Job description

Job responsibilities

Facilitates decision-making by planning and mapping processes/interventions with members of the team to determine the most appropriate treatment modality or service for clients.

Communicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.

Communicates complex and sensitive information to clients during the course of psychological therapy where the atmosphere may be emotive, there may be barriers to understanding or the client may react in an antagonistic manner.

Shares information relating to psychological assessment and formulation with clients, carers and families in a responsive, empathic manner, taking into consideration the possible complexities of the familys circumstances and the highly sensitive nature of the information.

Communicates effectively with all professionals involved in the clients care including all members of the multidisciplinary team, general practitioners, Social Services, education providers, voluntary agencies, user/carer groups etc., to maximise the quality of service delivered to clients and their families and carers.

Analyses complex client information, derived from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with the client, family members and others involved in the clients care.

Adjusts and refines psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registration as a clinical/counselling practitioner psychologist

Desirable

• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Research and development

Desirable

• Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.

Experience

Essential

• Quality and service improvement and evaluation. Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies

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

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Dragon Square

Stoke on Trent

ST5 7HL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Bordesley East PCN is a dynamic and innovative Primary Care Network located in East Birmingham, serving a population of almost 40,000 patients through a network of committed GP practices.

We are passionate about delivering accessible, high-quality healthcare and have embraced modern ways of working to support both patients and staff. Our practices utilise advanced clinical systems and digital technologies, including online services, electronic prescribing and remote consultation platforms.

Our multidisciplinary team approach ensures patients receive the right care from the right professional at the right time, improving both patient outcomes and staff satisfaction.

We are committed to fostering a positive working culture, supporting professional development and creating opportunities for clinicians to develop specialist interests and leadership skills within primary care.

The successful candidate will be expected to work across both practices within the PCN:

• Garratts Green Lane Surgery: 2 sessions per week
• Downsfield Medical Practice: 1 session per week

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• GMC registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise.
• MRCGP or equivalent qualification.
• Certificate of Completion of Training CCT or working towards CCT.
• Inclusion on the NHS England Performers List.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Primary Care Network.
• Additional clinical qualifications or specialist interests relevant to primary care.

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Skills and Attributes
• Essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Accurate clinical record keeping.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care and clinical governance.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work.

Desirable

• Skills and Attributes
• Essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Accurate clinical record keeping.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care and clinical governance.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work.

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of General Practice services and NHS primary care.
• Ability to manage a varied clinical workload safely and effectively.
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Experience of EMIS Web clinical system.
• Experience of Systm One clinical system.
• Knowledge of the role and function of Primary Care Networks.
• Understanding of local population health needs and health inequalities.
• Experience of service development, quality improvement or clinical audit.
• Knowledge of current NHS policies and primary care developments.

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

Garretts Green Lane Surgery

Address

Garretts Green Lane Surgery

172 Garretts Green Lane

Birmingham

B26 2SB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

4-6 Sessions per week

Job summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other responsibilities within the organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

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 implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
• Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
• Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances)
• Hand hygiene standards for self and others
• Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure
• Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
• Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person
• 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
• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
• Safe management of sharps use, storage and disposal
• Maintenance of own clean working environment
• 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
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• 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 responsible managers
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
• Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use
• Maintenance of sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - GMC registration with a licence to practice
• - NHS England Medical Performers List
• - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• - Completion of GP training and inclusion on the GP Register
• - Experience of working in a primary care/general practice setting
• - Ability to assess, diagnose and manage a broad range of clinical presentations
• - Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, confidentiality and information governance
• - Commitment to providing safe, effective and patient-centred care
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to manage workload effectively and work within agreed practice procedures
• Commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
• Current appropriate professional indemnity arrangements

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

Southam Surgery

Address

Stowe Drive

Southam

Warwickshire

CV47 1NY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job TitlePractice Nurse

Responsible toLead Nurses & GP Partners (Clinically)

Practice Manager (Administratively)

Accountable toPartners

SalaryDepending on experience

No. of HoursPart-time to full-time

Job summary

The Practice Nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients of practice.

Job responsibilities

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs

Cytology

Removal of Sutures

New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis

ECGs

Venepuncture

Hypertension Management

Chronic Disease Management/Reviews

• Providing travel health advice and travel vaccinations in line with training, competency and appropriate PGDs or PSDs.
• Providing wound care, dressings and suture or clip removal.
• Administering B12 injections and other injections under appropriate PGDs or PSDs.
• Administering hormonal or oncology-related injections where directed by secondary care and where appropriate training, governance and authorisation are in place.
• Undertaking health checks and lifestyle advice

Ear syringing

Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations

Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician

Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings as required

Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs

Interest in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.

Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate

Other tasks will include

Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPsMaintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.

Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels

Participation in administrative systems in the Practice At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records

A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks

Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.

On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits

Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Care and Programme Management

The postholder will:

• Contribute to local and national targets, including cervical screening, immunisations and long-term condition care
• Support safe and effective call and recall systems
• Help ensure appropriate coding and documentation of nursing activity
• Contribute to audit and review of nursing outcomes
• Support the identification of patients requiring follow-up or escalation
• Refer or signpost patients to other members of the multidisciplinary team, community services, statutory services or voluntary organisations where appropriate.
• Be aware of safeguarding protocols for children and vulnerable adults and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Support appropriate reimbursement processes for drugs, vaccines, injectables and dressings that the practice can claim back from NHS England.

Working Within Scope of Practice

The postholder will:

• Work within NMC professional standards and their own scope of competence
• Be accountable for their own professional actions
• Recognise professional and personal limitations
• Seek advice and escalate appropriately where clinical issues fall outside their competency
• Maintain evidence of training and competency for key clinical activities.
• Participate in supervision, appraisal and continuing professional development.
• Ensure that any expanded clinical duties are only undertaken following appropriate training, assessment and agreement with the practice.

Health Improvement

The postholder will:

• Provide health promotion and lifestyle advice as part of routine nursing care.
• Support programmes of screening and prevention.
• Encourage uptake of immunisations, cervical screening and other preventive health services.
• Support patients to manage long-term conditions and reduce health risks.
• Help identify opportunities to improve health outcomes for the practice population.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's 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.

