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Please check the attached Job description to ensure that you meet the requirements of the role. To apply please go to our website: www.bwwmind.org.uk/mind-jobs-in-london Deadline for submission of application is Friday 13th December 2024. Please note, we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications.

The qualified dental nurse is an integral member of the dental team. They play an important role in the provision of dental services and the effective operation of the dental institute and outreach facilities.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust *In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row. UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

The qualified dental nurse is an integral member of the dental team. They play an important role in the provision of dental services and the effective operation of the dental institute and outreach facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Education and Research To ensure all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures/treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent To produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards Participate in the speciality and the trust wide audits associated with cancer care To supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of clients, carers and other involved in their care To work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated To contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team Additionally, where appropriate, to act as a practice supervisor to Trust and honorary contract employees To actively participate in education events provided by the Trust and primary care sector. To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fully conversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the specialist services locally and nationally To promote and facilitate evidence based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development plans. To participate in and assist with any appropriate/relevant Trust approved research projects conducted within the department. To promote nursing research and evidenced based practice relevant to the speciality 2. Management - To liaise effectively with all other disciplines within the Trust and at local level To participate in the management of change to improve standards and communication links from Acute Trusts through to Primary Care To contribute actively to any relevant initiatives within the care group and provide support to colleagues and Heads of Nursing To contribute positively to the leadership of nursing within the care group acting as an effective role model To comply with measures to actively manage and reduce risk to patients. Ensure the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents in line with Trust policy Network with the team of Clinical Nurse Specialists within the Trust to evaluate, develop and promote the specialist nursing role. Ensure representation at the monthly cancer CNSs Forum To utilise and maintain information systems to aid audit and to provide regular activity analysis reports Maintain contemporaneous and accurate treatment records, submitting relevant statistics, reports and activity data as requested. To participate in the evaluation of the service in terms of clinical effectiveness, clinical excellence and value for money To ensure the best use of available resources are used within agreed budget to provide a cost effective service To forge effective links within primary, secondary and tertiary care to ensure effective communication Ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy, supporting the delivery of the Trusts Race Equality Scheme and the Trust's duty to promote race equality and equality of opportunity for disabled people ensuring services are responsive to the needs of equality groups Comply with measures in the Service Quality Standards and appropriate NICE/ IOG guidance, ensuring transparent delivery of service To participate with the yearly Quality Assessment process, liaising with Trust cancer management team and lead on the implementation of recommendations from review. Personal Professional Development - To strive for own professional development to meet compliance with role demotions described in the cancer CNSs Framework for the role Attend monthly clinical supervision to support governance in psychological level two practice To achieve a range of clinical competencies as required to fulfil the role To keep up-to-date with current literature and research in the speciality To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required To undergo and actively participate in own performance appraisals To keep up to date with NMC, relevant specialist Faculty & Trust guidelines and protocols. To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional conduct working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence. To be working towards higher degree or equivalent

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings CLINICAL To use highly specialist clinical skills to manage and prioritise a complex caseload of adults with learning disabilities who present with communication and/or swallowing difficulties. To provide highly specialist assessment of communication and swallowing problems, formulate a hypothesis using a high level of clinical reasoning and to give evidence of sound clinical judgements. To develop and implement appropriate interventions or rehabilitation, as appropriate in the community settings. To apply specialist knowledge and skills to implement high and low technology alternative and augmentative communication aids with a range of service users. To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes. To write comprehensive reports that are accessible to a range of professionals and service users, reflecting highly specialist knowledge. To develop clear care plans, advice and information, based on best practice and to use highly specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments for care management. To ensure the service users and/or their carers and support workers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans. To facilitate, wherever possible, the service users involvement in the process to ensure meaningful outcomes, taking into account the severity of their learning disability and their communication and/ or swallowing difficulties. To provide advice and training to other professionals, carers, support workers and relatives regarding the safe management and care of patients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties to maximise the service users skills and reduce clinical risk. To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of other professionals across a variety of locations and agencies To adapt practice to meet individual service users circumstances, including due regard for cognitive ability, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and differences. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures, and maintain knowledge of current literature and developments within the specialist clinical field of communication and dysphagia within learning disability, which may at times include progressive conditions and dementia. To supervise student placements and promote the area of learning disabilities within the Speech and Language Therapy profession TEAM WORKING To attend Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, and to actively promote and contribute to MDT working, maintaining effective communication and client centred focus. To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager related to the development of the speech and language therapy service. To work closely with service users, carers and other community healthcare professionals where appropriate discussing the needs of service users and ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan. COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS To employ excellent communication skills. To communicate information following assessment related to complex conditions, to service users, carers, support workers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team/other professions. To work collaboratively with service users, carers, support workers, and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the service users care package. To demonstrate empathy with service users, carers, support workers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where problems with understanding exist. To include use of augmentative or alternative communication, as well as accessing interpreter services where patients do not have English as a first language. To demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible. To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs, and seek advice and support to resolve. To actively build links with relevant local support / community groups. To facilitate continuity of care through appropriate liaison with relevant agencies and services on transfer or discharge of clients from service. To provide training to a variety of audiences on communication and dysphagia in relation to learning disabilities. MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE To triage and direct SLT community / inpatient referrals to the appropriate sources. To advise line manager of issues of service shortfall or pressure. To monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment as required. To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of SLT equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to clients. To advise on and record the stock of equipment / communication aids to patients. To actively provide input to Team and Departmental meetings. To contribute to proposed service/policy developments related to the speech and language therapy service. To provide mentoring, advice and support (including second opinions) to more junior Speech and Language Therapists, assistants, volunteers and other professional groups as appropriate. To participate in the supervision and training of junior staff and students on placement as appropriate. To facilitate the development of others problem solving / negotiation skills within peer review / support. To participate in Individual Performance Reviews and appraisals of more junior staff ensuring that the objectives set reflect the Service and Trust plans. This job description is intended as a guide to the main responsibilities of the post and not as an exhaustive list of duties and tasks. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to his/her grade, which are not listed above, time after consultation with the post holder.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

