Job summary
Are you an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) seeking your next leadership challenge?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner and influential leader to join us as the Clinical Lead for the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC).
In this pivotal role - combing hands - on clinical expertise with strategic leadership - you will guide and inspire a multidisciplinary team, playing a key role in the UTC's day to day operations as well as its long term development. As a visible and supportive clinical leader, you will champion a culture of excellence - enhancing team skills, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, and driving continuous improvement.
You will support the achievement of key performance indicators and contribute to service planning and delivery alongside the management team. Your ability to implement and lead change in response to clinical organisational needs will be essential to the role.
Our UTC operates from a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility adjacent to our brand-new Emergency Department. With a single point of entry for all walk-in urgent and emergency patients, our model ensures that individuals are seen by the right team at the right time. Working closely with dedicated, GPs, nurses, and AHPs, the UTC provides care for a wide range of urgent but non-life threatening conditions.
Join us in shaping the future of urgent care delivery
Main duties of the job
The role of the UTC Lead Practitioner is to undertake a senior clinical position as a highly specialised and autonomous practitioner.
You will undertake assessment and treatment of patients in the UTC who may present with complex and/or chronic illnesses and/or injury; to determine a clinical diagnosis, treatment and appropriate discharge as indicated as well as maintaining patient records.
Youwill manage the clinical team within the UTC and play a full role in the service delivery.
You will be a strong visible clinical leader, enhancing the nurses' skills and knowledge, and work in partnership within a multi-disciplinary team.
To contribute to meeting the identified key performance indicators within the timeframes identified. The UTC Lead Practitioner will assist the CDG leadership team with the planning, developing and delivery of the UTC service, and will initiate and implement change effectively in response to clinical or organisational demands.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional nursing/AHP qualification
- Evidence of academic pathway equivalent to Degree in Nursing or Health Related study
- Masters Degree in relation to health management or equivalent experience
- Independent prescribing
Desirable
- Masters Degree or working toward/unit/departments Masters Degree level education
- Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience at senior level at a Band 8a or above
- Current health policy and its impact on the management and development of acute health services
- Experience in general practice/Walk in centre/Urgent treatment centres
- Experience of effective budgetary management
- Experience of ability to manage and lead nursing team
- Experience of service redesign and development
Desirable
- Leadership Facilitator
- Experience of leading strategic/cross Trust changes
- Experience in preparing business cases
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise & negotiate
- Diagnosis and management of minor injuries including fractures, burns, lacerations, minor eye injuries, soft tissue injuries
- Diagnosis and management of minor illnesses giving evidence based advice and management and where required appropriate prescribing
- Have an ability to be able to analyse, interpret and act upon complex data
- IT literate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional nursing/AHP qualification
- Evidence of academic pathway equivalent to Degree in Nursing or Health Related study
- Masters Degree in relation to health management or equivalent experience
- Independent prescribing
Desirable
- Masters Degree or working toward/unit/departments Masters Degree level education
- Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience at senior level at a Band 8a or above
- Current health policy and its impact on the management and development of acute health services
- Experience in general practice/Walk in centre/Urgent treatment centres
- Experience of effective budgetary management
- Experience of ability to manage and lead nursing team
- Experience of service redesign and development
Desirable
- Leadership Facilitator
- Experience of leading strategic/cross Trust changes
- Experience in preparing business cases
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise & negotiate
- Diagnosis and management of minor injuries including fractures, burns, lacerations, minor eye injuries, soft tissue injuries
- Diagnosis and management of minor illnesses giving evidence based advice and management and where required appropriate prescribing
- Have an ability to be able to analyse, interpret and act upon complex data
- IT literate
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).