Health & safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will 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

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holder's role

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Reporting potential risks identified

Policies, Protocols and Governance

The postholder will:

• Work within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidance, including infection control, chaperoning, safeguarding, confidentiality, cold-chain, incident reporting and risk management.
• Implement and adhere to local and national guidance, PGDs, PSDs and clinical pathways.
• Contribute to the review and improvement of nursing policies and protocols.
• Alert the Practice Manager and GP partners to risks, gaps or areas requiring improvement.
• Support the practice in meeting CQC, NHS England, ICB, PCN and Public Health requirements relevant to nursing services.

Quality

The postholder will:

• Maintain high standards of nursing care.
• Alert other team members to issues of quality, safety and risk.
• Reflect on their own performance and contribute to improvement.
• Work effectively with colleagues and external agencies to meet patients needs.
• Manage their own time, workload and resources effectively.
• Contribute to the effectiveness and development of the wider practice team.

Confidentiality

The postholder will:

• Follow NHS confidentiality requirements.
• Comply with information governance and Caldicott principles.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Report any breaches or concerns to the appropriate manager.
• Take personal responsibility for safe handling and use of patient information.

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognize people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Personal and Professional Development

The postholder will:

• Participate in annual appraisal and development review.
• Take responsibility for maintaining their own professional development.
• Keep up to date with relevant clinical guidance, legislation and professional standards.
• Maintain NMC registration.
• Keep evidence of competency for clinical duties undertaken.
• Participate in training and development agreed with the practice.

Information Management

The postholder will:

• Use the clinical system effectively and accurately.
• Record consultations, procedures, immunisations and clinical activity using appropriate coding.
• Support accurate data entry for QOF, local enhanced services and other practice targets.
• Assist with searches, recalls and audit work relevant to nursing services.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with Caldicott principles and information governance requirements.

Safeguarding

All members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people. The postholder will:

• Attend relevant safeguarding training.
• Follow practice safeguarding procedures.
• Escalate concerns appropriately and promptly.
• Communicate with safeguarding leads and external agencies where required.
• Support the practice in maintaining safe and effective safeguarding processes.

Depending on experience, the successful candidate may also have the opportunity to act as the practices Safeguarding Lead, working with the GP partners, Practice Manager and wider team to support safeguarding processes, training, escalation and liaison with external agencies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Desirable

• BSc in Nursing
• Diploma in various chronic diseases management

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
• Chaperone procedure
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes

Desirable

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Personal qualities

Essential

• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Ability to follow legal, ethical and clinical policy and procedure
• Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously

Desirable

• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Effectively utilise resources
• Good organisational skills
• Competent in the use of MS Office and Outlook
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Experience working as a Practice Nurse or in a relevant primary care nursing role
• Competent to deliver core nursing services within general practice
• Competent in cervical screening, or willing to complete any required update training.
• Competent in childhood immunisations and adult vaccinations.
• Experience or training in travel health and travel vaccinations, or willingness to undertake training where appropriate.
• Ability to work autonomously as part of the General Practice team.
• Ability to work safely within own scope of practice.
• Understanding of infection prevention and control, cold-chain processes and vaccine governance.
• Good communication and team-working skills.
• Ability to escalate clinical concerns appropriately.
• Good organisational skills
• Commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Ability to use clinical systems and maintain accurate records

Desirable

• Previous experience in general practice.
• Childhood immunisation training.
• Travel health training.
• Experience contributing to audits, recalls or quality improvement
• Experience in long-term condition reviews.
• Understanding of QOF, local enhanced services and recall systems.
• Experience or interest in safeguarding leadership.

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

Kings Langley Surgery

Address

The Nap

Kings Langley

Hertfordshire

WD4 8ET

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

To provide high-quality, patient-centred general medical services while contributing to the clinical leadership, strategic development and effective management of the GP practice.

• Provide safe, effective and evidence-based clinical care to registered patients, including diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and management of acute and chronic conditions.
• Undertake appropriate clinical administration, including referrals, results, correspondence, clinical coding and documentation.
• Participate in clinical governance, significant event reviews, audits, safeguarding and quality improvement.
• Contribute to practice strategy, service development, workforce planning and business decisions.
• Share responsibility for the financial and operational management of the practice in accordance with the partnership agreement.
• Support the recruitment, supervision, development and wellbeing of practice staff.
• Ensure compliance with relevant NHS contractual requirements, CQC standards, GMC guidance and applicable legislation.
• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, Primary Care Network and local health and social care services.
• Participate in practice meetings and contribute to effective communication and decision-making between partners and staff.
• Maintain professional development, appraisal and revalidation requirements.

• GMC registration and inclusion on the NHS England Performers List.
• MRCGP or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years experience working as a General Practitioner.
• Commitment to patient-centred care and clinical governance.
• Good communication, leadership and teamwork skills.
• Understanding of the responsibilities associated with GP partnership.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as required by the GP Partners, consistent with the role and the needs of the practice.

• Previous experience of practice leadership or management.
• Interest in, or experience of, a clinical leadership area.
• Experience of quality improvement, service development or Primary Care Network (PCN) working.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• See Job description

Desirable

• See Job description

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years' experience working as GP

Desirable

• See Job description

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

WInchmore Hill Practice

Address

808 Green Lanes

London

N21 2SA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Sorting all clinical post and prioritising for the GP in terms of actions. Signposting some post to others such as clinical pharmacists etc.
• Administrative tasks and clinical documentation
• Preparing patients prior to going to see the GP, taking a brief history and basic readings in readiness for the GP appointment
• Arranging appointments, referrals, tests and follow up appointments of patients
• Dipping urine, taking blood pressure, ECGs and phlebotomy
• Processing and reviewing laboratory results
• Phlebotomy and associated clinical duties
• Completing basic (non-opinion) forms for the GP to approve and sign such as insurance forms, benefit agency forms etc
• Explaining treatment procedures to patients
• Helping the GP liaise with outside agencies eg getting an on call doctor on the phone to ask advice or arrange admission while the GP can continue with the consultation
• Support the GP with immunisation/wound care.
• Supporting the wider practice team with general clinical administration

Professional Role

• Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.
• The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
• Identify and manage care risks on a continuing basis.
• Participate in practice meetings and practice management meetings, reporting progress as required.
• Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate.
• Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully implemented.