The main responsibilities of the role are to: Provide expert knowledge and leadership Engage the workforce, service users and carers Provide training and coaching to teams involved in QI projects Provide support to teams in identifying and delivering QI projects Report on the progress and deliver objectives of the QI Programme Be a point of contact to a division for QI coach support For further information please view the job description and person specification under documents. Please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact information below if you have any further questions about the role.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

Job summary: The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients. Clinical responsibilities: In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion 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 Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols Providing counselling and health education Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) 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 all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. 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 development of computer-based patient records 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. Personal/professional development: In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Communication: The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. Contribution to the implementation of services: The post-holder will: Apply practice policies, standards and guidance Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in audit where appropriate. Participate in practice meetings.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. This is a time of outstanding opportunity for the Division. Neuroscience is one of UCLH's strategic priorities, and a building programme has recently delivered new angio suites, interventional MRI and an expanded neuromuscular complex care centre. The Division is also looking forward to the opening of an exciting facility on the Grays Inn Road site in conjunction with UCL/DRI to open 21 new outpatient rooms and 4 new UCLH MRI scanners. Queen Square leads the world in delivering advanced neuroscience therapeutics through commercial and non-commercial trials in a dedicated clinical research facility as well as maintaining collaborative links with UCL Institutes to be world-leading in clinical neuroscience research. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust *In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row. UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology: Together with other consultants provide a service for paediatric and perinatal pathology across GSTFT (Paediatric surgical reporting, Perinatal Autopsies). Carry out coronial paediatric post-mortem examinations. Supervising pathology trainees in relevant aspects of post-mortem dissection, surgical cut-up and reporting Teaching, training, and audit and research in the specialist areas Collaborating with other consultant colleagues in specialist areas and formally liaising with designated senior and junior staff to cover duties when absent from the Department Provide High Quality Care to Patients The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post. To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities. To provide expert histopathology services in with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care To participate in the provision of the perinatal and paediatric pathology service To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care Research, Teaching and Training Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all, times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance. To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director. To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post. Performance Management To work with medical, and nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas: Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates. Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates. Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team. Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management. Medical Staff Management To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal. To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required. To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle. To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager. Governance To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director. Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented. To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director. Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas. To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis. To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director. To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team. Strategy and Business Planning To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate. To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director. Leadership and Team Working To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives. To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required. To chair regular meetings for the specialties. To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties. Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CLINICAL FELLOW IN ONCOLOGY Title of Post: Clinical Fellow in HCC and Liver surveillance service evaluation fellow Nature of Appointment: Fixed-term, Full Time Post Responsible To: Dr Kiruthikah Thillai and Dr Terry Wong Accountable To: Clinical Director Dr Hartmut Kristeleit Employing Authority: Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust The Clinical Service Evaluation Fellow will focus on evaluating liver surveillance practices for patients at risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This role involves analysing current protocols, identifying gaps in care, and assessing the effectiveness of surveillance methods for patients at risk of developing HCC. The fellow will collect and interpret data to ensure best practices align with clinical guidelines, aiming to improve patient outcomes by enhancing early diagnosis and timely intervention in at-risk populations. Findings will guide recommendations for optimising liver surveillance services with an opportunity to write guidelines. The post holder will work in the hepatocellular carcinoma clinic at Kings College Hospital NHS Trust for one clinic and will work across the South East London Cancer Alliance to collate data