will be IT literate, able to use most Office software and work unsupervised. Previous experience in the health sector would be an advantage and excellent customer service, the ability to work as part of a team and work to tight deadlines is essential.

You will be expected to be flexible and support the department as and when the need arises. This could include cross-site cover at our Aintree endoscopy department (should the need dictate).

To take the lead responsibility for dealing with referrals for all outpatient and day-case appointments endoscopic procedures both diagnostic and therapeutic ensuring that a high quality service is provided at all times, thereby affecting a smooth and efficient running of the department.

To work unsupervised but to be available to give advice to junior members of the team.



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Lead responsibility for the booking of referrals for outpatient and day-case appointments. endoscopic procedures both diagnostic and advanced therapeutic as per guidelines.

Where appropriate ensure appointments are made with the anti-coagulant nurse and/or dietician

The role necessitates a rotation through the lead booking areas within the office including a two week rule service, management of the outpatient pre-invest system, and recording of ward attenders.

Liaising with health professionals, wards A/E and GP surgeries as required.

Dealing with out-patients referrals in accordance with the Choose & Book partial booking system. Registering new patients on the hospital system (IPM) PAS and adding to appropriate waiting list.

Monitor and highlight waiting list breaches and waiting times.

Ensure procedures are booked onto appropriate lists according to the level of skill of the Endoscopist from the information contained within the referral.

Ensure appointment letters are appropriate for the particular procedure to be undertaken. Send out appropriate information leaflets and/or research information for individual patients.

Responsibility for ensuring all outcomes are recorded on the IPM PAS and patients removed from the waiting list as necessary in accordance with the Trusts access policy.

For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.


This advert closes on Friday 15 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

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Assistant Management Accountant, acting as a key member of the Financial Management team. The postholder will provide accurate and timely financial information and reporting to colleagues internal and external to Finance, including providing support to budget holders across the organisation.

The successful candidate will have completed their Diploma Level of CIMA/CCAB qualification or have a relevant degree in Accounting. They will have strong numeracy skills and attention to detail, alongside excellent I.T. and communication skills.

The department currently has a hybrid working policy, so the successful candidate will be required to work a minimum of 3 days a week in the office. With sites at both Southport and Knowsley.

Interview date: 18th September 2024

The Senior Assistant Management Accountant’s main duties will be to:
• Ensure the provision of high quality financial information and accurate advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers.
• Develop good working relationships with budget holders, regularly meeting with them to review their financial information and provide advice.
• Assist Financial Management colleagues in ensuring income and expenditure is monitored and is recorded accurately, including monitoring variances from planned income and expenditure and resolving queries with budget holders and Finance colleagues.
• Use Excel and other software to provide financial reports and conduct financial analysis, using formulae and other functionality as required.
• Complete regular tasks accurately and in line with the monthly timetable, including where relevant internal recharges between departments and updates to the ledger to reflect an accurate financial position.
• Ensure most effective use of the Trust’s financial resources, including assisting with the annual budget setting/financial planning process by updating and reviewing information for the new financial year, including staffing information. To liaise with budget holders as part of this process, to ensure accurate information is used.
• Proactively review regular tasks within their areas of responsibility, identifying opportunities for improvements and more efficient working to support continuous improvement of the Finance function.

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 establish and maintain strong working relationships with both key internal and external individuals to ensure effective working. The post holder will be expected to liaise with both internal departments and external bodies.

• To ensure the provision of high-quality financial advice to budget holders and other non-finance managers to enable the delivery of the Trust’s strategic, corporate financial objectives.

• To monitor financial performance against agreed budgets, analysing, reporting on variations and assisting in formulating corrective actions. Proactively support the delivery of targets by sharing good practice, identifying areas for improvement and agreeing and monitoring action plans.

• To have specialised knowledge within the division supported by the team, gained through relevant theoretical knowledge and experience of other financial areas.

• To validate output from the monthly payroll process to ensure all payments are coded correctly in accordance with the budgets. Identification and correction of errors to ensure financial data is correct.

• To contribute to the completion of statutory returns, adhering to strict timetables.

• To attend the relevant divisional and specialty business meetings on behalf of Financial Management and provide relevant financial support, advice and information.

• To maintain the integrity of the financial ledger and other financial systems to ensure that compliance with audit requirements is adhered to.