Personal/Professional Development

• Post holder must be prepared to work towardsa GP Assistant Certificate Qualification.
• Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own personal and professional development.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
• Attend all relevant annual updates
• Inform the lead GP of any concerns regardingthe role and may professional development needed
• Be aware of own professional boundaries and what to do when you have reached them

Quality

The post holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Work to Practice protocols
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on won and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post holder should recognise the importance of effective communication with the team and strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members]be familiar in all methods of communication such as email, tasks and telephone etc
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers

• Communicate effectively to outside agencies
• Communicate clearly with their lead GP

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.

Risk Management

• Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and public including ensuring they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance.
• Maintain confidentiality, data protection, access to records and information governance procedures, seeking advice from Caldicott and Information Governance Leads, and ensuring all training is up to date.
• The post-holder is required to travel independently between practice sites and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies.

Administrative and Professional Responsibility

• To ensure completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient healthcare.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for reports.
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
• To participate in audits as requested/initiate audits where approved.
• To be aware of and adhere to all Company Policies, procedures and guidelines when undertaking any activity
• Ensure strict confidentiality is applied to all patients and staff ensuring need to know basis is applied at all times

Research, Education and Training

• Maintain continued education by attendance of courses and study as deemed useful or necessary
• Identify and support practice development plans
• The post holder should acknowledge any limitations of his/her competence, not accepting responsibility for work outside the scope of the role
• To maintain competencies relevant to the role and identify personal development needs and plan with the nurse manager on how these can be achieved
• To acquire, maintain and improve knowledge and skills required to competently perform all agreed healthcare activities. This involves undertaking in-house and mandatory training as agreed by the Clinical Lead and Practice Manager.
• To attend team meeting in order to keep updated on developments within the department.

Health and Safety

The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the 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
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way free from hazards.
• Reporting any potential risks identified

Equality and Diversity

• 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-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights
• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice policies and procedures 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

This job description is not an exhaustive list. It is subject to change in light of service developments and in consultation with the post-holder and the Practice Manager The content of the agreed job description will be updated on a regular basis as part of the annual Performance Development.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working in a Healthcare Setting

Desirable

• Experience of working in a person centered role

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential

• Be calm, focused and able to work under pressure.
• The ability to communicate with all levels of staff and members of the public.
• Ability to deal with information sensitively and confidentially
• To demonstrate flexibility in approach to work patterns.

Qualifications

Essential

• Maths and English GCSE - C or equivalent
• Phlebotomy Qualification

Desirable

• Completion of NHS England GP Assistant Accredited Education Course (or be prepared to work towards one)

Other

Desirable

• A full drivers License and access to own car.

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Always show compassion and respect, can communicate effectively at all levels, possess excellent customer skills, natural motivator, team player, good listener and can act with integrity.

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

Thursby Surgery

Address

2 Browhead Road

Burnley

Lancashire

BB10 3BF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

• As a member of the Data Quality Team, support the trust in meeting the data requirements of clinicians, hospital managers, commissioners and Trust board.
• To Identify and report anomalies in data and ensure that any errors are corrected at source.
• To work as part of the EPR programme to ensure that patient related data held within the Trust is accurate
• and complete to enable reliable and robust reporting to support clinical and business processes, statutory information and income generation.
• Providing training, mentoring and coaching as required to groups.
• Provide training, mentoring and coaching on a one-to-one basis if required.
• Identify data quality issues and ensure that departments are made aware of them in a timely manner in line with national deadlines.
• To audit the accuracy and completeness of data held on Lorenzo and other trust systems ensuring that they are properly completed, and data quality standards are maintained in line with Information Governance requirements.
• To identify areas where the quality of data and or working practices require audit and help promote awareness of the importance of clinical data.
• To support the Clinic Coding and Information Departments to ensure that targets and quality standards are maintained within the agreed deadlines.
• To provide Data Quality training and awareness sessions as required based on service needs.
• To undertake Referral to Treatment (RTT) Validation, ensuring that patients on an RTT pathway have the correct RTT outcome. Chasing the outcome when necessary.
• Provide information to enable patients to be managed more effectively through their 18-week pathway.
• To close referrals when required for any patient showing on an RTT pathway that has been identified as a stopped pathway, ensuring that the correct pathway has been identified.
• Act independently guided by the principles and operational framework of the Trusts Access Policy and national and local 18 Weeks Guidance.
• To provide and receive complex information and communicate statistical matters/system changes to non-analytical professionals
• Be responsible for adapting and improving local information systems and procedures around data collection, input, audit and analysis so they continue to meet the needs of the trust.
• Extract data using online reports and analyse with Excel.
• To ensure Data Validation is complete within timescales to meet Trust and SUS deadlines.
• To resolve any queries relating to data quality at source.
• Be aware of and communicate any data changes and any software enhancements that will affect the quality of data.
• Participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote a commitment to continuous development and improvement.
• To participate and support all operational managers, users and developers in improving data quality encouraging decision making and action planning to resolve complex data and system issues and evaluating the effectiveness of such actions.
• Work with the IT trainers to provide support for new and existing members of staff.
• Working with the Senior Data Quality officer, monitor the Teams performance against Trust and NHS England Targets.
• Act independently to manage own workload, ensuring that issues are dealt with in a timely manner, identifying any problems and liaising with Trust managers as appropriate, ensuring that final reports or responses are provided in a timely manner.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade and nature of the post as allocated by the Manager, including project work and absence cover.

