Job summary
Do you want to be part of a team delivering novel and innovative ways of working?
Do you want to help make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of the population of the local community?
Then join us at Your Health Partnership Primary Care Network
This post is for a qualified ACP with a passion for primary care. You will bring your clinical expertise to a wider multidisciplinary team.
Clinical support and supervision are available for all staff.
Main duties of the job
To be a clinical expert and senior clinician in the field of Primary Care.
To work with the PCN Lead ACP and wider team to continually improve the quality of care provided including the continuation of service improvement to demonstrate better outcomes for our patients.
Your Health Partnership (YHP) is a cutting-edge Primary Care Network working as part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust.
The successful applicant will need to share the same values of YHP and work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team including GPs, Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists and Administrators.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc level qualification in advanced clinical practice
- Master's level education in relevant health related subject
- Completion of recent Leadership /Management or evidence of equivalent competence Evidence of contemporaneous CPD
- Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards
Desirable
- Leadership / management course.
- Evidence of chronic disease management
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent experience in a senior nursing or allied health professional role within a primary care or emergency care setting
- Experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas
- Experience of leadership role and change management
- Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining patient/public views
- Recent experience of direct involvement in delivering the Quality Agenda
- Experience of telephone triage
- Experience of effective interagency working
Desirable
- Experience in clinical systems e.g. Systmone
- Experience of multiskilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
- Evidence of innovative practice
- Experience of working within an ACP post within primary or community care
- Experience of working as or towards autonomous practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Advanced interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
- Demonstrate self-belief, self- awareness and ability to self-manage.
- Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
- Critically analyse complex information and evaluate a range of options to identify service improvements practice
- Demonstrate ability make recommendations to improve practice to improve efficiency whilst also improving patient experience
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc level qualification in advanced clinical practice
- Master's level education in relevant health related subject
- Completion of recent Leadership /Management or evidence of equivalent competence Evidence of contemporaneous CPD
- Independent Prescriber qualification or working towards
Desirable
- Leadership / management course.
- Evidence of chronic disease management
Experience
Essential
- Significant recent experience in a senior nursing or allied health professional role within a primary care or emergency care setting
- Experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas
- Experience of leadership role and change management
- Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining patient/public views
- Recent experience of direct involvement in delivering the Quality Agenda
- Experience of telephone triage
- Experience of effective interagency working
Desirable
- Experience in clinical systems e.g. Systmone
- Experience of multiskilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
- Evidence of innovative practice
- Experience of working within an ACP post within primary or community care
- Experience of working as or towards autonomous practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Advanced interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
- Demonstrate self-belief, self- awareness and ability to self-manage.
- Ability to deal with complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
- Critically analyse complex information and evaluate a range of options to identify service improvements practice
- Demonstrate ability make recommendations to improve practice to improve efficiency whilst also improving patient experience
Desirable
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