• To contribute to the formulation of the annual budget setting for the Trust and ensure pressures are reported and monitored.

• To promote effective financial management and financial control amongst the divisional management teams. To provide appropriate advice and support with the divisional structure to ensure all efforts are made to achieve financial stability, including the review and monitoring of establishment information.

• To assist in the delivery of financial awareness training to all levels of management within the Care Group. informal training will be provided to budget holders and managers in relation to financial issues on a regular basis.

• To carry out any other work as may be required to satisfy the requirements of both the finance department and Care Group.



MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

• Responsible for the production and monitoring of timely and accurate financial information and reporting to strict deadlines, enabling the proactive management of budgets by budget holders.

• To contribute to the development of financial management information and communicate ideas and suggestions for departmental improvements to the Management Accountant(s) and Senior Management Accountant.

• To allocate work to staff members within the department and provide training within own areas of work enabling them to develop in accordance with their KSF outline. 3

• To deputise for the Management Accountant(s) as required.

• To train new and existing staff within the team, providing induction materials including accurate up to date procedure notes, demonstrating working routines and coordinating work between the Assistant Management Accountants as necessary. Education & Development

• To provide training to non-financial managers within the Trust on all matters relating to budgetary control and financial management; including effective use of information systems/reports.

Trust Profile
The Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides a full range of acute in-patient, out-patient, day case and emergency services to the local communities. The Trust is comprised of Whiston Hospital and St Helens Hospital, which lie 4 miles apart. It serves a population of approximately 364,000 in an area of mixed residential, industrial and rural character situated on the edge of Merseyside between the open countryside of Cheshire to the south and Lancashire to the north.

Both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals have undergone a program of extensive redevelopment under a PFI scheme, the total cost exceeding £300 million, completed in 2011.

The Trust was awarded Teaching Hospital status in 2008 and takes in approximately 150 undergraduates annually from University of Liverpool Faculty of Medicine, years 2-5. It is an extremely popular venue for both undergraduates and Foundation Year doctors, ensuring a succession of high quality, enthusiastic trainees. As Lead Employer, on behalf of the Mersey Deanery, the Trust is responsible for over 2,000 trainee specialty doctors based in hospitals and GP practice placements throughout Merseyside and Cheshire.

Clinical areas are supported by a comprehensive suite of IT systems including electronic case records, electronic clinical investigation requests & results, digital radiological imaging, electronic discharge summaries and digital dictation.

Whiston Hospital
This is a teaching hospital, which provides a comprehensive range of Acute Medical and Surgical services. The Emergency Department, Maternity Services, Paediatrics, Medicine for Older People, the Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Units are based on this site. There is a Critical Care Unit with ICU, HDU, CCU, and an onsite Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. The stroke consultants deliver 24/7 thrombolysis to eligible patients presenting with acute stroke, and the 30 bedded stroke ward accommodates both acute stroke patients and those with rehabilitation needs.

St Helens Hospital
The redeveloped hospital was opened in 2008 as an Ambulatory Care Centre with Intermediate Care and Day Surgery. The Rheumatology, Dermatology and Diabetes services are based on this site, with in-reach of their staff into the acute wards at Whiston Hospital.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Sep 2024

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Are you a Clinical Pharmacist who is passionate about perioperative and surgical care who is seeking a new challenge and rewarding opportunity to utilise your clinical expertise in an hospital environment?

We are looking for proactive a clinical pharmacist to join our expanding dynamic and friendly pharmacy team.

Working in a large teaching hospital like LUHFT will provide you with a range of experiences and challenges that will enable you to be an excellent clinical pharmacist.

You will be working with a team of experienced Pharmacists helping manage perioperative care to our elective orthopaedic patients.

For any more information don't be afraid to contact us.

We are looking for motivated clinical pharmacists to join our established clinical team to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to our patients.

The pharmacist role will involve working closely with the Trauma and Orthopaedic Directorate Advanced Clinical Pharmacist.

The job will help expand on your initial training.

We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing system along with unique in-house systems to help you deliver excellent clinical care to your patients.

You will be supported by a well-established Advanced Clinical Pharmacist giving you an ideal opportunity to gain further clinical skills and experience post diploma. Applicants must be pharmacists registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experiential learning.