Relationships

Internal

• Consultants and Junior Doctors
• Nursing Staff
• General / Department Managers
• Clinical Coding Team
• Information Team
• Finance Team
• Governance Team
• All Administration Departments within the Trust
• Lorenzo Team
• EPR Workstreams
• Ward Administrators

External

• Cloud21
• General Practitioner Surgery Staff
• Other NHS Hospital Staff
• Other NHS Bodies
• Oracle Health Team

Special Requirements

• There is a requirement to use VDU equipment continuously every day DSE implications.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Previous office experience
• Dealing with a wide range of data elements
• Use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

• Previous work within an NHS environment
• Experience of working with a wide range of staff at all levels
• Knowledge of patient pathway from referral to discharge

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• Good general education to GCSE level with Mathematics and English
• Evidence of continuing personal development

Desirable

• International Certification of Digital Literacy (I.C.D.L) or further IT Training
• NVQ Level 2

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent key board skills
• Ability to generate an analyse reports from databases
• Investigative and analytical approach/experience
• Able to establish rapport and foster working relationships with a wide range of staff groups

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

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital

Lewes House

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your role will include:

• Providing senior clinical support and advice to practice nurses, including support with complex clinical situations.
• Acting as a clinical escalation point and working collaboratively with GPs, Clinical Directors and the wider MDT.
• Identifying training, competency and development needs across our nursing workforce.
• Developing and delivering clinical training, education sessions and case-based learning.
• Supporting newly appointed, developing and experienced nurses to broaden their skills and confidence.
• Keeping up to date with NICE, NHS England, professional and local ICB/PCN guidance and translating changes into practical information for our teams.
• Supporting clinical governance, audits, significant events, complaints and quality improvement activity.
• Helping develop clinical pathways, protocols, policies and standard operating procedures.
• Identifying opportunities to improve and standardise nursing practice across our practices.
• Supporting the development of new clinical services and the future role of nursing within SPC.
• Maintaining your own clinical practice through regular patient-facing clinics.
• Using your independent prescribing qualification safely and effectively within your professional competence, local formulary and SPC policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing degree
• NMC registration without restriction
• Independent prescriber qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading a nursing and HCA team or working in a more senior nursing role
• Experience within a primary care/PCN setting and supporting staff across multiple sites
• Experience of supporting newly appointed, developing and experienced nurses to broaden their skills and confidence
• Prescribing experience
• Nursing experience within primary care
• Experience of auditing, reviewing and support performance
• Experience of developing clinical pathways, protocols, policies and standard operating procedures

Desirable

• Experience of developing new clinical services and the future role of nursing
• Experience of developing and delivering clinical training, education sessions and case-based learning

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

Spirit Primary Care Limited

Address

Beaumont Leys Health Centre

1 Little Wood Close

Leicester

East Midlands

LE4 0UZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

To manage and coordinate all aspects of organisation functionality, motivating and managing staff, optimising efficiency and financial performance, ensuring the organisation achieves its long-term strategic objectives in a safe and effective working environment.

Through innovative ways of working, lead the team in promoting ED&I, SHEF, quality and continuous improvement, confidentiality, collaborative working, service delivery, learning and development and ensure the organisation complies with UK legislation and both NHS and CQC regulations.

Primary Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of this role. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the organisation, ensuring staff achieve their primary responsibilities.
• Functional management of all clinical and administrative staff
• Managing the recruitment and retention of staff; including succession planning
• Key liaison with Primary Care Network, the PCN Manager and any ARRS staff who provide a supporting service at the organisation.
• Ensuring that all staff undertake a robust induction process, including staff employed via the PCN.
• Establishing, reviewing, and regularly updating job descriptions and person specifications.
• implementing and embedding an effective staff appraisal process
• Implementing effective systems for the resolution of disciplinary and grievance issues
• Maintaining an effective overview of and ensuring compliance with HR legislation
• Ensuring all staff have the appropriate level of training to enable them to carry out their individual roles and responsibilities effectively.
• Managing the financial elements of the organisation, including budgets, claims, invoicing and petty cash, etc. seeking to maximise income and reduce expenditure in conjunction with the partners.
• Maintaining an effective liaison with the accountant and providing finance information as required. Maintain invoice payment records are up to date in SAGE.
• Processing staff wages using IRIS including PAYE and pensions for practice staff
• Support the partners in ensuring the organisation has appropriate insurance cover
• Support the partners in developing, implementing and embedding an efficient business resilience plan (BRP)
• Managing contracts for services, i.e., cleaning, gardening, window cleaning etc.
• Managing the procurement of organisation equipment, supplies and services
• Coordinating the reviewing and updating of all organisation policies and procedures
• Leading change and continuous improvement initiatives; coordinating all projects within the organisation.
• Ensuring the team reaches QOF targets (supported by the Partners, Practice Nurse and admin staff
• Ensuring the organisation maintains compliance with its NHS contractual obligations.
• Actively encouraging and promoting the use of patient online services
• Publishing communications for internal and external use such as an organisation website
• Maintaining the organisation and NHS choices websites
• Liaising at external meetings as required
• Marketing the practice appropriately
• Supporting the management of the Patient Participation Group
• Effectively managing/supporting the management of all complaints in line with current legislation and guidance
• The management of the premises, including leading on health and safety aspects such as risk assessments and mandatory training

• Managing the organisation IT system, delegating staff to act as administrators.
• Ensuring compliance with IT security and IG
• Coordinating the organisation diary, ensuring meetings are scheduled appropriately.

All staff at this organisation have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I)

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness; it is morally the right thing to do and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety.

The post holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Confidentiality

This organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and always maintain confidentiality.

It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of this organisations outputs, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the organisation to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

At this organisation, we continually strive to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in, and complete mandatory training as directed. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.The post holder will undertake mentorship for team members and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).

Service delivery

Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure. The post holder must adhere to the information contained within the organisations policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information.

Security

The security of the organisation is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.

Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

Leave

All personnel are entitled to take leave. The Practice Manager ensures all staff are afforded the opportunity to take a minimum of 5.6 weeks leave (Pro-rata and inclusive of bank holidays) each year and should be encouraged to take all of their leave entitlement.

