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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical Regularly undertake a wide range of radiographic examinations including plain film, fluoroscopy and CT ensuring high standards of technique and patient care. Work within and adhere to departmental and Trust policies and procedures and to ensure that these are adhered to by more junior staff. Participate in the Imaging On-Call rota, extended working day system and weekend duties. Perform intravenous injections of contrast media as directed by the Radiologists and with the appropriate qualification, as required. To liaise with other areas of the Trust to ensure the best patient care by having a flexible approach to use of staff and equipment. To communicate and liaise with all members Trust staff including the multidisciplinary team and to deliver sensitive information to patients and carers where there may be barriers to communication, ensuring that patients understand the procedure and receive appropriate reassurance. To record data concerning the patients examination, in line with IRMER 2017 legislation and factors relating to the patients clinical condition, Maintain a professional attitude for the dignity and well-being of the patient and ensuring confidentiality at all times. To organise and prioritise workload as required, in a specialized modality / departmental area considering the patients clinical condition and the imaging request, in a safe and efficient manner. Maintain the highest professional standards and good public image both verbally and visually. Actively assist in the clinical education/training of trainee assistant practitioners, radiographic assistants and radiography students, as required. Participate in research, technical developments and introduce new techniques and instruct staff on the same under the direction of the Team Lead Radiographer and with the agreement of the relevant medical staff. Assist in the development and production of protocols, procedures and training manuals as directed by the Team Lead Radiographer. Provide advice on the appropriateness of Imaging requests in line with departmental protocols. To make the decision to reject requests which do not meet these guidelines. Full job description available as a supporting document.

To provide a comprehensive range of clinical duties at the agreed Surgeries within our Primary Care Network, which may also include working within our Enhanced Access Service. To undertake surgery consultations, home visits where necessary, and telephone queries from patients and health care professionals. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation To undertake on-call duties as part of the Surgery on-call rota, where agreed. This may include requesting that patients present at the surgery, telephone consultations, home visits and triage. Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions Assess, identify, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with national and local guidelines. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards. Collecting data for audit purposes. Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.

Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Practice and Scope of Professional Practice. Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all activities. Provide comprehensive evidenced based and skilled nursing care to children within their own home and/or other community settings. Ensure assessment, planning and delivery of holistic care is of the highest standard utilising an agreed nursing model. Work in partnership with children, families and carers to provide optimum individual outcome acknowledging children and familys personal preferences and lifestyles. Liaise and work in collaboration with acute services, primary healthcare team and other agencies when planning and implementing programmes of care. Provide the clinical lead in care packages funded by the Community Complex Care team when allocated to the Community Childrens Nursing (CCN) caseload. Provide health education information to the child/young person, family and carers to promote a healthy lifestyle through health promotion activities as required. Plan and participate in teaching packages to families and carers to ensure evidenced based care is delivered. Advise the Team Leader, Clinical Lead or Service Manager of any circumstances which give cause for concern in relation to patient care and/or any concerns raised by the primary healthcare team or partner agencies. Undertake home visits to children registered with GPs within Birmingham as required. Undertake home visit risk assessments to ensure safety during visits especially those during unsociable hours. Obtain informed consent from Children, Parents and Carers prior to undertaking care. Maintain clear, concise and contemporaneous records adhering to BCHC record keeping policies. To be professionally and legally accountable for nursing practice and all activities. Provide a flexible service to accommodate the working environment.

Main Duties 1. To support a comprehensive and responsive service to all inpatient areas/areas either at BCHC or other NHS Trusts, in relation to all aspects of bed referrals management, allocation, admission and discharge planning and facilitation. 2. To support the timely and accurate provision of data and information related to the admission and discharge of all patients with designated inpatient areas across a 7-day service. 3. To support the recording and management of referrals into the Integrated Coordination Hub related to patients who need to be considered for D2A bed allocation. 4. To actively liaise with patients and/or their relatives ensuring they are involved and informed regarding all aspects of their admission from the acute or community setting, and transfer to home, or alternative settings as part of their discharge planning and facilitation. 5. To liaise closely with all inpatient areas regularly updating on progress or changes in admission and discharge plans for any patient including appropriate escalation where relevant. 6. To maintain records related to the admission and discharge for all patients and actively contribute to other systems where relevant. 7. To support the process for clinical decision making as part of the D2A (Discharge to Assess) pathways alongside the Integrated Coordination Hub. 8. To monitor planned admissions via tools such as the Transport Portal, close liaison with the transferring inpatient areas, escalating as required any changes or potential delays. 9. To check all non-emergency patient transport requests are made in advance of the date of discharge wherever possible. 10. To record all requests for internal bed transfers and ensure the Integrated Coordination Hub is aware of these. 11. To liaise with inpatient areas ensuring a timely response is provided for all aspects of support with discharge planning, referring to the appropriate teams as required; 12. Communicate effectively and appropriately, demonstrating professional behaviour always; 13. To ensure accurate reporting of any patient who is recorded as Ready for Discharge or well enough to transfer to another setting as part of their discharge pathway, to the Integrated Coordination Hub. 14. Attend the daily ward-based MDT meetings as required to provide timely and regular updates with progress against discharge for patients the postholder is involved with and confirm all admissions have arrived as planned. 15. To ensure accurate reporting related to simple discharge to the ward nurse in charge and the Integrated Coordination Hub as required; 16. To develop a good relationship with ward staff, patients, relatives and other members of the team as required; 17. Contribute to team discussions as required, making suggestions for service improvements to the Integrated Coordination Hub Lead; 18. To contribute to the record of care using an appropriate standard of documentation on IT systems and related paper records; 19. To provide comprehensive verbal reporting to the appropriate MDT ward-based staff, the Clinical Team Leader, and Integrated Coordination Hub; 20. To maintain a high level of administrative organisation and documentation to provide a consistent level of information when not on duty. 21. To actively participate in discussions and provision of information specifically related to those patients who are deemed Ready for Discharge or whose discharge is delayed for any reason. 22. To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.

