Job description

Job responsibilities

• To offer assessment and referral advice, informed by knowledge of service provision, the spectrum of mental health needs and presenting risk factors.
• Provide low-intensity interventions e.g. psychoeducational courses/workshops, computerised CBT and one-to-one guided self-help using telephone, video conferencing and face-to-face formats.
• To maintain the relevant Professional Registration required for the post.
• Provide a service that is comprehensive and accessible to a broad range of patients who are experiencing mild to moderate common mental health problems, who are over 16 years of age and registered with a GP Practice/Health Centre in the Wiltshire area.
• To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.
• To support GPs and other Health Care Professionals to make decisions regarding appropriateness of patients for primary care Talking Therapies interventions and in carrying out the mental health aspects of their own roles.
• To make appropriate referrals to other service providers in the statutory and voluntary sectors and redirect patients to others sources of appropriate support within the local community as required.
• To develop a local knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particular in relation to mental health issues.
• To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying Low Intensity CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
• To liaise as appropriate with secondary care mental health services and social service departments.
• To conduct risk assessments, prepare risk management plans and initiate appropriate action where indicated.
• To be flexible in terms of clinical hours, enabling at least one clinic to be run outside of normal working hours.
• To participate in the services Duty system offering support and guidance to practitioners, administrators, other professionals and to clients and their families as required.
• To take a lead on the development, planning and promotion of courses/workshops, teaching new and existing staff members in facilitating these courses/workshops as required.
• To take a lead on the computerised CBT offering within the service ensuring patients are being referred to and entering this therapy in a timely manner, supporting and training practitioners in the effective delivery of digitally enabled therapy.
• To take a lead in the recruitment, induction, planning, ongoing supervision and management of Trainee PWPs, supporting trainees as they progress through their training enabling them to gain their qualification, and as they transition into Qualified PWP positions.
• To work proactively with Senior PWP colleagues towards shared objectives, ensuring the constant effective functioning of CBT and group interventions, and the supervision and training of practitioners

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Talking Therapies Low Intensity CBT Therapies Practice/Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification
• Recognised training in Low Intensity Supervision

Desirable

• Recognised training in adapting Low Intensity interventions to those with Long-Term Health Conditions or Medically Unexplained Symptoms.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of how common mental health problems may present in primary care
• Knowledge and understanding of the Stepped-Care model and evidence-based brief psychological intervention

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Talking Therapies Positive Practice Guides and ability to adapt care to meet diverse need
• Knowledge of national strategies and priorities for Talking Therapies, the NHS and mental health care

Skills

Essential

• Able to work under pressure, manage competing demands, deal effectively with a high volume caseload and recognise the limitations of the role
• Possess high levels of enthusiasm, motivation and a strong desire to contribute to service improvement

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of significant, consolidated, reflective and supervised post-qualifying experience working with people with common mental health problems
• Experience of developing, updating and facilitating CBT-based psycho-educational courses and computerised interventions

Desirable

• Experience working in a service with agreed targets in place to demonstrate clinical outcomes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Green Lane Hospital/Fountain Way Hospital

Devizes or Salisbury

SN10 5DS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

To deliver an effective and competent level of secretarial and administrative support and consistently deliver a client focused service which promotes good customer service and effective working relationships.

To be responsible for providing daily secretarial and administrative support in the allocated service area ensuring business priorities are met for example: maintaining records, minute taking, data inputting and reception duties.

Typing of confidential reports/letters; which may be supplied via hard copy and/or dictation, (which may contain distressing information) as requested to meet service needs.

Working proactively to support team. Ability to work on own and proactively as part of a team To provide the day-to-day supervision and line management of junior staff where appropriate.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will need to be flexible to carry out any other duties as may be reasonably required by their line manager.

SCOPE AND RANGE

This post is expected to liaise and build positive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders such as; clinical staff, general practices, service users and all other appropriate bodies.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Management of service

To arrange meetings and events on behalf of the service, making bookings where necessary and ensuring all equipment and documentation is available, in conjunction with line manager where required.

Respond to telephone, email and written queries on behalf of the service area including call handling where appropriate as agreed with line manager.

To produce informal and formal minutes as an accurate record of meetings, transcribing and distributing as directed.