Ensure any data submissions are completed appropriately, in line with the requirements of NHS England and the ICB

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing accounting procedures including budget and cash flow forecasting
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of performance management including appraisal writing, staff development and disciplinary procedures
• Experience of workforce planning, forecasting and development

Desirable

• Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams
• Relevant health and safety experience
• NHS/primary care general practice experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of education with excellent literacy and numeracy
• skills
• Leadership and/or management qualification

Desirable

• Educated to degree level in healthcare or business
• AMSPAR qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to exploit and negotiate opportunities to enhance service delivery
• Excellent communication skills (written, oral and presenting)
• Strong IT skills (generic)
• Excellent leadership skills
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to network and build relationships
• Ability to develop, implement and embed policy and procedure

Desirable

• Strategic thinker and negotiator
• Clinical system user skills
• Ability to motivate teams, enhance morale and maintain a positive working environment, including team building sessions

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

Greenhead Family Doctors

Address

15 Wentworth Street

Huddersfield

HD1 5PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Primary Care, Urgent Care or Emergency Care
• Experience of autonomous clinical assessment and decision making.
• Experience managing acute and minor illness presentations.
• Experience managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

Desirable

• Previous experience in General Practice.
• Experience using EMIS Web.
• Experience undertaking care home rounds.
• Experience of telephone and online triage.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or other relevant professional body.
• Holds the recognised qualifications and credentials required to meet the NHS England Advanced Practice framework and be eligible for an Advanced Practice Digital Badge (where applicable to the role).
• Master's level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Independent Prescribing qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Teaching, mentorship or assessor qualification.

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

Horsefair Practice Group

Address

Lovett Court

Rugeley

Staffordshire

WS15 2FH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.horsefairpractice.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• Conduct face-to-face, telephone, and online consultations.
• Assess, diagnose, and manage acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Provide appropriate health promotion and preventative care advice.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with best practice and current clinical guidelines.
• Review and manage pathology results, correspondence, and clinical reports.
• Make referrals to secondary care and community services as appropriate.
• Undertake home visits when clinically required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using SystmOne.
• Safeguard vulnerable children and adults in line with local and national policies.

• Work collaboratively with Partners, nursing staff, pharmacists, care coordinators, social prescribers, mental health practitioners, and other members of the wider healthcare team.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings where appropriate.
• Support continuity of care and care planning for patients with long-term conditions and complex needs.

• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits.
• Participate in practice meetings and educational events.
• Support the achievement of QOF, Enhanced Services, and PCN objectives.
• Maintain professional development, appraisal, and revalidation requirements.
• Actively participate in significant event reviews and clinical governance activities.

• Process clinical correspondence and workflow tasks in a timely manner.
• Complete reports and medical records reviews as required.
• Ensure coding and documentation meet practice and contractual standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified General Practitioner.
• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List.

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

Needham Market Country Practice

Address

Barking Road

Needham Market

Ipswich

IP6 8EZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties

• Telephone and face-to-face appointments resulting from SystmConnect triage
• Very occasional home visits (the vast majority are done by our paramedics)
• Dealing with queries from patients and other healthcare professionals through tasks, telephone calls, instant messages and direct conversation
• Total Triage sessions, split between the GPs across the week
• A proportion of the administration for the registered patient list (we do not have personal lists)
• Supporting paramedics and other clinicians in decision-making and management

Professional and development

• Attending regular clinical meetings, Protected Learning Time sessions and monthly clinical supervision
• Taking a clinical lead role in an area of interest or expertise
• Contributing to the development of the practice and the wider team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Included on the GMC GP Register
• Included on the NHS England Medical Performers List

Other

Essential

• Commitment to doing your best for our patients
• Commitment to being a key part of our friendly multidisciplinary team

Experience

Desirable

• Experience working in a Total Triage model
• Experience of systmOne
• Experience providing support to a wider multidisciplinary team

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

Orchard Surgery

Address

Lower Tanbridge Way

Horsham

West Sussex

RH12 1PJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.orchardsurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary

As a General Medical Practitioner, you will be a vital member of our multidisciplinary team, dedicated to delivering high-quality medical care to our patients. You will operate both autonomously and collaboratively with our healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat, and manage a diverse range of health conditions. Your role will encompass direct patient care, clinical leadership, and active participation in quality improvement initiatives.

The post-holder will manage a caseload and address a wide spectrum of health needs within a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Key responsibilities

• Work independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals to assess, diagnose, and treat patients within primary care, initiating direct referrals as appropriate.
• Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers, and colleagues, ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence.
• Develop new and innovative concepts, models, methods, and practices to enhance primary care services, meeting the evolving needs of the PCN population.
• Deliver comprehensive medical care, managing a diverse caseload and addressing a wide range of health conditions.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure integrated and holistic patient care.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits to continually enhance patient care and service delivery.

Clinical Responsibilities:

The General Medical Practitioner (GP) works autonomously and is accountable for own professional actions.