Main Duties & Responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion Triage patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health and promoting healthy lifestyle strategies and education Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements Delivering enhanced services Check, manage & process patient test results Refer patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within the PCN (eg to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national guidelines Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake the duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis Other Responsibilities within the Organisation: Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate and suitable and relevant for your role Keep up to date with current evidenced based approaches to patient care and service delivery, in line with NICE and national frameworks Contribute to education and training of trainee members of staff and students Attending and contributing to practice and PCN meetings Please see attached job description/person specification for full details.

Comply with all Trust policies and procedures and departmental Standard Operating Procedures. To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager. To minimise the Trusts environmental impact wherever possible, including recycling, switching off lights, computers, monitors and equipment when not in use. Helping to reduce paper waste by minimising printing/copying and reducing water usage, reporting faults and heating/cooling concerns promptly and minimising travel. Where the role includes the ordering and use of supplies or equipment the post holder will consider the environmental impact of purchases.

See (where appropriate) patients with single or multiple medical problems where medicine optimisation is required (e.g. COPD, asthma). Review the on-going need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their medicines taking ensuring they get the best use of their medicines (i.e. medicines optimisation). Make appropriate recommendations to Senior Pharmacists or GPs for medicine improvement. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for senior clinical pharmacist, nurses and/or GP on prescribing and monitoring. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacist, nurses or GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Work with care home staff to improve safety of medicines ordering and administration. Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients and produce recommendations for the senior clinical pharmacists, nurses and GPs on prescribing and monitoring. Attend and refer patients to multidisciplinary case conferences. Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments while working within a scope of practice and limits of competence. Signposting to community pharmacy and referring to GPs or other healthcare professionals where appropriate. Provide patient facing clinics for those with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. Answers relevant medicine-‐related enquiries from GPs, other practice staff, other healthcare teams (e.g. community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes Review the use of medicines most commonly associated with unplanned hospital admissions and readmissions through audit and individual patient reviews. Put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of these medicines to high‐risk patient groups. To reconcile medicines following discharge from hospitals, intermediate care and into care homes, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. Set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high‐risk groups of patients (e.g. those with medicine compliance aids or those in care homes). Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Produce and implement a practice repeat Prescribing policy. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorization process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through pre-prepared practice computer searches. This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice team. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance. Monitor Network prescribing against the local health economy’s RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on the practice’s computer system. Auditing practice’s compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages. Provide education and training to primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Work with the general practice teams to ensure the Network is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. To support public health campaigns. To provide specialist knowledge on all public health programmes available to the general public.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification. We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification. We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

To provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Team including typing of letters, minutes of meetings and other documentation. Implement and maintain central filing systems for patient records, patient information, care plan documentation and staff documentation. Undertake office duties such as photocopying and replenishing information as required by the District Nurses. Answer non-clinical queries from clients and their relatives seeking advice from the Nursing Staff. Part of the interview process will include an English and Maths Test.

