Clinical Lead Practitioner inHenley on Thames/Oxford inHenley on Thames/Oxford PUBLISHED 29 DEC 2023

What we need from you!

• A qualified registered practitioner with passion and drive for developing your clinical skills in a changeable environment
• A keen interest in new and upcoming technologies within Nursing and Healthcare
• Be self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing initiative and promoting new ideas on how to improve the service
• Be compassionate, caring and creative with excellent communication skills
• A flexible and positive attitude with a willingness to accommodate our 24/7 service

Are you an experienced Emergency Practitioner looking to progress their leadership knowledge and experience? Do you want to work for as part of a great team.

This could be just the role for you!

We are looking for someone who is a great role model to the team and who is confident of their clinical skills in an urgent care setting, supports best practice, person centred care and able to monitor governance that promotes patient and staff safety.

Based in Townlands Hospital, Henley on Thames the Minor Injury Unit and GP Out of Hours services supports patients patients presenting with acute minor injuries 7 days a week. The based also is responsible for urgent primary care illness presentations referred via 111 to the base for clinical assessment when the GP surgeries are closed.

The Oxford GP Out of Hours service operates from East Oxford Health Centre in Manzil Way, Cowley, Oxford The Out of Hours Service provides urgent primary care outside of the normal GP surgery and pharmacy opening hours.

As a clinically credible and highly visible Emergency Practitioner, you will work closely with the leadership team to drive forward clinical practice across your assigned areas. You will work within the local healthcare system to promote the delivery of the right care, right place, at the right time by the most appropriate clinician.

The role is across two sites and you will be supported in your leadership role with clinical management days to fulfil the leadership role.

As the Clinical Lead for the Henley team and Oxford Out of Hours base you will provide operational and clinical leadership to both sites to provide the following

• Effective, compassionate, and inclusive leadership and line management of staff
• Clinical audit with a focus upon driving high standards of care
• Support to the infection and prevention and control team to ensure excellent IPC standards are achieved and maintained
• Work closely with the quality and patient safety teams to ensure that safe and effective patient care is delivered, and learning taken forward
• Lead the clinical development of the services in line with national guidelines and developments in the evidence base
• Ensure arrangements are in place for all service members to receive regular supervision, performance development review and training needs identified and where possible, met
• Lead & motivate staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high-quality service, contributing to ongoing audit and evaluation.
• Ensure that the necessary systems & protocols for the delivery of a safe & supportive service are in place, understood & adhered to throughout the Service.

Ensure that effective communications systems are established, maintained and monitored regularly within the Service & between the Teams & other services/agencies/partners.