• Conducting face-to-face and telemedicine consultations to assess, diagnose, and manage patients health conditions.
• Identifying and treating acute and chronic illnesses, injuries, and other health conditions.
• Providing preventative care services and lifestyle advice to promote overall health and prevent disease.
• Managing long-term conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, ensuring patients receive ongoing care and monitoring.
• Prescribing medications, reviewing treatment plans, and monitoring patient side effects and effectiveness.
• Referring patients to specialists or other healthcare services when necessary for further diagnosis or treatment.
• Educating patients and their families about health conditions, treatment options, and preventative measures.
• Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and providing resources to support patients in making positive changes.
• Collaborating with other healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists, and specialists, to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date patient records, including medical histories, treatment plans, and progress notes.
• Participating in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and service delivery.
• Conducting home visits for patients who are unable to attend the clinic due to mobility issues or severe illness if cover is not available under the home visiting team.
• Participate in multidisciplinary (MDT) meetings and maintain effective relationships with multi-professional colleagues across services, including community palliative care, district nurses, specialist nurses, mental health, and social care teams.
• Contribute to and oversee clinical developments within Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) steering group meetings, working collaboratively with PCN members.
• Identify patients at risk of frailty using clinical indicators (e.g., Rockwood score, dementia diagnosis) and ensure appropriate care planning in partnership with the PCN team.
• Ensure accurate registration of all adults living with frailty or dementia on the eFraCCS frailty register.
• Coordinate and implement care plans aimed at reducing avoidable hospital admissions and unnecessary primary care attendees.
• Promote early advance care planning (ACP) to support patient-centred care and future health needs.
• Support the weekly care home ward rounds, ensuring continuity and quality of care for residents.
• Elicit a patient history appropriate to the clinical situation, which will include, presenting complaint, history of the present illness, past medical history, social history, family history, medications, allergies, review of systems, risk factors and appropriate targeted history.
• Perform a physical examination tailored to the needs of the patients and the demands of the clinical situation.
• Assess and prioritise patients undergoing treatment.
• Demonstrate continual evaluation of the patients and use expertise to recommend adjustments/amendments to treatment plans, in consultation with the patient and members of the multi-professional team.
• Make direct referrals to other members of the health care team.
• Requests bloods and radiological test as appropriate.
• Request and perform diagnostic tests as agreed locally.
• Chase, view and Interpret results and report findings.
• Discuss and agree assessment outcomes with patients, carers, and other health care professionals to enable patients to make an informed decision regarding their treatment.
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients in surgery or own home who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriate agency.
• Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures.
• Makes critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy expectations and demands of the job.
• Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.
• Works with all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g., infection control, chaperoning, risk management etc.
• Contribute to practice targets both local and national within the disease management agenda e.g., QOF/Prescribing Incentive Scheme.
• To actively implement safeguarding protocols for children and vulnerable adults and to know who to refer to and how to escalate concerns about radicalisation.

Delivering a quality service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the GMC.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines, and evidence-based care.
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation.
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
• Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
• Use a structured framework (e.g., root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents, and near-miss events.
• Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery.
• Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.

Leadership personal and people development

Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of medical services ensuring that the needs of the patient are a priority.

Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.

Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.

Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.

Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work.

Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers to bring about new developments in the provision of services.

Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols, and standards.

Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards.

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).

Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families, and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent treatment.

Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, and preferred ways of communicating.

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.

Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.

Ensure awareness of sources of support/guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment.
• Evidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of staff.
• Advanced skills in listening and information processing, alongside empathetic skills to ascertain, understand and respond to individuals complex needs and concerns.
• Advanced knowledge in managing patients with long term conditions.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, confidentiality, data protection and information governance in primary care.
• A solid understanding and experience of QOF.
• Knowledge of the local and national health policy and wider health economy.
• Experience of compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues faced.

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree. Membership of the Royal College of General
• Practitioners or equivalent in training if approved by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Certificate of MRCGP.
• Registered GP with the GMC (included on the GP register).
• Included on GP Performers List.
• Posses the right to work in the UK and practice independently.
• Certificate of satisfactory immune status RE: Hepatitis B and other relevant viruses.
• Current General Practice experience with up-to-date GMC appraisal/revalidation.

Other

Essential

• Physical assessment and clinical examination skills.
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g., clinical crisis.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work well with other people and deal with the challenges of ever changing and demanding situations.
• Good working knowledge of SystmOne.
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology.
• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects.
• Shows ability to work and lead others across professions.
• Able to manage own time and prioritise work.
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost-effective healthcare.
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff.
• Membership of appropriate Medical Organisation (MDU, MPS etc.)
• Be able to carry out the duties of this post.

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

GP Healthcare Alliance

Address

Canvey PCN

Long Road

Canvey Island

Essex

SS8 0JA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.gphealthcarealliance.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see Supporting Documents for full Job Description, List of Responsibilities and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent oral, writing, and presentation skills.
• Effective skills in communicating complex and sensitive information and in difficult situations, requiring empathy, reassurance, persuasion and influence.
• Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
• Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
• Flexible approach to work and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
• Ability to work in a variety of settings and to travel to vaccination settings / sites.

Desirable

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level (level 5) in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Registered Health Care Professional; NMC, GPhC, HCPC.
• Current immunisation training / update or willingness to undertake.
• Meet the NHS England / SPS requirements to work under National Protocol or Patient Group Direction (see NHSE Legal Mechanisms).

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in similar clinical role.
• Knowledge of immunisation schedules in accordance with national recommendations.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Practical skills and knowledge of cold chain procedures and medicines management.
• Working knowledge and literate with computer skills to use of word document, internet access and email correspondence and electronic record keeping.
• Experienced and confident in the vaccination process; managing eligibility and consent conversations and preparing and administering vaccinations.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and willingness to commit to ongoing CPD.

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge in a relevant subject to post graduate level.

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

Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd

Address

Theta Building, Lyon Way

Frimley

Camberley

Surrey

GU16 7ER

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our PCN Pharmacy Technician has the following key responsibilities in supporting the delivery of health services to our patients:

a) Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use by utilising consultation skills and shared decision-making conversations with patients.

b) Processing and coding clinical patient correspondence received upon discharge, ensuring any relevant procedures are completed.

c) Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, support medication reviews, prescription request processes, medicines reconciliation and synchronisation.

d) Promote the safe use of medicines within the repeat prescribing system, limiting waste and maximising the use of the NHS App, Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) and other processes and technologies in place.

e) Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and managment incentive schemes and patient safety audits.

f) Support the safe use of high-risk medicines and the use of medicines as part of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, enhanced services and quality improvement projects.

g) Support the implementation of national and local prescribing policies, guidance and protocols applicable to the Practices and PCN, including CQC quality statements that relate to medicines.

h) Oversee the storage and management of prescriptions and the practice stock of personally administered items so they are stored, prescribed and claimed appropriately.

i) Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

j) Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities.

k) Develop relationships with other Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support the integration of the pharmacy team across health and socia care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

l) Contribute to public health campaigns (eg flu clinics) through advice or direct care.

m) Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.

n) Participating in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brough about through incidents and learning events.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Actively engages in clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of information governance, management of clinical correspondence, on-line access, mental capacity and safeguarding.
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours if needed.
• Satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Access to transport in order to work across PCN sites.