They should be self-motivated, organised, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Pharmacy services are fully integrated, and this provides an opportunity to provide excellent training opportunities for personal development and delivering excellent patient care.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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• Along with relevant Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, provide a safe and effective specialist clinical pharmacy service to Royal Liverpool Hospitals within the Orthopaedic speciality.
• Audit, monitor and develop medicines management within the designated speciality
• Provide training and routine supervision for rotational band 6 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to the designated speciality
• Assist the Deputy Chief Pharmacist- Clinical Services, in providing clinical training and supervision of other departmental staff


This advert closes on Monday 23 Sep 2024

Senior Finance System Administrator
Full time, 18 month fixed-term contract (with potential opportunities for extension)
Salary: £38,205 - £44,263
Based in Liverpool with flexible working opportunities available
Retention bonus available up to £2,500
30 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and additional Christmas closure days

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a globally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Recently ranked in the top 5.3% of universities in the world, we are proud of the work we do and the impact this has on the people who need our help most. Headquartered in the heart of Liverpool, with colleagues working all around the world, we are on a mission to improve health outcomes in disadvantaged populations globally, through partnership in research and education.

Our award-winning Finance team have recently implemented a significant upgrade of the LSTM's finance system, to a new SaaS system. The purpose of this upgrade was to streamline processes across the organisation, allowing for better analytics, which will ultimately support the strategic decision making process.

This has been a huge achievement for everyone involved, and to continue the success and to support with fully embedding the system across the UK and overseas hubs, we have created a brand-new opportunity for an experienced Senior Finance System Administrator to join the team.

The post holder will be instrumental in contributing to the overall success of the project and will focus on proactively maintaining and developing LSTM's finance system and associated software. The role will involve working closely with colleagues to troubleshoot and solve complex issues, providing an outstanding service to all system users. The successful candidate will also use data and draw upon expertise to inform and implement system enhancements, which will further improve the overall user experience.

Key responsibilities will include:


Undertake extensive and detailed troubleshooting and testing to investigate system issues, identifying solutions to minimise service disruption.
Day-to-day system support and system administration tasks, ensuring that SLA’s are met, and an outstanding customer service is provided.
Ownership of the development and maintenance of system business processes, understanding stakeholder and operational needs.
Co-ordinate workload and issue prioritisation within the team to reduce risk and provide an excellent customer service.
Proactively identify opportunities to enhance financial processes through system improvements and automation.
Create an established feedback process gathering and analysing data to establish a development of work.
Foster excellent business relationships with colleagues, suppliers and system users to enhance user experience.
Work alongside the Finance Systems Manager to plan and deliver an accessible training schedule for the LSTM group.


We are looking for a solution-focused individual with the technical and communication skills to lead change effectively. The successful candidate will ideally bring the following:


Experience of maintaining and developing finance systems.
Knowledge of underpinning technical infrastructure of finance systems and how accounts are compiled.
Proven experience in administering and optimising integrated systems.
The ability to effectively troubleshoot, taking ownership for issues until resolution.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.


You can learn more about the requirements and responsibilities of the role in the job description attached.

Additional benefits of this role:

Flexible working - our preference for this position would be a hybrid model with 2 days per week working on-site however, we are happy to be flexible and we would consider remote working with a minimum of 1 day per month on-site
Retention bonus - There is a retention bonus available for this position up to £2,500. £1,000 would be paid after completion of 12 month in the role, with the remaining £1,500 paid on completion of the 18 month contract

Additional benefits of joining LSTM:


30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and 6 additional Christmas closure days
Generous occupational pension schemes
Agile working
Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
Employee assistance programme to support with employee well-being
High street discounts and cashback offers
Government-backed cycle to work scheme
Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies


Application process:
To apply for the position please click on the apply link and upload your CV and covering letter
Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we may close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role.
Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM.

We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diversity across our communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. LSTM selects candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience.

We welcome conversations about flexible working; and applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers.

About LSTM

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations, and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.
Look at some of the great work we have achieved over the past year by viewing our annual report:
https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/annual-reports-and-financial-statements
LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies

A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Would you like to join our pharmacy team based at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

We have developed a new role to work with our clinical teams on our Emergency Floor, helping to organise medication supplies to patients in the new Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Working with the technical team you will be involved in the supply and distribution of medication to the Emergency Floor and training and developing various staff in pharmacy services.

