Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 7 to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team as a Clinical Practice Lead.
The team ensures that crisis response care is available to all people within their homes or usual place of residence, including care/residential homes.
The role will be a Full Time, Band 7 with Agenda for Change terms and conditions including NHS pension. The service is open 365 days a year and is operational between the hours of 8am 8pm.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring colleagues who work in the service, in and out of hours develop sound clinical skills suitable for their level of experience and job role.
- Provide clinical support to Registered Nurses and Support workers in the UCR/Virtual Ward (VW) service
- To support the triage & prioritisation of the UCR/VW workstream
- Engage in effective communication with patients, relatives, carers, and other agencies directly involved with provision of care, having established links to a range of communication skills to ensure effective communication with those who may be hard of hearing, of ethnic origin or with learning difficulties.
- Act as a clinical supervisor supporting clinical supervision for UCR nursing colleagues.
Please see job description for full list of responsibilities.
About us
About the Company
We
change lives by transforming health and care.
Established
in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community
health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and
communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and
improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health
services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health,
dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing
services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly
help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values:
we care, we think, we do.
We're
committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse
range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident
Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment
adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While
it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to
close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our
team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To
find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Clinical Practice Lead, youll be part of our valued team at our Urgent Community Response Service.
You will feel valued as a Clinical Practice Lead within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 7 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
We are looking for someone who can act as a positive role model and be visible to your team, demonstrating effective communication, leadership styles and behaviours. You will be able to work well in stressful situations whilst showing understanding and compassion.
You will have previous experience in a Band 7 role, working in a team effectively. The ability to make clinical decisions associated with high clinical risk and potential harm to patients.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role and access to a vehicle.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Clinical Practice Lead, youll be part of our valued team at our Urgent Community Response Service.
You will feel valued as a Clinical Practice Lead within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 7 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
We are looking for someone who can act as a positive role model and be visible to your team, demonstrating effective communication, leadership styles and behaviours. You will be able to work well in stressful situations whilst showing understanding and compassion.
You will have previous experience in a Band 7 role, working in a team effectively. The ability to make clinical decisions associated with high clinical risk and potential harm to patients.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role and access to a vehicle.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
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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.