Desirable

• Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.
• Understand the roles of a variety of different people working in the practice and across the PCN including doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, social prescribing link workers, physiotherapists, physician associates, paramedics, health and wellbeing coaches, podiatrists, occupational therapists, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity.
• Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times.
• Flexible and cooperative and able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
• Confident and can work on own initiative whilst being aware of own boundaries of competence and what to do when boundaries are reached.
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Motivated forward-thinking, problem solver.
• Ability to work to meet deadlines.
• Effectively utilise resources.
• Punctual and committed to supporting the Practice and PCN team efforts.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician
• The Pharmacy Technician agrees to be enrolled in or is already enrolled on a training pathway or course approved bythe Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) as meeting the requirements of the UK-wide APTUK/PCPA National Competency Framework for Primary Care Pharmacy Technicians and accepted by NHS England. eg CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway

Desirable

• The Pharmacy Technician has passed a training pathway or course approved by the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) as meeting the requirements of the UK-wide APTUK/PCPA National Competency Framework for Primary Care Pharmacy Technicians and accepted by NHS England eg CPPE primary care pharmacy education pathway.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
• Ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
• Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications and the internet.
• Effective time management (planning, prioritising and organising).
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way.
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.

Desirable

• Good knowledge of GP clinical systems.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public.
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.

Desirable

• Experience of working 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

TASC PCN

Address

Seaton & Colyton Medical Practice

148 Harepath Road

Seaton

Devon

EX12 2DU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance

• To lead continuous improvement of high-quality learning environments for Enhance learners.
• To ensure compliance with NHS England statutory,regulatory and quality requirements, escalating risks to the HoS.

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement

• To lead quality improvement processes supporting patient safety across the healthcare workforce.

• To champion clinical skills training and simulation, emphasising teamwork and human factors.

Programme Management

• To lead delivery, development and quality assurance of Enhance in the East of England, working with the HoS on:

• Programme delivery and learner or supervisor concerns;

• Opportunities and barriers to expansion into general practice, medicine and psychiatry;

• Recruitment to training posts and programmes;

• Programme management, including assessment, progression, rotations, support, remediation, out-of-programme activity, careers, less than full-time training, transfers and academic training.

• To contribute to school leadership and lead relevant programme meetings and governance.

• To represent Enhance, and where agreed the HoS, at local, regional and national meetings.

Educational and Workforce Development

• To lead and advise the HoS on educational and workforce development, including:
• Professional development of the educational faculty
• To assure effective supervision and learner support, addressing concerns and escalating risks.
• To identify learning and faculty needs and ensure appropriate appraisal, development and resources.
• To lead shared learning opportunities that strengthen multiprofessional working across the school and region..

Intelligence Support/ provision

• To oversee the use of local intelligence, evaluation and feedback to inform quality management, programme development and improvement.
• To ensure effective use of relevant information systems and accurate programme, learner and post data.

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

• To lead clinical and educational input into local and national workforce planning relevant to Enhance.
• To commission and develop educational provision that supports generalist capabilities, curriculum outcomes and identified workforce needs.
• To identify and lead implementation of innovative education and workforce solutions across the programme.
• To advise the HoS and lead agreed commissioning and decommissioning activity for the programme.

Finance

• To lead agreed business planning and budget management for Enhance, ensuring effective use of resources and value for money.
• To ensure compliance with NHS England financial governance and procurement requirements.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Membership/Fellowship of a College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
• Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development
• Primary clinical healthcare qualification

Desirable

• Educational qualification such as postgraduate certificate diploma or masters in medical education

Experience

Essential

• Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
• Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies

Desirable

• Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education
• Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education
• Understanding of current health, social care and education policy

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
• Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key Stakeholders
• Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

Desirable

• Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• To contribute to the vision of the local NHS and to enhance patient care by providing leadership and direction with respect to the quality of education and training

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

NHS England

Address

Victoria House

Fulbourn

Cambridge

CB21 5XB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Generic responsibilities

All staff at this organisation have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion creates an environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire

The organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety.

The post-holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

All personnel are to comply with the:

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Environmental Protection Act 1990

Environment Act 1995

Fire Precautions workplace Regulations 1999

Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the post holders attention

Confidentiality

The organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times.

It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement

To preserve and improve the quality of this organisations outputs, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.

The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within this practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and collaborate with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

This organisation continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice. All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Induction

We will provide a full induction programme, and management will support you throughout the process.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in, and complete mandatory training as directed. It is an expectation for this post-holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

The post-holder will undertake mentorship for team members and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments e.g., courses and conferences. The post-holder will provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Collaborative working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.

Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments, and the post-holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working and to work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner. All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence. Plans and outcomes by which to measure success should be agreed.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information.

Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.

Service delivery

Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

The post holder must adhere to the information contained within the organisations policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to.

Primary key responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the ANP in delivering health services:

• Independently assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute illness, minor illness and undifferentiated conditions.
• Deliver face-to-face and telephone same-day access appointments.
• Undertake advanced history taking and physical examination.
• Formulate differential diagnoses and management plans.
• Prescribe medicines safely and effectively as an Independent Prescriber.
• Request, interpret and act upon diagnostic investigations.
• Manage acute presentations and exacerbations of chronic disease within scope of practice.
• Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary Duty Team.
• Refer patients appropriately to secondary care and community services.
• Identify, assess and appropriately manage clinical risk.
• Deliver patient-centred care based upon current evidence and best practice.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using appropriate clinical systems and SNOMED coding.
• Support safeguarding processes in accordance with local and national guidance.
• Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and service development.
• Contribute towards achievement of QOF and enhanced service requirements.
• Participate in significant event reviews and patient safety activities.
• Support the team in managing clinical emergencies.
• Undertake mandatory training and maintain professional registration and competencies.
• Contribute to and embrace clinical governance.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Wider responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the ANP has the following wider responsibilities:

Provide clinical leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.

• Promote evidence-based practice and shared learning.
• Support service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of clinical protocols and pathways.
• Support workforce development and mentorship of colleagues where appropriate.
• Participate in local and PCN-wide initiatives to improve patient outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications
• Qualified healthcare professional with current NMC registration.
• Educated to masters degree level in accordance with the NHS England. Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Registered on the appropriate professional register.
• Independent Prescriber Qualification (V300).
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable

• Teaching, mentoring or supervision qualification
• Minor illness or urgent care qualification

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment skills.
• Ability to independently assess, diagnose and manage acute and minor illness.
• Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
• Competent Independent Prescriber.
• Ability to request, interpret and act upon investigations.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Good clinical system knowledge and accurate record keeping.
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children.
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
• Knowledge of QOF and enhanced services.