You will be required to have a good understanding of hospital pharmacy and play a key role in ensuring supply of stocks to the different areas of the Emergency Floor. Also, patients have their medicines available during their stay and on discharge.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who wants to develop existing skills, you must be organised, flexible, have excellent communication skills and have a track record of paying close attention to detail.

You must be a team player who can work on your own initiative and who has a positive attitude towards providing a high-quality service and working to deadlines.

In the role as a Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Medicines Management you will work on the Emergency Floor, within the pharmacy department and on wards alongside nursing staff and the pharmacy teams.

Using your excellent communication skills, you will deal with queries regarding medicines supply and liaise with Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and dispensary or stores when required.

Maintaining medicines supplies will require analysis of reports to ensure stocks and named patient supplies are identified.

As a senior pharmacy assistant, you will supervise work of pharmacy assistants ensuring work is prioritised appropriately and play a key role in training and development of staff to maintain a quality and standards of work.

You will be expected to participate in evening, weekend and Bank Holiday working in keeping with the Pharmacy Directorate arrangements and the needs of the Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Key Responsibilities

1. Dispense and issue medicines from the Pharmacy Department including extemporaneously prepared products, controlled drugs, unlicensed medicines and clinical trials, in accordance with the policies, procedures and safe systems of work, which prevail in the department at the time.
2. Order and supply pharmaceuticals as part of the ward stock top-up service.
3. Using judgements within boundaries of own remit and training, interpret reports accurately to identify the correct supply of medicines and quantities.
4. Provide an effective medicine supply service to wards/departments and patients.
5. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients have access to the correct medicines at the right time and that they are involved in decision making.
6. Receive medicines into the Pharmacy Department and ensure that documentation and computer entry is carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
7. Ensure that all pharmaceutical preparations are stored appropriately.
8. Ensure patients own medicines are brought into hospital through direct discussion with patient/relatives/carers.
9. Providing information to patients on their medicines supplies within remit.
10. Ensuring patients have adequate supply of medicines and reordering as necessary.
11. Liaising with discharge facilitators and multidisciplinary teams to identify patients requiring medicines for discharge.
12. Preparing medicines for discharge and dispensing items where applicable.
13. Acting as a point of contact for basic pharmacy related queries from other staff including nurses and multidisciplinary teams.
14. Interpret pharmacy portal reports and prepare daily handover for pharmacy ward teams.
15. Review antibiotic reports and order stocks as required through the pharmacy portal system.
16. Review controlled drugs report and identify order requirements and liaise with nursing staff to ensure they are ordered.
17. Review percentage report, check for transferred medicines, delete duplicate orders and reorder previously supplied medicines if required through the pharmacy portal system.
18. Ensure that all unused medicines (if appropriate) returned to the pharmacy are recycled in accordance with the safe systems of work and always participate in the safe disposal of medicines in accordance with departmental procedures.
19. Ensures the maintenance and review of ward stocks, liaising with departmental managers, directorate pharmacists, medicines management technicians and the stores and distribution team.
20. Participate in the development and project work in line with the objectives of the Trust and Pharmacy Directorate.
21. Check picked stock items to ensure accuracy of medicines supplies on top-up.
22. Train, supervise, and assess pharmacy assistants.
23. Deliver training to pharmacy assistants and other staff as they rotate through areas of practice.
24. Deal with ad hoc stock requests as they arise (by telephone or portal) from wards/departments and outside clinics. These may be urgent and will need to be prioritised appropriately.
25. Supply emergency orders.
26. Support pharmacy assistants with NVQ level 2 training where appropriate.
27. Prioritise work so that services meet their objectives.
28. Together with other members of staff ensure that procedures are carried out in accordance with current legislation and regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and that other pertinent recommendations and standards are complied with.
29. Participate and co-operate in weekend, Bank Holiday, Statuary Holiday, early morning, and evening services as per departmental arrangements.
30. Undertake other reasonable duties appropriate with this role as required. This may be subject to change to meet the needs of our patients.
31. Work across sites where required.
32. The post holder will be expected to adapt to changes that may occur, which may affect the current practices within the Pharmacy Department, such as the introduction of new equipment, procedures, policies, and hours of working.


