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As our Physiotherapist working with Practice Plus Group you will: Provide outstanding evidence-based care, listening and acting on patient feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to patients, focusing on both planned and unplanned care. Deliver non-judgemental care, building therapeutic relationships and promoting professional boundaries. Playing an active part in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients care following our policies, procedures and always considering safeguarding. Inspire excellence in your colleagues by being pro-active in the management of MSK conditions and motivating the wider team to identify patients presenting with red flag symptoms. You will forge strong working relationships with the Practice Plus Group healthcare team and the wider prison service. Promote best practice, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement embedding a culture of reflection and shared learning. Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care supporting your clinical and non-clinical colleagues to do a great job. Be responsible for your own caseload and waiting list and be able to work as an autonomous practitioner.

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Key Areas/Tasks Undertaking Angiographic duties and procedures as needed. To proactively ensure the efficient and effective running ofInterventional/Neuro/Fluoro lists. As band 6 to take a lead role in the absence of the Superintendent and MTL, liaisingwith colleagues across sites. To participate in the supervision of student Radiographers, Radiographers andRadiology registrars and to make recommendations regarding techniques. To supervise and train support staff. To ensure quality control and assurance procedures are carried out according todepartmental schedules. To participate in relevant clinical audit projects. To contribute fully to the provision of the 24 hour IR/Neuro on call service liaisingwith colleagues to ensure all shifts and on-call duties are covered. As a band 5 you will beworking with a band 6 on call after sufficient training, once you are band 6 then on call willbe single handed. To undertake additional duties which may arise and to provide a degreeof flexibility in working practice to optimise patient throughput.Division: ImagingJob Title: Diagnostic Interventional RadiographerBand: 6Location: Interventional RadiologyHours: 37.5 plus 24/7 on-callManagerially accountable to: Mrs Maria HallProfessionally accountable to: Mrs Deonne LeeRole SummaryTo work at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust as an Interventional/Neuro Angio/Fluoroscopy Radiographer with some supervisory responsibilities and to undertake a lead rolewhen required, in the absence of the Team Leader. To be familiar with the departmental Radiology Information System (CRIS) andPACS systems. To ensure quality control and assurance procedures are carried out according todepartmental schedules. To represent Imaging and external committees for your modality, if required. To maintain and extend good working relationship with all departments andpersonnel within the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust. To understand and use the PACS system for images. To take responsibility for equipment closedown procedures and security checks. Too gain understanding and stock control of consumables used in IR and Neuro. To ensure that there is a high standard of Diagnostic Imaging work produced bothpersonally and by those being supervised. On a rostered duty can organise own workload and delegate and supervise othermembers of the team working in the vicinity. Can prioritise workload to manage the care for a group of patients. When rostered in charge, take action to ensure safe staffing levels on each shift. When rostered in charge, have an overview of workload across the department. To assist with arranging for collection of a patient and organising all relevantmembers of staff when called in for emergency cases on-call. To have the manual dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for positioning andmanipulation of patients and equipment to fine tolerances as accuracy is important. To facilitate the transfer of patients liaising with other wards andDepartments. To plan and prioritise patient workload and theatre lists, ensuring the smoothrunning of the theatres with minimal downtime. This includes liaising with ward staff andother theatres to ensure timely transfer of patients to and from IR theatre. To have a working knowledge of IR (ME) R 2018 / IRR17 regulations and radiationprotection matters Assist in the management of resources by participating in the selection, ordering andmonitoring of departmental stock items, keeping within the financial constraints of theallocated budget Will be required to be able to undertake a range of manual procedures includingassistance with the movement of patients and equipment To be able to manoeuvre between patients quickly to ensure emergency situationscan be attended in a timely fashion Will be required to wear full theatre gown and lead aprons whilst standing at theoperating table for considerable periods of time. Ability to interpret complex information when there may be frequent, unplannedinterruptions throughout the shift. May be exposed to distressing circumstances when called in for emergency caseson call and potentially dealing with bereaved relatives Working in a theatre environment where X-Ray radiation is in use. Daily exposure to blood and body tissues. Frequent exposure to body fluid and unpleasant odours during the delivery of directpatient care. The post holder will demonstrate the skills for assessing and interpreting specialist,Acute and other patient conditions, initiating actions as appropriate

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To work as a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse/ Flow Co-ordinator, actively involved in all aspects of nursing tasks required for the Imaging services. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team including, nursing, radiographer, radiologist, nuclear medicine practitioners, Imaging department assistants, and administrative staff. The post holder may be required to rotate through all areas of the Imaging Directorate including Interventional Radiology, Ultrasound, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and County

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For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. For more details on the post, please contact Julie Stubbs (details below)