Maintain accurate and timely electronic and hard copy information e.g. training logs using organisational systems as directed (ensuring ease of access/retrieval as appropriate) and in line with policies.

Supporting operational staff to access management information; electronic and hard copy.

Collect and collate data to enable managers to monitor budgets and performance in relation to business support function with support of line manager.

Collect, collate and prepare information for service area users with support of line manager.

To provide support to customer and visitor reception areas, acting as the first point of enquiry and sign posting individual to relevant information / service.

Support the management team to ensure that internal and external communication systems are in place.

Ensure that all complaints, compliments, concerns, comments and suggestions are appropriately recorded, and where possible resolved within level of role or escalated appropriately, supporting junior staff where necessary.

Maximise the use of electronic systems to enable effective management of the service area such as Microsoft Office and patient record systems.

Be compliant with the Data Protection and record management policies and procedures with particular reference to confidentiality and safeguarding issues.

Be proactive and contribute ideas for improvement in the way the service is delivered.

Able to work on own initiative, prioritising work within defined policies and procedures to set timescales.

Ensure that all office support services e.g. post, filing, photocopying, are delivered in a timely manner.

Promote the image of the department, checking that notices and leaflets are up to date & well presented.

Demonstrate own activities to new or less experienced employees.

Financial management

To process and pass for payment all relevant invoices in a timely manner in accordance with business process, with support of line manager.

To support the line manager with banking and remittance service (including petty cash).

Monitor stock e.g. stationery and order supplies and equipment as required within the business area. Undertake surveys or audits as directed.

COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

One of the main aspects of this role is to liaise and build positive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders such as; clinical staff, general practices, service users and all other appropriate bodies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB

Frequent sitting & standing. Inputting at a keyboard for most of day, frequent light effort to lift, sort & file case notes.

May have to occasionally move presentation equipment and office supplies or clinic consumables.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to NVQ 3 in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualifications or significant equivalent previous experience and knowledge
• RSA II typing or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent previous experience and knowledge

Desirable

• NVQ 3 in Business Administration or equivalent

Specific Skills

Essential

• Clear communicator with good writing, typing, data entry and telephone skills ensuring accuracy.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to a good level (face to face and over the telephone)
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to use initiative organising own workload to set deadlines within the scope of role
• Organised, efficient and accurate
• Flexible and adaptable willing to learn new skills
• Able to analyse problems and initiate appropriate solutions effectively
• Able to apply tact and sensitivity to establish trust and support

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in an administrative environment using computerised data systems.
• Experience of supervising other staff members

Desirable

• Experience of working in a health or social care office environment.

Knowledge

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel
• Understanding of confidentiality & data protection act
• Able to build effective working relationships with customers and colleagues/staff
• Ability to use Business applications and patient record systems

Desirable

• Knowledge of SystmOne.
• Understanding of Data Protection legislation
• Understanding of healthcare services and national requirements in inpatient and outpatient booking systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

Cumberland Centre

Damerel Close

Plymouth

Devon

PL1 4JZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Carry out specialist one-to-one and group interventions for behaviour change.

Undertake physical health monitoring, including outreach for those who are difficult to engage.

To work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote the physical health and wellbeing of service users within specialist mental health services.

Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.

Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in health lifestyle initiatives.

Support the development and delivery of training programmes for other professionals /interested parties internally and externally.

Support the development, promotion and co-ordination of health activities and other community engagement events.

Signposting/referral into the One You Plymouth service and/or partner services such as IPS, and Harbour.

Contribute at appropriate network meetings and multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures and systems.

Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team.

Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.

Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.

Develop fact sheets and resources.

Contribute to research and development as directed.

Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.

Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through competency-based learning.

Support the nursing team in daily medication management

Support the team in delivering medication interventions such as depot medication administration

Assess and utilize relevant clinical tools to support with monitoring side effects of medication and addresses as clinical indicated with the wider team

Complete relevant mental health clinical competence to support practice.

4.1 Responsibility for People Management

The post holder will be responsible for the induction of new team members.

The post holder may be responsible for the line management of junior staff, providing day-to-day management and supervision, absence management and appraisal.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinics run smoothly.

The post holder may be responsible for the delivery of training.

