Enhanced Clinical Practitioner for Interventional Radiology (IR)
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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 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.
Job 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 the 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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