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Gynaecology The department is an accredited Endometriosis Centre and a recognized Centre of excellence for both undergraduate and postgraduate education. There is also a strong reputation in numerous areas such Urogynaecology, Gynae-oncology, Fetal Medicine, Ambulatory Gynaecology. The department operates a diverse gynaecological service. Emergency gynaecology services and the early pregnancy unit are supervised through the on-call Gynaecologist as well as the Gynaecologist of the Morning.Clinical responsibilities shall predominantly support the delivery of outpatient clinics, elective and day case theatre sessions. Should the candidate require continued training and assessment in obstetric and gynaecological skills this can be provided as an RCOG ATSM module (or equivalent) and can be accommodated as and when the rota allows. Obstetrics There are approximately 6800 deliveries across both hospital sites. The Caesarean section rate is approximately 30% and the induction rate is 29%. Epidurals were used by 24% of patients in labour and the uncorrected perinatal mortality rate was 11.1. There were 35,391 scans performed for the period January 2016 to December 2016 and approximately 169 amniocentesis performed.

Choose the most appropriate equipment and disposable items for the procedure to be undertaken. Prepare equipment and disposable items to undertake cardiopulmonary bypass for routine and emergency cardiac surgery. Operate the heart lung machine and auxiliary equipment in order to maintain the patients clinical condition within physiological parameters, taking corrective action to compensate for changing conditions during cardiopulmonary bypass. Prepare equipment and disposable items to perform autologous blood salvage procedures both intra and post operatively for cardiac and other surgical specialities. Prepare and operate the equipment necessary for the insertion of intra-aortic balloon catheters and the continuing management of the balloon pump during the period of counter pulsation support. Troubleshooting when required. Undertake and interpret blood gas analysis. Undertake and interpret Thromboelastopgraphy Testing including Platelet Mapping and Fibrinogen Analysis where necessary. To set up and operate the relevant monitoring and safety devices. Prepare and operate equipment and disposables to perform vacuum assisted venous drainage. Prepare and operate equipment and disposables to perform carbon dioxide flushing of the operative field. Modify the extra corporeal circuit in order to facilitate haemoconcentration and modified ultra-filtration. Disassembly and disposal of all used consumable equipment in accordance with Trust and departmental guidelines. Observe recognised surgical standards of aseptic technique at all appropriate times. Maintain, clean and calibrate equipment, keeping relevant departmental records. Assist in the development and subsequent assessment of appropriate evaluation techniques for new equipment and techniques. Participate in any research and development projects, assisting in their initiation and control. Ensure there are adequate stock levels in all clinical areas, ordering additional stock when required. Conduct informal in-service and external formal educational and training sessions with other Perfusionists, nursing and medical staff, when required. Complete accurately the relevant departmental and clinical records, providing any statistical and administrative information as required Job Specific Dutie Directly supervise trainee perfusionists, assisting in the development of the departmental training programmes. Act as a mentor to the trainee perfusionist, ensuring all relevant personal logs and training documentation is completed. Ensure the blood gas analyser is quality controlled and maintained, delegating when necessary. Assist in ensuring all equipment is regularly maintained and serviced, reporting any failures and problems are reported to the relevant people. Research unusual patient conditions and the development of relevant perfusion techniques for those pathologies. Actively participate in the development of departmental procedures and protocols. Liase with consultant clinicians, nursing and perfusion staff in the assessment and application of new techniques and equipment to ensure the best clinical outcomes and improvement in patient care. Deputise for the Deputy Clinical Manager when required. Personal/Professional Development To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve your professional knowledge and competence. To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan. Assist in the professional and personal development of others. Registered with the College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland and maintain professional re-accreditation through clinical and educational activity. Must abide by the Code of Ethical Conduct of the Society of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain and Ireland. Maintain effective and supportive relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Conversant with all relevant departmental and Trust protocols. Health and Safety To take reasonable care for your own Health and Safety and that of any other person who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work. To co-operate with North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust in ensuring that statutory regulations, codes of practice, local policies and departmental health and safety rules are adhered to. Attend mandatory training sessions when required.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Advanced Training Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. This post will provide an excellent chance to further develop your skills in both Obstetrics and/or Gynaecology with a view of being twinned with the gynae ward. The department has a strong reputation in numerous areas such Urogynaecology, Gynae-oncology, Fetal Medicine, Ambulatory Gynaecology and BSGE accredited Endometriosis Centre as well as a centre of excellence for both undergraduate and postgraduate education. The departments gynaecological and obstetric practice is diverse. Emergency gynaecology services and early pregnancy unit are supervised through the on-call Gynaecologist as well as the Gynaecologist of the Morning. Clinical responsibilities will include attending outpatient clinics, inpatient and day case theatre sessions, Labour ward/maternal assessment unit.