This advert closes on Thursday 29 Aug 2024

We wish to recruit nurses who have a clear understanding of developing the role of a nurse who can assess patients within a community. We work predominantly but not exclusively with older people. Our focus is ensuring patients health needs, often arisen from multiple co-morbidities and frailty, are met with the appropriate level of care. We work alongside the MDT to gain the best patient outcomes and facilitate patients to their preferred place of care, avoiding delay where possible. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to work in a team which delivers innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. We are committed to staff development and you will have a named supervisor, the support of experienced colleagues and the opportunity to attend courses and training including leadership development.

The post holder will autonomously complete health needs assessments and continuing health care needs assessment to ensure that the appropriate care is in place. The post holder will ensure excellent levels of customer service for all patients/relatives and staff and will demonstrate improvements in quality and patient experience.



Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside. We also provide community physical health services in
Liverpool, Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world’s leading organisation in holistic health and well being.

Mersey Care’s vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values.

To work in collaboration with operational partners across the health and social care system to develop, monitor and expedite patient management plans for patient with complex needs. To facilitate, enable and support interdisciplinary decision making in order to achieve optimal and safe patient flow and the utilisation of all available resources to support the patients. The post holder will provide focussed support to patients, carers and staff covering all aspects of the admission and discharge process for patients admitted.


This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Aug 2024

We have an exciting new post: a Clinical Skills Facilitator that will sit within Leigh Moss Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will work into CQC registered Care Homes across Liverpool Place to identify mental health needs (both organic and functional). This is a dynamic role that will work closely with Care Homes to develop and deliver training, to formulate complex clinical presentations and provide specialist consultation as required. As this is a new post the role will support Care Homes to implement clinical policies at a local level to ensure the delivery of consistent high quality service.

With all of this in mind we are interested to hear from health care professionals (nurse, or allied health professionals) who are clinically experienced working with older people, dynamic in their approach to practice and highly motivated to engage with this exciting new role which affords both a clinical and educational interface.

To participate in the development and implementation of Clinical Practice and ensuring clinical and support staff have the skills and education to provide safe and effective
patient care.

To plan and implement learning programmes to meet specific service needs. Delivering regular learning programmes to large groups, one-to-one learning and bespoke clinical skills when necessary.

To provide support/training for staff working within the Care Homes.



To ensure that practice is evidence based and that policies, guidelines and
procedures are implemented and adhered to.


6To support the Community Matron in specific learning and development projects as directed by the Executive Director of Nursing.


To act as a clinical and educational role model for the Trust.


To work with managers and staff to ensure that clinical and basic care is monitored, and that best practice is promoted.


To develop learning and development programmes (these may be face-to-face or via other learning methods for example, e-learning) using specialist knowledge to develop high quality learning and development programmes.

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.

The post-holder will work with the Enhance Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Team in the development of clinical and basic care skills within CQC Registered Care Homes. Will work with EHCH Team to identify mental health needs in care homes, align these to the current skills of the
care home workforce and will develop and deliver training to individuals, groups or teams providing specialist advice as required. Will provide practical support to care home teams with the implementation of clinical policies at a local level to ensure consistent high-quality service.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

To participate in the development and implementation of Clinical Practice and ensuring clinical and support staff have the skills and education to provide safe and effective patient care.

To facilitate the staff in the team receiving regular and timely management supervision and Personal Achievement contribution and Evaluation (PACE). Supervision structure to be agreed.

To plan and implement learning programmes to meet specific service needs.
Delivering regular learning programmes to large groups, one-to-one learning and bespoke clinical skills when necessary.

To provide support/training for staff working within the Care Homes.

To ensure that practice is evidence based and that policies, guidelines and
procedures are implemented and adhered to.

To support the Community Matron in specific learning and development projects as directed by the Executive Director of Nursing.

To act as a clinical and educational role model for the Trust.

To work with managers and staff to ensure that clinical and basic care is monitored, and that best practice is promoted.

To develop learning and development programmes (these may be face-to-face or via other learning methods for example, e-learning) using specialist knowledge to develop high quality learning and development programmes.

To act as a change agent to support new ways of working.

To communicate and liaise with appropriate local and external stakeholders/agencies to enable the development of clinical practice.

To assist in the interpretation of national initiatives and to ensure that local clinical practice developments are in line with these initiatives.

To participate in the development, implementation and review of clinical standards, policies and care pathways to support practice.