The post holder once trained may lead or support health walks.

The post holder will be responsible with supporting Students in practice

4.2 Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources

• Collect information regarding purchasing and invoicing to support managers budgetary requirements.

4.3 Responsibility for administration

Ensure records are up-to-date and stored as per record keeping policy.

Responsible for developing training and psycho-social education packs, presentation, leaflets and handouts.

4.4 Responsibility for people who use our services

Responsible for giving advice and support to service users and/or family members/carers over the phone, face-to-face and digitally.

Responsible for case load management.

Required to attend external events, speaking to members of the public or event administration.

May be required to present information at steering groups, forums, events, seminars and conferences.

4.5 Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments

The post holder will contribute to service development and implement changes to established working processes as appropriate.

4.6 Other Responsibilities

Share all data collection with the Business Hub for data analysis, performance and audit purposes,

COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

The post holder will interact with the general public, work colleagues, stakeholders, Livewell Southwest colleagues and workplaces.

Design and produce health promotion displays, presentations and publicity.

Establish and maintain effective channels of communication across Livewell Southwest and the wider community.

Market and promote the One You branding and underpinning health improvement messages with a particular focus on priority areas.

Seek opportunities to raise awareness of health promoting messages through the Comms team and wider partners such as national campaigns etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB

This role requires the post holder to engage in physical activity.

There is likely to be frequent sitting and standing.

Frequent effort to lift and manual handing of equipment for health events, clinics and training etc.

Keyboard work is likely throughout the working day.

Concentration required when delivering client support and health improvement interventions.

Concentration required for reading documents and assimilating knowledge.

The post holder will be required to keep up-to-date with public health documents and NICE guidance.

Some training delivery may be emotive E.g. Suicide Prevention and Mental Health First Aid. The post holder may need to seek support from colleagues or line-manager on such occasions.

Some one-to-one and group interventions may be upsetting for the client. The post holder may need to seek support from colleagues or line-manager on such occasions.

The post holder will use VDU for high proportion of time. However all staff will be entitled to a workstation assessment and VDU check.

Will work in a variety of settings including home, office, community centres, outdoors at health events, traveller sites and inpatient settings.

Service core hours are 0900-1700.

Engaging service users in treatment interventions in at times unsanitary environments

Please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues/diagnosis and the effect on the individual, this includes impact to their physical health
• Knowledge and understanding of the psychology of behaviour change
• Knowledge of the benefits of health improvement interventions
• Understanding of determinants of health and health inequalities
• Understanding and commitment to Community Development approaches
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology

Desirable

• Awareness of sources of up to date relevant data/information i.e. national and local guidance relating to health promotion interventions
• Knowledge of the RETHINK tool.

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/RMN/ Dip HE - NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public health
• Evidence of competency in IT skills/ECDL or equivalent

Desirable

• Some health promotion certificates such as Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Mental Health First Aid.
• Training qualification.
• Motivational Interviewing training/qualification

Additional requirements

Essential

• Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team and manage own caseload

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of community health promotion work
• Relevant experience working with individuals with mental health issues
• Experience and ability to work on a one-to-one basis and with local groups on specific health initiatives
• Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groups using a strengths based approach
• Experience of working with and sustaining partnerships with statutory, public, private and community voluntary sector

Desirable

• Quantitative and/or qualitative research
• Experience of leading/developing and implementing Health Promotion initiatives
• Experience of delivering weight management interventions

Specific Skills

Essential

• Able to deliver training sessions in group sessions using effective leadership and facilitation skills
• Medication management
• Ability to sustain good working relationships with local people, colleagues, external organisations and partnerships.
• Ability to self-motivate and motivate people to effect behaviour change
• Ability to prioritise plan and manage workload
• Project planning and management, including monitoring analysis and evaluation of projects
• Multi-media communication and presentation skills
• Development of health education resources
• IT literate

Desirable

• Data analysis and interpretation
• Depot medication administration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

Cumberland Centre

Damerel Close

Plymouth

Devon

PL1 4JZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Primary responsibilities:

The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be, on

occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels and current competency:

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
• Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
• Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
• Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Secondary responsibilities:

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:

• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
• Opportunities to develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the organisation
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
• Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a General Practice or primary care setting.
• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).
• Experience of working autonomously within own scope of practice while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience of delivering treatment room services, including immunisations, vaccinations, cervical screening, wound care and phlebotomy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Millstream Medical Centre

Address

Avon Approach

Salisbury

SP1 3SL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://sarumhealthgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for full details.

