Locum Clinical Lead, Cervical Screening Wales

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESULT AREAS:

1. Clinical Service Delivery:

Accountable for advising on appropriate clinical management of women in the screening programme using extensive specialist clinical knowledge, skills and advice ensuring management is in line with CSW policies and procedures.

Works closely with CSW Nurse Leads and professional leads, including sample takers and Colposcopy services to continuously improve services.

Proactively identifying and using all opportunities to maximise benefits of integrated leadership in service improvement.

Is committed to ensure service user experience is positive, services are responsive and accessible.

Ensuring all clinical aspects in public information is service user-centred, accessible and relevant, using evidence to improve information where available

Communicates effectively with all staff and external service providers recognising the need for good information during periods of change.

At all times, positively supporting the Trusts vision and objectives, and making this real through strong commitment to results.

To provide professional expert clinical advice and guidance to project teams, Head of Programme, PHW legal teams and other clinical professionals based on own specialist skills, knowledge and experience

2. Performance Management

To undertake Quality Assurance visits/assessments. This will involve the post holder visiting health board sites as part of the team to perform quality assurance visits, undertaking audits of practice, writing reports detailing the findings and making recommendations for service improvement, and feedback these findings to relevant staff

Prepare accurate performance reports for Lead Colposcopists/service managers

To ensure that all clinical risk is managed within the relevant frameworks.

To develop, implement and maintain systems, processes and practice in clinical risk management, including the management of Health and Safety.

3. Service Improvement

Adopt the Prudent Health Principals to develop a service that is women/patient focused, inclusive, accessible and responsive to local need.

Develop services and teams that put service users at the centre e.g. striving to reduce waiting times.

Contribute to the development and implementation of optimal models of service delivery striving for continuous improvement in the quality of service delivery.

4. Governance Systems and Processes

Help develop, implement and manage systems and processes for effective clinical governance across Wales

Actively promote good practice, and ensure that all practice is delivered in accordance Cervical Screening Wales, Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (SOPPs), BSCCP, or other guidance on good practice.

Use clinical expertise/clinical and professional guidance to develop practice and patient pathways as part of CSW policy and procedures and quality manual

To lead the CSW Audit of Cervical Cancers (CSWACC) including undertaking colposcopy reviews and disclosure of results to patients

Work with HoP, and other senior colleagues to ensure programme audit and evaluation takes place as required and that staff are involved routinely.

To ensure that all aspects of Safeguarding are adhered to and that policies and procedures are followed at all times.

Act as a patient/staff advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills.

Actively promote good practice and ensure that all service planning/public information planning takes account of welsh language and other accessible requirements of the population we serve.

5. Education, Training and Supervision

Contribute to the development of training programmes for primary and secondary care staff

Maintain clinical competence and use highly specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience to ensure appropriate programmes of care and treatment, in addition to engagement with appraisal process and revalidation

Undertake all statutory and mandatory training required by the organisation

Provide training/education to CSW team

6. Staff leadership and management

To contribute to appraisal and job planning for Lead Nurses as required, ensuring nurses meet the requirements for revalidation and annual and quarterly targets are achieved.

To communicate effectively with staff and ensure a communication system that provides dynamic feedback, making best use of internal processes (e.g. Team Brief, Open Fora, Complaints, Whistle blowing etc.) and seeking out and providing feedback from frontline staff.

7. To undertake any other duties required in line with Service developments

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Recent and relevant experience of working as a senior clinician within a service related to women's health / elements of cervical screening programme
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and participation in annual appraisal
• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g.FSRH)
• Current registration with General Medical Council

Desirable

• Relevant postgraduate qualification
• Practising accredited colposcopist
• IQT Bronze

Experience

Essential

• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to engage and involve staff in service changes and quality improvements to achieve the desired outcome
• Well developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey instructions, ideas and opinions in a clear and concise manner
• Able to prepare and present information, which varies in content and context, to different audiences in a manner that can be understood by staff at all levels
• Able to analyse and evaluate situations, evidence, data and information e.g.; problem solving, decision making, negotiation

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential

• Recent and relevant experience of working as a senior clinician within a service related to women's health / elements of cervical screening programme
• Demonstrable experience of developing operating policies
• Extensive experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing a service or team.
• An excellent track record of managing change effectively
• Experience of modernising services without additional resources.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders

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

Public Health Wales

Address

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CF72 8XT

Employer's website

https://phw.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)