Community Clinical Lead for Patient Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role involves facilitating and developing Care Group and Trust-wide clinical practice and processes, leading improvements in patient services and quality, and developing approaches for the utilisation of evidence based best practice to enhance patient and carer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strong clinical and professional leadership and advice across the Care Group to ensure best practice is achieved within Community Services.
• Line manage clinical and professional leads and support them to develop clinical services using innovative and evidenced based practice.
• Ensure compliance with statutory guidance and best practice guidelines for services within the Community Care Group.
• Assist in the delivery of the Nursing and AHP vision, contributing to an effective quality improvement work programme.
• Promote and embed a culture where all patients and their families are empowered and treated with dignity and respect.
• Participate in the Care Group On Call Rota.

Skills and Attributes:

• Highly effective communication skills, able to communicate verbally and in writing to large groups of staff, patients, and relatives.
• Strong organizational skills, able to manage own workload and take responsibility for clinical actions and systems/standards.
• Ability to make complex clinical and operational judgments, manage conflicting views, and reconcile inter and intra-professional differences of opinion.
• Ability to lead specific AHP and nursing policy development across the wider health community in conjunction with other agencies.

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Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week (pattern to be agreed).

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

To make an appointment to discuss the role in more detail, please contact: Sarah Sene, Community Care Group Administrator at sarah.sene1@nhs.net.

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.

Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter

Car lease schemes.

The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).

Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newcourt House

Newcourt Drive

Exeter

Devon

EX2 7JQ

Employer's website

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