Job responsibilities
Clinical
Co-ordinator
(Learning
Difficulty Patients and Safeguarding)
Are you an experienced Health Visitor / Registered
Nurse?
Are you ready to take a step away from face to face
patient contact but would still like to make a difference?
Or do you simply wish to make a difference in
another way?
Here at Priory Medical Group we can offer you:
- Develop your career and
skills within one of the UKs biggest Healthcare Providers.
- Great relationships:
work in an environment where we all act with kindness and compassion
towards colleagues at all times
- A role that makes a
difference: all our team members are in the privileged position to know
they make a very real difference to our patients and their families at the
end of their working days. This is real job satisfaction.
- Genuine team and work
with great people: our teams are made up of some amazing people and we
hear all the time from them about the levels of support, spirit and
togetherness in their local teams. We are not afraid to say we work in a
challenging environment although our people genuinely help one another
every step and every day.
What are
the main duties of the role?
You
will apply your experience as a health visitor and/or registered nurse, to
provide guidance and support to colleagues and stakeholders involved with
safeguarding procedures and care plans for LD (learning difficulty) patients
Support
for Learning Disability (LD) patients at PMG
- Using your experience in the direct delivery
of patient care; be the first Point of Contact for LD Patients/Carers
regarding delivery of Care Plans and health outcomes
- Deliver and/or improve health outcomes for LD patients:
Co-ordinate and chair multi-disciplinary (MDT) meetings, providing
clinical input, working closely with social prescribing network, LD
Council and MH support teams
- Supporting the delivery and organisation of
the annual LD health checks within the PMG Clinical team
- Implement support systems for reducing health
inequalities and improving health outcomes
- Improving identification of LD patients
- Support LD education and training for all our
clinicians
- Responsible for monitoring, co-ordinating and
delivering an accurate QOF (Quality Outcome Frameworks) register of LD
patients
- Responsible for monitoring, co-ordinating and
delivering an defined KPI percentage of total LD health checks and Screening
areas (smear, mammogram, FIT cancer uptakes).
Safeguarding
and responsible clinician
- To be first point of contact
for urgent safeguarding enquiries / provide support to colleagues
on safeguarding matters.
- Work alongside PMGs Safeguarding Lead, Deputy
and Safeguarding Champions / MDT meetings re; Safeguarding Issues /
current cases.
- Responsible for arranging,
co-ordinating, and chairing of safeguarding meetings internally with the
practice Safeguarding Champions / bi-monthly safeguarding meetings with
Health Visitors/ Health Child team at City of York Council.
- Responsible named
representative of the practice to attend, participate and actively
contribute to quarterly regional safeguarding meetings
- Attend and participate in quarterly regional safeguarding meetings
- Liaison with the Nurse Safeguarding Consultants
- Generate daily MARAC/ MASH reports with relevant, clear and concise
information.
- Review Safeguarding case files and submit timely and relevant
safeguarding Case Conference Reports with the target of 100%
achievement and protection of income.
What we look for in your application:
Essential proven
experience
as
a Health Visitor or registered Nurse
working
in Child and/or adult safeguarding system.
developing
and/or delivering care plans to LD patients.
generating
periodic reports that provide clear, concise and relevant information to the
business that also proposes solutions / improvements were appropriate.
working
autonomously whilst also identifying the need to access the wider clinical team
or external agencies appropriately and safely
A
first class organisational and time management skill in a fast paced
environment is essential.
Desirable;
competent
in the use of SystmOne (electronic patient records system)
So are you in?
Working
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Rate
of Pay: Competitive. Whilst we do not operate the
agenda for change salary scale, this role is expected to be the equivalent of
band 6 to 7 depending on strength of candidate.
Location: Acomb, York, YO24 3WX
Selection for Interview
The Practice recognises that discrimination
of any kind is both unlawful and would act as a barrier to finding the most
talented individuals for our organisation. As such, our recruitment and
selection procedures exist to ensure no job applicant, employee or worker is
discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of age,
disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or
maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
A great deal of careful consideration has
been invested in preparing the advert for this post based on the specification
for this role and the person we are looking for. Our selection for
interview process is designed to ensure individuals are selected for interview
on the merit of their application only.
If you are applying through NHS Jobs, you
will notice you are asked if you would like a guaranteed interview as part of
the Two Tick disability scheme. Whilst this is an admirable government
initiative, please be aware we are not signed up to this scheme. This is a
question on the NHS jobs application form which is outside of our own control.
Our own process ensures we consider candidates on the merit of their
application only and we do not ask any questions regarding a disability as part
of our selection process. We only give candidates the opportunity to share
information regarding any disability after candidates are invited to interview
and only if the candidate feels they require adjustments in the interview
process.
