INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) TRUST EMPLOYEES ONLY

To undertake a development leader role across the ICCs and community collaborative, working closely with GPs, AHPs, nurses, ASC, reablement, voluntary agencies, primary care and mental health services, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) acute and community hospitals and other department Leads.

To work as a senior member of Home Care Practitioner service to co-ordinate, deliver, develop and evaluate the care provided to patients on a day to day basis in close liaison with the other team members working within this service and the wider community and ICC team.

To support patient flow through the health and care system and prevent admission where safe to do so.

To work as a senior member of ICCs to support the delivery of the national and local discharge requirements.

The role will have an emphasis on leading service improvement, and facilitating quality activity in close collaboration with other team members. The role will support current quality initiatives including training, outcome measures, service evaluations, audit and evidence-based practice including performance measures.

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise
• To support the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
• To accept professional responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To take responsibility for prioritising patients referred to your speciality and to delegate care of patients appropriately to more junior staff.
• To ensure that designated staff implement policy and service development changes.
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of interventions and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure their understanding of the condition.
• To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: �18 + Administration cost of �3.85 = �21.85. Deducted at �6.85 from 1st month salary and �5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: �38 + administration cost of �3.90 = �41.90. Deducted at �11.90 from 1st month salary and �10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Skills & Aptitudes

Essential

• Problem solving and critical review
• Good clinical reasoning skills
• IT Literate
• Good personal organisation skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to staff training and development
• Ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments

Desirable

• Evaluation / Report writing
• Presentation skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Good knowledge of current best practice in relevant clinical area
• Awareness of the local / national drivers
• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for practice
• Awareness of Risk Management
• Knowledge of audit , evaluation and use of outcome measures
• Leadership skills
• Knowledge of Adult Social Care and Reablement services and how this interlinks with the NHS.

Desirable

• Research experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma / Degree in relevant qualification
• Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses / CPD

Desirable

• Relevant validated clinical courses
• Leadership / management course
• Clinical Educators course

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Flexible and adaptable
• Proactive, positive approach and problem solver
• Enthusiastic
• Team Player
• Commitment to Professional Development
• Willing to work in different locations across the locality in response to fluctuating service demands.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independent of public transport.
• Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3)
• Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)

Desirable

• Member of Clinical Interest Group (CIG)
• Membership of Professional Body

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hiltop Heights

Carlisle

CA1 2NS

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