for 4 days in the week. Organisational Values: Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust. The post holder will: Put patients first Take pride in what they do Respect others Strive to be the best Act with integrity Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust careers pages and GTIntranet. Guys Cancer Centre Guy's and St Thomas' hosts a Joint Cancer Centre with King's College Hospital that offers a full range of services for the diagnosis and treatment of all adult cancers. Patients from across South East London attend for treatment which is not available at their local hospital. The Trust's cancer services are provided at both Guy's and St Thomas' sites as well as a satellite site at Queen Marys Sidcup, Kent. GSTT aims to build an internationally renowned Comprehensive Cancer Centre by: Providing the very best cancer service to patients by combining first class clinical care with ground-breaking research and high quality training and development Improving outcomes and experience for cancer patients with complex needs through earlier diagnosis, effective treatment and the provision of high quality survivorship care Embedding whole person care across the cancer pathway and striving to bring treatment programmes closer to home Developing and testing new biological and cellular therapies in a range of cancers, in close partnership with the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences of Kings College London. Opening a new £160 million cancer centre at Guys Hospital in 2016 and a sister centre in Bexley in 2017, which are transforming the delivery of cancer services, so patients will receive the right treatment at the right time, delivered within fewer visits and tailored to their need. Clinical Aims To bring together the majority of cancer care and translational research under one roof, so that patients are given seamless care and staff can work together on diagnosing, treating and applying research into cancer. To improve supportive care, patient information and complementary therapies at each stage of the patient pathway to improve patients quality of life both during treatment and into recovery and survivorship. To provide an outstanding environment that will lift the spirits of patients, relatives and staff. To deliver compassionate care and a world class service Department Information Oncology forms part of the Oncology and Haematology Clinical Directorate within Guys and St Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation trust (GSTFT). The department is internationally distinguished for its commitment to research & development and constantly strives for excellence through dedication and innovation. Oncology at GSTFT has entered a new and exciting phase with a state of the art cancer centre on the Guys site. The Cancer Centre at Guys Hospital opened in September 2016, providing a single point for both diagnosis and treatment. This centre is the hub for South East London providing specialist cancer services, training, development and research, facilitating better treatment and improved outcomes for patients. Cancer Care data Number of ambulatory day care beds/chairs (outpatients) 44 chairs (these are based in the Cancer Day Unit and the Haematology Day Unit). 10 beds (these are based in several locations across the Day Units) 3 treatment chairs and 6 beds in the Clinical Research Facility at Guys Number of inpatient beds: There are 802 beds at the St Thomass site and 288 beds at Guys site - total of 1090 beds across site 84 Cancer beds (core beds, made up of Medical Oncology, Clinical Oncology, Haematology, and Breast & Thoracic Surgery) Main place of employment: The post will be based at the Guys campus. Job Summary The post holder will work one day a week at Kings College Hospital working within the medical oncology team in the hepatocellular clinic and as part of a wider multi-discipline service. The hepatology service is an internationally recognised unit with highly specialised clinics. The post holder will see a combination of new and follow up patients and be expected to prescribe systemic anti cancer therapies under the supervision of the consultant team. The remaining 4 days will be spent on a project reviewing, collating and analysing patient data across the South East London Cancer Alliance. This will be under the supervision of the Kings College London epidemiology team who will support the project. The post holder will be expected to attend the Guys Cancer clinical fellow teaching program and will be given an educational supervisor. Please contact Kiruthikah.thillai@gstt.nhs.uk for more information on the job summary. Duties and responsibilities: Clinical: The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Oncology services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include: (a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Trust. b. Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff. c. The bulk of the role will be in the Clinical Research Facility and Outpatient Clinics. Training of junior staff: The postholders will not have direct responsibility for training of junior staff Teaching: The postholder may contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students if they wish. Clinical Governance: All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal. Mutual Obligation to Monitor Hours: There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements. Educational Programme: Neither the London Deanery not the Royal College of Physicians accredits this post for postgraduate training. However, the postholder will be invited to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, imaging meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc. Appraisal: All medical and dental staff are required to undertake appraisal. Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information: Postholders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information. Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Trusts FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information. Information Governance All staff must comply with information governance requirements. These includes statutory responsibilities (such as compliance with the Data Protection Act), following national guidance (such as the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) and compliance with local policies and procedures (such as the Trust's Confidentiality policy). Staff are responsible for any personal information (belonging to staff or patients) that they access and must ensure it is stored, processed and forwarded in a secure and appropriate manner.