Managerial

• To deputise for the Swindon Talking Therapies Service Manager as appropriate.
• To line manage a team of mental health Practitioners including managing sickness, appraisals and performance etc.
• To oversee audits and to report any difficulties to the Service Manager.
• To provide cover for other members of the Senior Management Team.
• Recruit staff as required
• To be a member of the Executive and Senior Management Team, including attending meetings and giving advice to the Head of Talking Therapies/service manager as appropriate
• Appropriately manage time for clinical work and managerial responsibilities.
• To initiate in-service development and expansion
• To over see the organisation and supervision of the work of the clinical team
• To liaise with other Primary Care Services
• To liaise with Secondary Services
• To oversee training in conjunction with the Head of Service.
• To be aware of budgetary constraints.
• Maintain a Talking Therapies manual compliant service.
• Monitor and follow up patients in line with guidance.
• To allocate and support staff as discussed with the Head of Talking Therapies and Swindon Service Manager.
• To supervise staff as appropriate.
• Induct and supervise new members of staff.
• To represent the Service and deliver presentations both internally and to outside organizations e.g. ICB and national organizations especially those related to Talking Therapies.
• To oversee links with voluntary and community organisations, educational and recreational opportunities and resources in the local area which may be of benefit to clients referred to the service
• To oversee the design and delivery of psycho-educational courses

Professional:

• To participate in the Talking Therapies business and professional meetings as appropriate.
• To be aware of and comply with all policies, procedures and directives of the Department, Service and AWP
• To maintain and further develop high standards of therapy and psychology practice through co-operative work with other practitioners of all disciplines and involvement in professional audit.
• To comply with British Psychology Societys/ BABCP/ other regulatory body's Code of Conduct as well as procedures and government legislation as it applies to the Service.
• To oversee the research in the service. To instigate and be involved in research as required.

Clinical Governance:

• To support the Service manager in the development and implementation of effective Clinical Governance across the Talking Therapies Service.
• To support and participate in multidisciplinary audit in the service.
• To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.
• To participate in Clinical Governance processes in the service and in the profession.
• To help in the design of audit forms
• Access GP data systems and input clinical notes.

General:

• To participate in liaison meetings with GPs and other members of the Primary Care Health Teams as appropriate.
• To participate in locality meetings.
• To participate in audit and personal review activity as required.
• To compile and return statistics and activity levels as required and monitor and act on statistics.
• To undertake such further training as might be required to maintain an appropriate level of expertise.
• To participate in individual and peer supervision.
• To be aware of and comply with all policies, procedures and directions of the department, service and AWP
• To participate in the research activities of the service and publish articles.
• To participate in disseminating good practice by publication and presentation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification in one of the talking therapy clinical modalities at a minimum of masters level
• Professional registration - HCP, BABCP, BPS

Experience

Essential

• Management experience & training
• Research and development experience
• Experience of supervising & managing staff in a stepped care service
• Substantial relevant clinical experience

Desirable

• Experience of service development
• Experience of designing and delivering presentations

Skills

Essential

• Capacity to cope with pressure and competing priorities
• Ability to deal with distressed patients
• Ability to support staff in dealing with patients in crisis
• Leadership skills
• Training skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of HR policies
• Knowledge of risk management in primary care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Old Town Surgery (2nd floor)

Curie Avenue

Swindon

SN1 4GB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a patient caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered patients. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.

You will be required to work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the provision of medical services to the diverse practice population, delivering an excellent standard of clinical care whilst complying with the GMS contract and GMC standards for good medical practice.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Working with EMIS

Desirable

• Using applications; DOCMAN, Accurx and askmyGP

Qualifications

Essential

• As a fully qualified GP we expect to have the following skills:
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work as part of a large team
• The willingness and ability to handle uncertainty and conflicting demands
• The ability to stay calm while working under pressure
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills

Desirable

• A specialist interest

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

168 Medical Group

Address

168 Medical Group

168 Locking Road

Weston-super-mare

Avon

BS23 3HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.168medical.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description and salary details can be found in the supporting documents on the right hand side. These are available for you to download and review.