Working under the supervision of the Lead Nurse, the Practice Nurse will work as part of the Nursing & Healthcare team providing General Medical Services to the patients of Woodlands Family Medical Centre. Responsibilities are to: Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition. Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition Advising patients with respect to their continuing nursing and medical needs Triage (face to face and telephone) assessment and treat patients wishing to see health care professional making and necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team. Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations to the team so that referrals can be appropriate. Ensure all contacts with patients are recorded as accurately as possible Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care. Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds. Perform routine procedures like ear syringing, treating wounds and applying or removing dressings. Taking urine and blood samples, other swabs and specimens. Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs. Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health. Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children. Undertake community visits for house bound patients as identified individually and within own scope of practice. Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad. Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers. Undertaking periodic infection control training. Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of workspace standards Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection. Spillage control procedures, management and training. Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance. Meetings It will be necessary to attend and contribute to various Practice meetings. Training and personal development Training requirements will be monitored by appraisal initially after 6 months and then yearly and will be in accordance with Practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice, where appropriate. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up-to-date with recent developments. Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development ensuring requirements are met. Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, appropriate training will be given. Liaison As well as the nursing team there is a need to work closely with reception, office and clinical staff to ensure smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person and ensuring everyone is aware of the different roles within the nursing team. There is also the need to establish and maintain good liaison with other surgeries and agencies including secondary care. Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safe and security as defined in the Practice Health and safety policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Reporting potential risks identified Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Person/Professional Development In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager. Person specification Shortlisting Essential criteria Registered Nurse RGN Minimum of 5 years Skin Cancer experience Nursing Essential criteria Registered Nurse RGN 5 years post registration experience Minimum of 5 years Skin Cancer experience Desirable criteria Evidence of masters level study Current qualification or competence in dermoscopy and/or lesions recognition Health Assessment/Physical Assessment qualification Computer literate Non-Medical prescriber or working towards Advanced communication skills

Being responsible and accountable for their practice and behaviour under the guidance and supervision of a registered practitioner and by working as part of the oncology multidisciplinary team. Working with the haematology team to provide coordination of high quality patient care through on-going telephone, face to face assessment and proactive identification for needs using basic knowledge, approved tools and procedures. Collaboration and communicating with the haematology team and the wider health care teams to ensure the provision of appropriate services are available to the patient and the right time. Acting as a single point of contact for patients, carers and the healthcare team. To triage enquiries and referring to the appropriate hospital department or community setting. Early detection of problems and putting in place action plans to reduce unnecessary in-patient admissions Documenting and monitoring all aspects of patient care coordination of service delivery. Support the distribution of any patient experience surveys Triage incoming calls and initiate appropriate responses according to assessment tools, protocols, individual pathways and by liaising with the haematology team Make pre planned outbound telephone calls to patients to assess their needs and monitor their progress. To then liaise and update the oncology team as appropriate Actively coordinate and facilitate prompt investigations, diagnostics and clinical review, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, thereby improving quality of care and experience for patients ensuring timely access to haematology treatment. Coordinate the necessary assessments, appointments or investigations as identified in the patients care plan Support the delivery of patient information to ensure all patients/carers receive appropriate verbal/written communications in a timely manner and ensuring that patients understand the contents of written communications. This may include printing out information resources and referring to the UHNM Macmillan Cancer Support & Information Service Act as the patient advocate and facilitator in order to resolve issues that may be perceived as barriers to care. Contribute and coordinate the holistic needs assessment and the development of a care plan for patients with non-complex needs and monitor and review this as required with the patient. Evaluate outcomes of care delivery with the registered practitioner To coach patients and carers to understand the signs, symptoms or situations to be aware of that would indicate concerns to raise with a healthcare professional Inform patients and carers on how to make contact with the relevant services when they feel their condition or needs have changes, including what to do out of hours Effectively utilise a computer and various software applications in order to enter and maintain patient data, communicate with the multidisciplinary team and complete other IT tasks required by the post Discuss support options with patients and carers sensitively and ensure that the haematology team are kept informed of outcomes Liaise with ward teams prior to a patients admission regarding any support needs the patient may require Promote patient involvement relating to the provision of cancer care To participate and display a willingness to learn and support cancer patients and develop relevant technical competency and to keep up to date with current national and local issues and development To participate in departmental audits as required under the supervision of the healthcare team and input data as requested To be responsible for own learning and knowledge relevant to cancer and maintain compliance with all mandatory training as per Trust policy. To participate in regular formal supervision and develop a personal development plan related to the departmental competency frameworks to promote learning and enhancing skills To be responsible for managing own daily timetable of delegated tasks including time for supervision and training. To access and input confidential and sensitive patient information through integrated databases in accordance with the agreed policy and procedure Carry out administrative duties as required by the role. Demonstrate an awareness of the limits of own practice and knowledge and when to seek appropriate support and advice Assist the healthcare team to develop education and information resources for the general public and other health professionals regarding all aspects of cancer and cancer prevention To maintain accurate records/documentation of enquiries while respecting the right to patient confidentiality utilising written and electronic methods i.e. iPortal, MedOnc and Somerset Cancer Registry. Any matters of a confidential nature including particular information relating to patients, their treatment and diagnosis, individual staff records must under no circumstances be divulged or made available to any unauthorised person(s).