Hospital at Home Clinical Lead | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £68,975 - £126,281 Salary will depend on your grade and will be pro-rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6229849/249-5908052-2 |
Summary
If you are looking to make a difference to patient care, outcomes and experience in acute and community services we have a new role available. We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic individual to lead our NHS@Home service at the Great Western Hospital. The successful candidate will lead on the strategic implementation, innovative changes in practice, development of new ways of working alongside promotion, influence and support for NHS@Home services across existing acute and primary care clinical pathways. An ability to set the future direction of the clinical service provided, clinical support and delivery and align with the strategic BSW system approach will key aspects of this role. Supporting the development, training and supervision of medical, ACP, nursing, pharmacy and associated support will equally be critical in the future model of delivery going forward.
This role is a new role within the division of integrated care and community, the appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of consultants, advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, and paramedics. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients.
We are looking for Consultants, Specialist's or General Practitioners who would be interested in covering up to 10 sessions supporting Urgent Community Response and NHS@Home - virtual ward.
• Work with the Associate Medical Director and divisional board to ensure alignment of clinical service strategies within the services with agreed Trust corporate direction.
• Foster relationships within GWH, primary care and community teams to encourage uptake and participation in development of the UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward agenda.
• Participate in, and lead on, some of the collaborative working relationships required with external partner organisations including, but not limited to, Swindon Borough Council, Livewell, SWASFT, BSW ICS, Voluntary Action, other healthcare providers, social care to grow the UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward model in accordance with NHS England guidance.
• Promote and encourage development of effective cross-service clinical pathways, working collaboratively with other divisions and services within and outside of the organisation.
• To keep abreast of national best practice and ensure this is shared and widespread adoption secured through advanced influencing skills. The post holder will be expected to produce, maintain and update departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence based best practice on a continuing basis.
• Work closely with the Operational Lead and Lead for Advanced Clinical Practice in developing an effective and high performing team to meet the growing needs of UCR and virtual ward
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service - We will put our patients first
Teamwork - We will work together
Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect - We will act with integrity
To provide clinical leadership and oversight of both NHS@Home and Urgent Community Response services.
Clinical Duties:
• Provide strong clinical leadership and strategic influence across Urgent Community Response (UCR) and NHS@Home - virtual ward functions agenda, promoting quality, innovation and supporting the services to deliver high quality patient services outside of a traditional hospital setting.
• Development of patient plans for care in coordination with nursing, pharmacy and AHP leads.
• Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties (with secretarial support).
• Development of subspecialty interests that fit in with Divisional needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
• Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• Review and interpretation of results of investigations and procedure
Managerial duties
• Attend divisional board meetings to inform divisional/ corporate strategy from a clinical perspective.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all UCR and NHS@Home - virtual ward patients and liaising with specialty teams to ensure timely specialist review.
• Leadership of virtual ward board rounds to guide patient management and enable efficient patient flow through the virtual ward
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for detail.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024
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