Further Information

We may close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications, although we aim to keep it open long enough to ensure a diverse and representative applicant pool.

If you have any questions about the role or require adjustments to support your application, please get in touch, we are happy to help.

Salary: £24,484 - £27,583 per annum pro rata (£13.08-£14.73p/h) - depending on skills/experience.

Hours: 20 hours per week to be worked flexibly over Monday to Saturday within the opening hours of the units. Exact shifts between those parameters will be confirmed 2 weeks in advance.

Saturday shifts are paid at time and a half.

Locations:

• BPAS Coventry - Oasis Health Care Cheyslesmore Surgery, 51 Quinton Park, Coventry CV3 5PZ - base unit
• BPAS Nuneaton - Stockingford Medical Centre, 13 Northumberland Ave, Nuneaton CV10 8EJ
• BPAS Stratford - Rother House Medical Centre, Alcester Rd, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6PP

Coventry will be your base unit with mileage paid to the Nuneaton and Stratford sites as per the expenses policy.

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Values & eligibility All applicants must be pro choice and support a woman's right to choose, in line with BPAS values and mission. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Application outcome If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

References & pre-employment checks All offers of employment are conditional on satisfactory pre-employment checks. Applicants must provide three years of employment references, including reasons for leaving and details of any gaps in employment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Administration experience gained within an office environment and general office duties
• Knowledge of clerical procedures including checking documentation, telephone and reception duties

Desirable

• Experience of dealing face to face with patients who may be angry or upset, within a care environment
• Healthcare administration experience

Qualifications

Essential

• English and Maths qualification either GCSE A to C or Functional Skills Level 2 or GCSE 4* or NVQ level 2
• Competent in Microsoft Office programmes including word, excel, outlook and Microsoft teams

General

Essential

• Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
• Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and nature of the relationship
• Are you aware we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role?
• This role is working for 20 hours per week, flexibly Monday to Saturday between opening hours of the units, rota will be confirmed 2 weeks in advence - Can you commit to this working pattern?
• This role covers three units Coventry, Nuneaton and Stratford. Can you travel to all of them?

Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

Address

Oasis Health Centre

51 Quinton Park

Coventry

CV3 5PZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bpas.org (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed information on this IT Cyber Specialist job, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Please also refer to the detailed Person Specification attached.
• Strong technical understanding of cyber security principles, secure configuration, threat detection and vulnerability management
• Experience working with security monitoring and protective tooling such as:
• Microsoft MDE
• Vulnerability scanning tools
• Identity security and multi-factor authentication
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 security in nhs.net connect
• Understanding of network security concepts (e.g., firewalls, segmentation, IDS/IPS, DNS filtering).
• Knowledge of patching methodologies, operating system hardening, and baseline compliance
• Awareness of national NHS cyber policies, cyber alerts, and regulatory expectations e.g. NIS and DSPT CAF
• Hands-on technical experience supporting cyber security operations in a complex IT environment
• Experience analysing security alerts, investigating incidents, correlating events, and contributing to incident response
• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, patch compliance checks and remediation tracking
• Experience working with IT teams to improve security posture across endpoints, servers, networks, and cloud environments
• Experience documenting incidents, maintaining risk registers, and producing security reports
• Ability to communicate technical cyber risks clearly and appropriately to both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Ownership of issues
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)
• Self-motivated
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

Qualifications

Essential

• Please also refer to the detailed Person Specification attached.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant IT, cyber security, or computer science discipline, or able to demonstrate equivalent specialist experience at an advanced technical level. Professional cyber security qualification(s) desirable, such as:
• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA CySA+
• EC-Council CEH (Desirable) CISSP / CCSP / CISM (or working toward)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in cyber security, threat detection, security monitoring, and vulnerability management
• Knowledge of NHS cyber frameworks (DSPT, Cyber Assessment Framework, NIS/NIS2) acquired through formal training or relevant experience
• Training or certification in security tooling (MDE, vulnerability management, identity protection) advantageous

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Dorset

Address

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board

NHS Dorset - County Hall

Colliton Park

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 1XJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)