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Do you want to work within an innovative, forward thinking and progressive urgent care team?
Recently awarded Urgent Treatment Centre status, we are recruiting additional Senior Clinical Practitioners to join our friendly team in Oldham.
Oldham is a diverse and multi-cultural community. A high percentage of our patients face deprivation and multi morbidity. This makes for a varied role as well as an opportunity to make a real different to the community. The team are passionate about providing patients in Oldham with the highest possible quality care.
Salary: £42238 to £48238 a year additional enhancements for evening and weekend working
Full time, part time and bank positions available
Working patterns flexibility between 8am - 11pm Monday to Sunday
Location: Integrated Care Centre (ICC), New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 1NL
Closing Date: Sunday 10th November 2024
As a SCP working within the Oldham locality you will holistically assess and clinically examine patients within your scope of competence. You agree an effective management plan including prescribing where appropriate . In addition, you will have exposure to a multitude of streaming pathways and a broad Directory of Services (DoS) along with:
- Direct access to a wide range of community-based services.
- Direct referral rights to secondary care.
- Access to technology to support telephone and video consultations (full induction and training provided).
- Facilities to see patients face to face (with support if you are expanding your scope of practice).
Patients are referred into the Oldham Urgent Care service from several different routes. These include 111, NWAS, Oldham Care Homes, Health Care Professionals such as District Nurses. The service also manages a virtual ward and a covid oxymetry at home service.
What our staff say:
- 'I love the open plan working environment which gives me confidence to pick up the more challenging clinical cases as I know I can access support if needed. This has allowed me to grow as a clinician'
- 'I can only speak highly of the service, and I offer encouragement to my colleagues that are considering working at the urgent care hub'
- 'There is support at hand for more challenging patients and a clear team working ethic amongst the clinicians'.
About us
Job description
- Holistically assess and clinically examine patients who fall within your scope of competence, through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of tools to confirm diagnosis.
- Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient with support from senior colleagues.
- If you are a non medical prescriber (NMP) you will provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
- You will work towards your NMP qualification if you are not currently a NMP.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment..
- Embrace the use of digital technology to support safe and effective patient care.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
- Maintain effective communication with senior clinical colleagues, the wider team, the organisation and with external stakeholders.
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Non-Medical Prescribing
- You must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply with the gtd healthcare NMP governance registration processes.
- If you are not a NMP, you will work towards this qualification.
- You must maintain your knowledge and skills and prescribe within your clinical competencies.
- The non-medical prescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processes and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.
Delivering a Quality Service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the professional regulatory body. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation and wider organisation.
- Understand and apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health procedures and local guidance.
Leadership Personal and People Development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
- Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
- Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant areas of work.
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
- Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
- To attend and be proactively involved in professional meetings.
- Take the lead/ develop a special interest within certain areas to allow the sharing of clinical knowledge and expertise.
Do you want to work within an innovative, forward thinking and progressive urgent care team?
Recently awarded Urgent Treatment Centre status, we are recruiting additional Senior Clinical Practitioners to join our friendly team in Oldham.
Oldham is a diverse and multi-cultural community. A high percentage of our patients face deprivation and multi morbidity. This makes for a varied role as well as an opportunity to make a real different to the community. The team are passionate about providing patients in Oldham with the highest possible quality care.
Salary: £42238 to £48238 a year additional enhancements for evening and weekend working
Full time, part time and bank positions available
Working patterns flexibility between 8am - 11pm Monday to Sunday
Location: Integrated Care Centre (ICC), New Radcliffe Street, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL1 1NL
Closing Date: Sunday 10th November 2024
As a SCP working within the Oldham locality you will holistically assess and clinically examine patients within your scope of competence. You agree an effective management plan including prescribing where appropriate . In addition, you will have exposure to a multitude of streaming pathways and a broad Directory of Services (DoS) along with:
- Direct access to a wide range of community-based services.
- Direct referral rights to secondary care.
- Access to technology to support telephone and video consultations (full induction and training provided).
- Facilities to see patients face to face (with support if you are expanding your scope of practice).
Patients are referred into the Oldham Urgent Care service from several different routes. These include 111, NWAS, Oldham Care Homes, Health Care Professionals such as District Nurses. The service also manages a virtual ward and a covid oxymetry at home service.
What our staff say:
- 'I love the open plan working environment which gives me confidence to pick up the more challenging clinical cases as I know I can access support if needed. This has allowed me to grow as a clinician'
- 'I can only speak highly of the service, and I offer encouragement to my colleagues that are considering working at the urgent care hub'
- 'There is support at hand for more challenging patients and a clear team working ethic amongst the clinicians'.
About us
Job description
- Holistically assess and clinically examine patients who fall within your scope of competence, through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of tools to confirm diagnosis.
- Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient with support from senior colleagues.
- If you are a non medical prescriber (NMP) you will provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
- You will work towards your NMP qualification if you are not currently a NMP.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment..
- Embrace the use of digital technology to support safe and effective patient care.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
- Maintain effective communication with senior clinical colleagues, the wider team, the organisation and with external stakeholders.
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
Non-Medical Prescribing
- You must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply with the gtd healthcare NMP governance registration processes.
- If you are not a NMP, you will work towards this qualification.
- You must maintain your knowledge and skills and prescribe within your clinical competencies.
- The non-medical prescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processes and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.
Delivering a Quality Service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the professional regulatory body. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation and wider organisation.
- Understand and apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health procedures and local guidance.
Leadership Personal and People Development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
- Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
- Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant areas of work.
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
- Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
- To attend and be proactively involved in professional meetings.
- Take the lead/ develop a special interest within certain areas to allow the sharing of clinical knowledge and expertise.
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