Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 249-5908052-2
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £68,975 - £126,281 Salary will depend on your grade and will be pro-rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Hospital at Home Clinical Lead
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
If you are looking to make a difference to patient care, outcomes and experience in acute and community services we have a new role available. We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic individual to lead our NHS@Home service at the Great Western Hospital. The successful candidate will lead on the strategic implementation, innovative changes in practice, development of new ways of working alongside promotion, influence and support for NHS@Home services across existing acute and primary care clinical pathways. An ability to set the future direction of the clinical service provided, clinical support and delivery and align with the strategic BSW system approach will key aspects of this role. Supporting the development, training and supervision of medical, ACP, nursing, pharmacy and associated support will equally be critical in the future model of delivery going forward.
This role is a new role within the division of integrated care and community, the appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, and paramedics. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients.
We are looking for Consultants, Specialist's or General Practitioners who would be interested in covering up to 10 sessions supporting Urgent Community Response and NHS@Home - virtual ward.
Main duties of the job
- Work with the Associate Medical Director and divisional board to ensure alignment of clinical service strategies within the services with agreed Trust corporate direction.
- Foster relationships within GWH, primary care and community teams to encourage uptake and participation in development of the UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward agenda.
- Participate in, and lead on, some of the collaborative working relationships required with external partner organisations including, but not limited to, Swindon Borough Council, Livewell, SWASFT, BSW ICS, Voluntary Action, other healthcare providers, social care to grow the UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward model in accordance with NHS England guidance.
- Promote and encourage development of effective cross-service clinical pathways, working collaboratively with other divisions and services within and outside of the organisation.
- To keep abreast of national best practice and ensure this is shared and widespread adoption secured through advanced influencing skills. The post holder will be expected to produce, maintain and update departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence based best practice on a continuing basis.
- Work closely with the Operational Lead and Lead for Advanced Clinical Practice in developing an effective and high performing team to meet the growing needs of UCR and virtual ward
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service - We will put our patients first
Teamwork - We will work together
Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect - We will act with integrity
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide clinical leadership and oversight of both NHS@Home and Urgent Community Response services.
Clinical Duties:
- Provide strong clinical leadership and strategic influence across Urgent Community Response (UCR) and NHS@Home - virtual ward functions agenda, promoting quality, innovation and supporting the services to deliver high quality patient services outside of a traditional hospital setting.
- Development of patient plans for care in coordination with nursing, pharmacy and AHP leads.
- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
- Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties (with secretarial support).
- Development of subspecialty interests that fit in with Divisional needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- Review and interpretation of results of investigations and procedure
Managerial duties
- Attend divisional board meetings to inform divisional/ corporate strategy from a clinical perspective.
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward patients and liaising with specialty teams to ensure timely specialist review.
- Leadership of virtual ward board rounds to guide patient management and enable efficient patient flow through the virtual ward
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for detail.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in General Internal Medicine (GIM), Emergency Medicine (EM) or GMC GP register or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Training) at the time of interview and hold a licence to practice. OR be an Associate Specialist or Specialist in an appropriate specialty working at Consultant level
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
- MRCP or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MD or PHD
Clinical Experiene
Essential criteria
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
- Broad range of recent experience within general internal medicine
- Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Evidence of ability to change clinical practice and service provision
- Up to date practice in line with recent initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a virtual care setting
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of the complexities and challenges around ICS working
Management Administration
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to manage priorities
- Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills
- Experience of audit and management
- Flexible approach to work organisation Ability to lead project teams
- Evidence of management/leadership skills training
- Intermediate to Advanced level IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to engage and communicate the benefits of organisational change to stake holders
Teaching & Research
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and multi-disciplinary teams Interest in leading multi-professional education
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to supervise post-graduate research
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having developed learning opportunities for others
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Enquiring, critical approach to work Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, hospital staff and other agencies.
- Commitments to Continuing Medical Education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- Willingness to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust wide sites if required as directed by the department Clinical Lead
Other
Essential criteria
- Full Drivers License
- Understanding of principles of governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of SystmOne
- Knowledge of Microsoft Packages
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Mee
- Job title
- Divisional Director Integrated Care and Community
- Email address
- [email protected]
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