To use own professional judgement when developing programmes of learning.

To cascade learning from development work to staff and managers.

To assist the EHCH Team to ensure that all clinical risks and risk management issues relating to clinical practice development are addressed.

To ensure appropriate training records, up to date spreadsheets and databases with training information are readily available, providing written reports when required.

To ensure the production of reports as requested of training/support given to staff.

To help maintain good communication, liaison and working arrangements within the Clinical Skills Team, Trust Divisions, other Trusts and other agencies.

To keep up to date will all relevant guidance and NHS initiatives and ensure the effective dissemination of relevant information as directed.

To contribute to relevant projects in relation to the development of the Trust’s organisation objectives as required/appropriate.

To comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

To undertake any necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post.

To be able to accommodate change in a rapidly changing environment and encourage team members to embrace necessary change. Have a positive attitude to challenges and devise ways to make them happen.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Sep 2024

This is an excellent opportunity for an Occupational Therapist who would like to develop leadership skills in a large and friendly Acute Inpatient Medicine Therapy Team here on the Aintree site of LUHFT. We are open to those working at a Band 6 level who would like an opportunity for career progression or those already working at a Band 7 level.

There is opportunity to develop skills in a wide range of speciality areas, including cardiology, diabetes, respiratory and general medical wards.

The successful candidate will have experience of managing complex and challenging patients requiring advanced communication skills. Working closely with a supportive multi-disciplinary team you will carry a caseload of designated acute inpatient wards supporting the assessment, rehabilitation and safe discharge of patients.

You will utilise expert manual handling, assessment/rehabilitation techniques and cognitive assessment skills to bring about the best outcomes for this patient group, in line with national guidance.

The successful candidate will take a leadership role alongside other Band 7 team members in relation to safety meetings, recruitment, sickness and attendance management and clinical incident reporting.

You will actively participate in peer support meetings with Band 7’s within the team to drive operational management and service improvement in conjunction with Therapy Leads, focussing on optimisation of quality, safety, performance and workforce.



This role involves expert discharge planning and rehabilitation of patients including the following aspects; neurological assessment and rehabilitation techniques, cognitive assessment skills, posture management, splinting, fatigue management and anxiety management.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting the wider MDT, including social workers, care coordinators, discharge planning, equipment teams and an understanding of equipment ordering systems.

You will contribute to the holistic care of the patient including supporting case conferences, best interest meetings and capacity assessments relating to discharge.

You will have the opportunity to provide training to both OT students and other Therapy students and to the wider MDT and promote the role of the OT.

Day to day tasks include ensuring the optimal board round communication and ensuring appropriate referrals into the service.

Senior oversight of a therapy team including aspects such as performance reporting, sickness management and supervision.

Participation in national audit, research and personal and staff development.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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See Job Description for further information:

To undertake assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to clinically diagnose

Implement evidence based treatment plans with regards to physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.

Deliver and evaluate treatment programmes according to health care needs using a comprehensive range of treatment options.

To manage waiting lists and prioritise referrals with own team.

To advise, assist and educate band 5 and band 6 OTs and Student OT's.

Occupational Therapists on the management of clinically complex patients.

To be responsible for the supervision of Students and Assistants within own team.

To provide the Clinical Occupational Therapy Specialist/Managers with relevant information for the planning and development of the unit.

To ensure where necessary the provision of staff cover within own clinical team in times of annual leave/sickness etc.

To assist the Managers in achieving the departmental objectives and promoting an open style of management.

To participate in the professional development programme of the Occupational Therapy Department.

Co-ordinate the effective day to day running of own team and ensure effective dissemination of information.

To participate in the recruitment and selection of therapy staff under the guidance of Therapy Manager.

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.

Through the course of your employment you may become aware of information concerning patients or staff. All such information must be treated as confidential. Breach of this confidence may result in dismissal.


This advert closes on Monday 19 Aug 2024

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024

Applicants appointed to Band 5 will have a guaranteed offer of interview 12 months later where they will be interviewed against the Band 6 job description. Those with suitable qualification, knowledge, skills and experience will be appointed directly to the Band 6 position.'

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at both HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health needs of our client group in partnership with our Physical Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.



The service provides individual and group-based interventions based on the needs of the population. The service is developing and will adopt the biopsychological model to inform practice and tailor interventions accordingly. These interventions will be individualised and trauma informed, alongside comprehensive risk assessment and management.

Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health within the wider prison.

The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical and from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.

We are now recruiting 2 Senior Occupational Therapist to join our teams. There is 1 position available within each prison. The post holder will have clinical responsibilities via the provision of OT assessment, individual and group based therapeutic interventions based on the needs of the individual.

This will cover the array of clinical work that would promote occupational, psychological, recreational and supportive activity to meet the holistic needs of the individual. The post holder will also contribute to regular MDT meetings and be involved in the assessment and management of risk.

The post holder should have some experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This should include work with clients whose needs may mean that they find it difficult to engage with services.

Experience of working in complex service and organisational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.

Within the IMHT’s, we prioritise the development of our staff team and have proven that we value and nurture diverse clinical interests. We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and support of each other which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.

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 effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.



Newly-appointed post-holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.



To provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.



To participate in planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.



Maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies.



To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust’s occupational therapy service.



To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy (OT) students in practice placement.






This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024

Senior Complex Claims Handler

Hybrid working - Manchester.

Looking to work in a corporate environment which offers promotion upwards? If so and you are looking for an opportunity as a Senior Claims Handler with a Global Business then this is the role for you… This is a really unique role where you work in the Complex Claims Team dealing high value claims across liability within the UK as well as Internationally.

Part of the complex claims team, you will be working together to achieve both the team's objectives and your own. As a Snr Handler, you will have exposure to different claims within complex and large loss where you will be fully responsible for your workload and be involved in key projects within the Claims function.

We are looking to speak to experienced claims handler or professionals from either an insurance or legal background such as solicitors or paralegals.

If you enjoy working as a part of a team, getting involved in projects and social events then this company offers all that!

What's in it for you?

In return, you will receive an excellent salary and benefits package working with one of the World's Leading Insurance Companies. This is a unique role which will potentially lead to a longer-term career.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

To be actively involved in providing a pharmacy medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. To ensure the provision of a comprehensive, confidential, accurate and timely secretarial and administrative service to the service manager and team members.
To assist the team in the delivery of strategic objectives incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Shortlisting planned for: 17 July 2024

Interview planned for: 26 July 2024
1. Work with others in the medicines management administration team to develop and maintain appropriate administrative systems.
2. Provide high quality, confidential business support to the Associate Director of Medicines Management for Clinical Services.
3. Ensure the efficient coordination, prioritisation and achievement of short- and long-term goals related to the medicines management service.
4. Meet regularly with senior members of the medicines management team with regard to day-to-day operations and to ensure that paperwork is authorised in a timely manner.
5. Develop and maintain dashboards showing team performance against established key performance indicators.
6. Use own initiative to prioritise workload and escalate conflicting priorities to managers as appropriate.
7. Act as a key point of contact for senior members of the medicines management team.
8. Respond to all telephone, e-mail and general enquiries ensuring that appropriate messages are emailed, or action is taken, and referring to the relevant member of the medicines management team as necessary.
9. Receive and process all incoming mail and distribute to the relevant member of staff. Prioritise the mail ensuring all urgent issues are brought to the manager’s attention and take action as directed by the manager.
10. Ensure that all relevant staff are kept informed and updated on any issues/queries and seek clarification on what information requires immediate action.
11. Please refer to JD for more information

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.

-Prepare papers and agendas for meetings as required. Attend and transcribe minutes and distribute accordingly. Set deadlines for typing/ checking the notes and gathering agenda items to ensure timely distribution of paperwork.
-Co-ordinate the arrangement of meetings, visits, assessments and appointments for team members, both internally and externally. Organise hospitality and/or overnight accommodation if required and make necessary transport arrangements.
-Develop and maintain comprehensive filing and electronic filing systems for information received.
-Maintain appropriate supplies for the team, being responsible for all necessary ordering of supplies/ equipment.
-Complete stock and non-stock requisitions, order goods services and/or equipment for the team and act as authorised signatory where appropriate.
-Maintenance of computerised and paper-based staff records including annual leave, sickness absence, time off in lieu, bank shifts, overtime and carers leave. Receive and process invoices, in line with departmental procedures and policies, keeping a record of invoices paid.

Please refer to JD for job description and main responsibilities.


This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jul 2024