Job summary
Reports To: Clinical Director(s) for SARC and Paediatrics
Base Location: Closest Mountain Healthcare SARC
This role predominantly covers paediatric services but may require support for adult services. National travel is a requirement of this role.
Salary: £86,028-89,160 (pro rata)
Part Time: 24 hour per week can be made up to full time with clinical shifts
This role is for a 12 months Fixed contract
Rota: 9am-5pm (9am 9pm Clinical) Monday Sunday (Need to be flexible).
Mountain Healthcare provides services commissioned by the Police and NHS Health & Justice Commissioners to provide an effective forensic healthcare service
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Establishing and writing Paediatric competency requirements for each area of competency, including requirements for education, qualification, training, re-training, technical knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Providing guidance on assessment requirements in Paediatrics.
- Leading, supporting, and acting as a single point of contact (SPOC) for Paediatric competency assessments across the SARC estate in line with ISO15189:2022 and FSR best practice.
- Influencing the development and provision of education, competency, and training frameworks in relation to ISO15189:2022.
- SPOC for visually assessing and signing people off as competent in Paediatrics to undertake Forensic Science Activities and/ or effectively train an appropriate delegate to undertake this role with your supervision.
- Support and participate in the validation and verification of techniques used that can impact the outcome of results relating to the forensic science activity undertaken at SARC.
- Work collaboratively with the Quality team to devise and improve upon Clinical and Forensic best practice according to ISO 15189:2022, Forensic Science Regulations and FFLM guidance.
- Overseeing Inter SARC Comparisons outcomes across SARC estate and support ISC Lead, to identify trends and business learning needs and opportunities for best practice improvement.
Please see attached the full job description
About us
Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK.A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare and clinical telephone advice.
Driven by our valuesBe KindandDo the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system.Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety and rights first.
Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference
Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Relationships:
- Senior Management/Leadership Team
- Medical Director
- Associate Medical Directors
- Safeguarding team (MHL Executive Lead for Safeguarding, Lead Safeguarding Nurse, Lead safeguarding Doctor)
- Senior managers including PSS
- Healthcare Professionals
- Professional Bodies and Associations.
What Makes Us Different
- Contribution from Mountain Healthcare for Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Access to online appraisal software for revalidation
- Access to in-hours appraisers and Medical Director to support your career development and wellbeing.
- After 1 year access to funded CPD courses as per training policy
- GMC Registration is required. Note that we cannot support International Visas. Police vetting requires 3 years residence in the UK.
Mountain Healthcare aims to create and encourage an environment that is committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and valuing the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace. We uphold these principles in our organisational values and behaviours towards each other and our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.
In addition:
If recruited at the level of Senior Medical Lead:
- The Senior Medical Lead will act as clinical mentor for other doctors in the company who are at various levels of experience.
- The Senior Medical Lead will deputise for the Clinical Directors as appropriate where they are unavailable.
- The post holder will work to acquire the knowledge required to perform this role and will liaise with all appropriate outside agencies (including, but not limited to local councils, police, health providers, social care departments) as necessary
- The post holder will complete level 3 safeguarding course and be able to undertake incident investigative analysis, desk top reviews and contribute to reports.
- The post holder will work as part of the wider safeguarding team and will lead on the development of medical pathways.
- The Senior Medical Lead will become Senior Medical Lead (Qualified) after receiving membership of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM). All Senior Medical Leads should be working towards this if not already achieved.
- The Senior Medical Lead will also undertake various other managerial / non-clinical activities as directed from time to time by the Clinical Directors for Custody / SARC.
- Communicate with outside agencies as required as part of leadership role.
- Support the delivery of training, including shadowing opportunities for MHL clinicians, SARC/Custody Introduction contributing to the MHL masterclass programme and training to external agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Relationships:
- Senior Management/Leadership Team
- Medical Director
- Associate Medical Directors
- Safeguarding team (MHL Executive Lead for Safeguarding, Lead Safeguarding Nurse, Lead safeguarding Doctor)
- Senior managers including PSS
- Healthcare Professionals
- Professional Bodies and Associations.
What Makes Us Different
- Contribution from Mountain Healthcare for Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Access to online appraisal software for revalidation
- Access to in-hours appraisers and Medical Director to support your career development and wellbeing.
- After 1 year access to funded CPD courses as per training policy
- GMC Registration is required. Note that we cannot support International Visas. Police vetting requires 3 years residence in the UK.
Mountain Healthcare aims to create and encourage an environment that is committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and valuing the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace. We uphold these principles in our organisational values and behaviours towards each other and our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.
In addition:
If recruited at the level of Senior Medical Lead:
- The Senior Medical Lead will act as clinical mentor for other doctors in the company who are at various levels of experience.
- The Senior Medical Lead will deputise for the Clinical Directors as appropriate where they are unavailable.
- The post holder will work to acquire the knowledge required to perform this role and will liaise with all appropriate outside agencies (including, but not limited to local councils, police, health providers, social care departments) as necessary
- The post holder will complete level 3 safeguarding course and be able to undertake incident investigative analysis, desk top reviews and contribute to reports.
- The post holder will work as part of the wider safeguarding team and will lead on the development of medical pathways.
- The Senior Medical Lead will become Senior Medical Lead (Qualified) after receiving membership of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM). All Senior Medical Leads should be working towards this if not already achieved.
- The Senior Medical Lead will also undertake various other managerial / non-clinical activities as directed from time to time by the Clinical Directors for Custody / SARC.
- Communicate with outside agencies as required as part of leadership role.
- Support the delivery of training, including shadowing opportunities for MHL clinicians, SARC/Custody Introduction contributing to the MHL masterclass programme and training to external agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Skills Required:
- GMC Registered
- Trained and competent Medically Qualified Physician with a minimum of 5 years' experience and a years' experience in the SARC environment
- Must have experience of working in Paediatric SARCs for a minimum of a year
- DLM qualification
- Leadership experience.
- IT skills including word and excel to an advanced level.
- Be organised thorough and detailed in work.
- Forensic awareness
- The ability to work autonomously.
- The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills.
- Used to working to and achieving key KPIs
- Full driving licence and access to a car
- Report writing, peer review skills
- Desired
- MFFLM qualification
- Trained and competent sexual Offences examiner (SOE) with a minimum of 3 minimum years' experience in SARC examinations and advice
- Diploma in Children's Health
- Postgraduate qualifications in research
- Court awareness trained with desired skills
- Experience in management, clinical governance, audits, safeguarding, expert witness work, Forensic Science Regulations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Skills Required:
- GMC Registered
- Trained and competent Medically Qualified Physician with a minimum of 5 years' experience and a years' experience in the SARC environment
- Must have experience of working in Paediatric SARCs for a minimum of a year
- DLM qualification
- Leadership experience.
- IT skills including word and excel to an advanced level.
- Be organised thorough and detailed in work.
- Forensic awareness
- The ability to work autonomously.
- The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills.
- Used to working to and achieving key KPIs
- Full driving licence and access to a car
- Report writing, peer review skills
- Desired
- MFFLM qualification
- Trained and competent sexual Offences examiner (SOE) with a minimum of 3 minimum years' experience in SARC examinations and advice
- Diploma in Children's Health
- Postgraduate qualifications in research
- Court awareness trained with desired skills
- Experience in management, clinical governance, audits, safeguarding, expert witness work, Forensic Science Regulations
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.
