Enhanced Clinical Practitioner for Interventional Radiology (IR)
Band 7
Main area: Enhanced Clinical Practitioner for Interventional Radiology (IR) Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 153-SP04177
Department name: UHD - General Recruitment Site Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
This is a newly created role at University Hospitals Dorset to lead a small team supporting Radiology patients who require day case admission.
This role is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital site and will require the candidate to prescribe pre-assessment medication guided by policies and procedures. Also required as part of this is the ability to clinically examine and assess patients, initiating any appropriate action for a distinct caseload of patients.
This is a fixed term position for 12 months.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Be an accountable person, responsible for managing practice, using an enhanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement for highly complex decision-making across a discrete aspect of patient care (mainly pre-assessment and discharging patients) within the Interventional radiology day case unit.
Care for people with complex conditions using existing knowledge and expertise, enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, interventions, and equipment.
To work autonomously, using enhanced clinical knowledge and skills, underpinned by theory and experience, to holistically assess patients (including completing pre-assessments) with often complex conditions, using a range of methods across the specialist service.
To plan and manage care of patients within the current level of practice, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and carers.
To propose and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust. To act as an expert resource to others and deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for individuals and large groups.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is expected to be able to:
* Hold sole responsibility for a range of duties relevant to the post.
* Work with minimal supervision, clinically examining and assessing patients and initiating any appropriate action for a distinct caseload of patients.
* Make independent, autonomous clinical decisions relating to patient condition, treatment/care and suitability for IR procedures.
* May require some supervision and will be expected to obtain support from senior members of staff to make decisions, which may be outside scope of clinical knowledge.
* Assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of the IR day case service, with support from more senior colleagues.
* Exercise significant discretion in the delivery of the role, guided by policies and procedures and implementing appropriate action in order to achieve expected results; including the prescribing of pre-assessment medication.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current registration with relevant professional body.
* Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, Level 6 or equivalent experience.
* Recognised mentoring qualification or equivalent experience.
* Post-graduate specialist course/s relevant to the role.
* Management and/or Leadership course relevant to healthcare environment.
* Supplementary or Independent prescriber.
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient’s care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within the surgical/ pre-assessment or IR context.
* Experience of managing change as part of service and practice development.
* Experience of regular participation in research and development, leading clinical audits in own specialist area.
* Experience of supervising, teaching, mentoring and developing staff.
* Experience of developing and implementing policies and protocols.
* Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of specialised care.
* Able to demonstrate ability to deliver training and education to patients.
* Attendance at QI Lite or equivalent quality improvement course.
Technical skills
* Demonstrable enhanced clinical skills, within the IR context.
* Ability to analyse and interpret complex information from patient assessment and interventions, and freedom to act in managing patients’ care.
* Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making skills at an enhanced level.
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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