Desirable

• Minor injury assessment and management skills.
• Experience supporting service development initiatives.

Personal Qualities & Other Requirements

Essential

• Effective time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates personal accountability and professionalism.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure.
• Compassionate and patient-focused approach.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Occupational Health clearance.
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for professional revalidation.
• Evidence of CPD commensurate with the role.
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours if required by service need.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum two years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Demonstrable evidence of autonomous clinical practice.
• Experience assessing, diagnosing and managing acute and minor illness.
• Experience managing undifferentiated presentations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to delivering patient-centred care.
• Knowledge and experience of acute and chronic disease management.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, clinical governance and risk management.

Desirable

• Experience of Emergency Care, Urgent Treatment Centre or Minor Injury Unit settings.
• Experience of working in General Practice.
• Experience of same-day access or Duty Team working.
• Experience using Systmone.

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

Honiton Surgery

Address

Marlpits Lane

Honiton

Devon

EX14 2NY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
• A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
• Ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
• A commitment to personal development - self and others

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
• Awareness of the national context of GP Specialty Training, and the particular local context for this training scheme
• Demonstrable track record of promotion of Equality and Diversity in health care settings

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Primary clinical healthcare qualification
• MRCGP (for doctors)
• Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the Trainer, etc.)

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

NHS England

Address

10 South Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 4PU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Education and Training Quality Improvement and Performance

• To emphasise the importance and promote the development of a quality learning environment for all learners.
• To support Postgraduate Deans in meeting NHSE statutory requirements.

Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Improvement

• Assist in the development of quality processes which are complementary across the healthcare workforce, particularly in relation to TEL.
• To support the use of clinical skills training and simulation (where appropriate/applicable), stressing the importance of teamwork and human factors.

Programme Management

To oversee the Blended Learning Regional Training Programme and advise Postgraduate Deans and other senior Educators on the following matters:

o VLE-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns

o Postgraduate programme management including delivery and development of VLE

To provide reports to the Specialty Training Committee and School Board

To complete the annual school development plan

Educational and Workforce Development

• To advise and support the Postgraduate Dean in educational and workforce development elements, including professional development of the educational faculty
• To support compliance with requirements particularly with regard to the supervision and support for trainees and learners.
• To identify learning needs and support provision of educational appraisal, educator development and resource for faculty, trainees and learners.
• To create and promote shared learning opportunities to increase effective inter-professional working across East of England educators and learners

Intelligence Support/ provision

• To ensure local intelligence processes inform quality management processes.
• To engage with information systems (trainee database, post establishments).

Strategic Workforce Development and Commissioning

• To contribute to the implementation of the PGVLE in the EoE
• To support the development of educational programmes where needed to support achievement of curriculum competencies, engaging with commissioning processes as required.
• To identify and support the implementation of alternative workforce solutions across the EoE.
• To advise the Postgraduate Dean on commissioning and decommissioning activities in relation to the PGVLE.

Finance

• To engage with financial business planning processes and associated TEL budgets as needed.
• To ensure compliance with procurement requirements.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Applications are welcomed from those who hold a substantive post in the east of England region (i.e. a consultant or SAS doctor in a secondary care trust or a permanent post CCT employee in a GP practice).

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
• A strong sense of vision and ability to innovate
• Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
• Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity
• Excellent communication, counselling and liaison skills - a readiness to listen and empathise
• Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
• Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress

Desirable

• Ability to rapidly establish academic credibility
• Ability to attend relevant national and local College and NHSE EoE meetings

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
• Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
• Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
• Understanding of developments involving the relevant Royal Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies
• Understanding of the workforce transformation agenda
• Trained in Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years
• Have up to date knowledge of the specialty's curriculum, portfolio, examinations and other assessment methods.
• Active involvement in, and up to date with, own appraisal processes
• Knowledge of the NHS, its structures and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters
• Awareness of the issues around dealing with trainees who are failing to progress or otherwise require additional support

Desirable

• Previous or current appointment as a leader in healthcare education
• Awareness of funding streams for healthcare education
• Understanding of current health, social care and education policy
• Current or recent past member of the relevant STC

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Primary clinical healthcare qualification
• Membership/Fellowship of a Royal College, Faculty, professional association and/or regulatory body
• Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the Trainer, etc.)

Desirable

• Educational qualification such as a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Masters in Medical Education.

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

NHS England

Address

Victoria House

East Capital Park, Fulbourn

Cambridge

CB21 5XB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide NHS general medical services to registered patients on the practice list.

You will be required to provide all core primary care services as defined by the local CCG and NHS England requirements, including:

Clinical care to patients; consultation sessions, telephone triage, online consultation and home visits.

Investigation and examination, treatment and diagnosis or referral for medical problems presented by patients.

Provide preventative health care and advice to patients as required.

Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines.

Action test results, medical reports and examinations as necessary.

Complete necessary clinical administration for the role.

Work as part of a team to deliver QOF, enhanced services and KPI targets

Engage with NHS annual strengthened appraisal, PDP production, GMC revalidation and ongoing CPD.

Comply with practice policy or guidelines, including data protection, health and safety, QOF and prescribing confidentiality.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• -An experienced doctor with GP accreditation
• -Sound knowledge of the principles and values that support good medical practice

Personal Attributes

Essential

• -Good organisational skills
• -Will have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working as part of a team
• -Will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• -Clear commitment to delivering quality and patient focused services
• -Record of continuous professional development
• -Enjoy working for and within a team
• -Attention given to detail
• -Flexibility

Qualifications

Essential

• -Current registration with GMC and engaged in regular clinical work
• -MRCGP examination or equivalent experience

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

Cricklewood General Practice

Address

Cricklewood General Practice

7 Oaklands Road

London

NW2 6DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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