Job summary
Would you like to join an established and high performing service, which delivers Anticoagulation treatment to patients in their own homes, community based settings and the acute hospital. This is an exciting new role within the service as Clinical lead you will work within the Community Medicine Directorate of the Primary Care Communities and Therapies group which is a dynamic, forward thinking, and supportive team.
This opportunity is ideal for an individual, who aspires to broaden their knowledge and skills as they will be given the opportunity to support in re-designing the Anticoagulation service, as Clinical Lead you will work alongside the Haematology consultant and wider team to implement, and imbed new service developments and service promotion, development of new pathways and policies to improve quality and safety by streamlining the inpatient and community outpatient care by collaboratively working with the wider teams to improve patient's clinical outcomes and length of stay in an acute hospital bed.
Main duties of the job
Main duties
Participate, drive, and contribute to continuous service improvement and development.
Lead quality improvement projects to ensure the agendas for the service are achieved and maintained.
Demonstrate leadership, flexibility, the ability to support junior member of the team, with the ability to build strong working relationships.
Actively promotes excellent and collaborative team work across the multidisciplinary team with outcomes aimed at the best interests of the patients.
Maintain a high level of clinical practice within the service.
Ensure there is an imbedded clinical governance framework across the service and compliance with reports and audits.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation 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.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.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 live
This is an exciting time to join our team and be part of the improvement journey. We as a team, are continually striving to improve all services across the group. Through innovation and providing our patients with safe, effective care through our Fundamentals of care programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience across a range of specialties and settings, including acute inpatient care and community settings
- Extensive clinical experience across a range of specialties and setting, including acute inpatient care, community setting and specialist area of Anticoagulation
- Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (at Band 7 or above) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post, including proven skills in line management
- Evidence of having delivered change for quality improvement
- Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects
Desirable
- Developing policy and clinical protocols
- Experience in writing business cases
- Education delivery within a multidisciplinary setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with degree level qualification in relevant profession
- NMC Registration
- Leadership or management formal qualification, or equivalent experience.
- Independent NMP (non medical prescriber) with ability to oversee other independent prescribers
Desirable
- Membership of the relevant professional body/union
- Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent either completed or due to be completed or willingness to work towards
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience across a range of specialties and settings, including acute inpatient care and community settings
- Extensive clinical experience across a range of specialties and setting, including acute inpatient care, community setting and specialist area of Anticoagulation
- Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (at Band 7 or above) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post, including proven skills in line management
- Evidence of having delivered change for quality improvement
- Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects
Desirable
- Developing policy and clinical protocols
- Experience in writing business cases
- Education delivery within a multidisciplinary setting
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with degree level qualification in relevant profession
- NMC Registration
- Leadership or management formal qualification, or equivalent experience.
- Independent NMP (non medical prescriber) with ability to oversee other independent prescribers
Desirable
- Membership of the relevant professional body/union
- Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent either completed or due to be completed or willingness to work towards
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).