To consistently demonstrate in all relationships with families, colleagues and partner professionals, the BCHC Trust Values and the Cs of nursing of commitment, competence, courage, communication, compassion and care in the role of Health Visitor. To develop a workload profile identifying those groups within the population with specific health needs To work closely with the primary health care team, participating in activities that address the health needs of the general practice, case load, families using local childrens centres, early education clusters, and other health partners To deliver the Health Child Programme through compassionate caring assessment, analysis of need, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care using assessment tools in line with commissioner service specification for the health visiting service to address identified health needs. To use the common assessment framework to assess and plan with families where multiagency partnership working is required To formulate and agree with families packages of care appropriate to their need where necessary open active health and wellbeing files. To monitor all open files in accordance with the records keeping policy, closing when package of care is complete To carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities. Meeting and reporting on agreed key performance indicators where appropriate To give evidence-based advice on health issues to members of the local population in a way which promotes behavioural change and builds on strengths To work to current NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health to identify, support and referral of women at risk of developing postnatal depression, and those who are mild to moderately depressed To maintain quality standards of care using audit and other monitoring systems to evaluate the service To identify vulnerable children in need of protection and refer to Social Care and Health following the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board policies in all cases of suspected or actual emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect. To follow up domestic violence notifications in line with Trust policy To attend team around the family meetings, case conferences, undertake and fulfil the responsibilities that are appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor as agreed in the multi-agency child protection plan Work in partnership with families to plan and arrange appointments for clinics and home visit To develop and maintain effective working relationships with the families, primary healthcare team and other professionals working in both the statutory and voluntary organisations To ensure all equipment used by professionals in clinic settings are maintained and fit for purpose To order equipment for client use as identified following a healthcare assessment. To advise on safe fitting and appropriate use To promote and support immunisation programmes offered nationally to service users To enter all data required on the data collection system accurately and on time according to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policy To attend and actively participate in staff meetings including multi-agency steering groups etc and take responsibility for completion of appropriate tasks arising from any such meeting e.g. commenting on, and having input into policy development and standard setting within HV remit To ensure all written records are kept to the required NMC standard, to be able to write letters of referral to other services and to produce complex reports for court hearings relating to child protection To deal with and support families through difficult family situations such as illness, domestic violence, bereavement and child protection To have ongoing responsibility for the management of a caseload, including electronic recording, data inputting and reports To provide professional advice on issues relating to Health Visiting and promote an understanding of health needs among other agencies To supervise, mentor and assess pre-registration student nurses on placement with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust where appropriate as part of their education programme. To provide mentoring for other healthcare students, including health visitor students To access safeguarding, caseload and clinical supervision in order to ensure a resilient workforce which prioritises excellent safe, compassionate care To participate in Nurse prescribing undertaking a full assessment of minor conditions appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor, and where indicated prescribe from the formulary appropriate to level of training, and access continuing professional development in prescribing To convey complex information to other professionals and to clients and to work with other professionals and clients in difficult circumstances such as child protection, terminal illness or bereavement To plan, organise and run clinics/groups. Management and Leadership Responsibilities 1. Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate. 2. Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDRs resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans. 3. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDRs. 4. Develop a culture that ensure that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staffs perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made

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Providing leadership and direct psychiatric services through the clinical assessment, diagnosis and care plan, risk assessment and management plans, treatment formulation, prescribing and work with the team on implementing evidence-based interventions. The urgent care assessments are conducted and interventions are delivered in various settings such as in service users homes, supported accommodations, respite care, police stations, PDU etc. To work alongside a specialty doctor (and junior doctors if the consultant is an approved trainer and if trainees were allocated) and the multi-disciplinary team in the provision of services for this area and, in particular, to provide assessment and evaluation of cases where a psychiatric disorder is suspected. The post holder will participate in formulating and implementing appropriate care plan around physical healthcare needs of service users in the Core Team. To consult and liaise with other senior medical colleagues where further help with complex assessments is needed. To take clinical responsibility for any patient seen by him/ her, and for the advice he/she gives to members of the multi-disciplinary team. To provide mental health assessments on both new referrals and open cases, and continuing treatment in drug or psychological therapies. To write letters and communications to GPs and other professionals as required. To participate in various medical staff meetings within Forward Thinking Birmingham and BWC Mental Health Services as required. To perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances in consultation with senior and junior colleagues. To participate in regular Audit and Quality Assurance programmes to improve and maintain the high standard of service. To participate in all aspects of the Clinical Governance structure developed by the Trust to monitor, maintain and develop the quality and effectiveness of care. To contribute to or conduct research in clinical or service areas pertinent to the service and their own relevant experience. The post holder will be expected to work closely with core and specialist community teams within FTB and in the wider health economy. They will serve as psychiatric liaison with other agencies particularly with regard to continuity of patient care. Assuring the involvement of families and carers wherever possible with the patients consent in treatment planning. To work with administrative staff to record accurately and comprehensively, clinical activity and submit this promptly to the Information Department. To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12 (2) approval and abide by Professional Codes of Conduct. To participate annually in a job plan review which will include consultation with a relevant Manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Forward Thinking Birmingham senior management team in preparing plans for services. Provide liaison and consultation as required with the local acute paediatric service To operate within the CPA process around referrals in response to high levels of referrals. The consultant doctor will be expected to contribute to this and will be encouraged to contribute to the audit of this service alongside consultant colleagues. To work closely with Social Services, Education, GPs and with all Primary Care Workers Serving as Psychiatric liaison with other agencies particularly with regard to continuity of patient care. This is particularly important in complex cases when liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies is necessary. Assuring the involvement of families and carers wherever possible with the patients consent in treatment planning. Special emphasis on working within appropriate governance frameworks will be necessary in the area of the mental health act (including community treatment orders), mental capacity, choice and control and the safety of patients, carers, staff and the general community. The development of any other clinical interests could proceed on the basis of appropriate funding being available. The appointee will be expected to develop his or her clinical role within the framework of the Trust's strategy and within its financial constraints. Dedicated sessions may be available by agreement. The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Forward Thinking Birmingham senior management team in preparing plans for services. To participate in service and business planning activity for the Business Unit and, as appropriate, for the whole Mental Health Service. To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.