Job summary
You will lead the award winning team providing a 24 hour service and comprising of Forensic Physicians, Crisis Workers, SARC Delivery Manager and SARC Operational Manager. In addition complainants are supported by a team of adult and child Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) including one who specialises in supporting complainants with complex needs.
Main duties of the job
Using your leadership skills and expertise, you will take responsibility for the delivery of safe and effective clinical services ensuring all targets, performance standards, deadlines and objectives are met.
The Clinical Lead identified requirements in FFLM Quality Standards GFM & SoM
Must attend an initial accredited training courses such as the FFLM/University of Teesside one-week course in GFM and/or SOM (adult and paediatrics), before commencing unsupervised clinical work;
Obtain the FFLM Licentiate qualification- Within three years or the FFLM Membership qualification- within five years
Should complete training in statement writing and courtroom skills
Attended a FFLM approved one day Best Practice SARC/GFM day-Within 3 years.Previously conducted SARC Forensic Medical Examinations-Peer Review of 3 from last 12 months.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this role please read the attached job description or contact the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this role please read the attached job description or contact the team.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration with a license to practice
- oMember of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (MFFLM).
- oExperience of sexual offence medicine suitable to the role of Clinical Lead.
- oBe in active clinical practice in sexual offence medicine.
- oSufficient post graduate experience in a relevant specialism such as Gynecology Genito-Urinary and or Reproductive & Sexual Health, General Practice, Accident & Emergency
- oEquivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades, including from internationally qualified doctors will also be accepted.
- oKnowledge of related legislation.
- oKnowledge of and compliance with child and vulnerable adult safeguarding procedures
- oImmediate Life Support
- oDriving licence, plus access to own vehicle to drive to sites
- oSatisfactory Police clearance at level 2
Desirable
- oFFLM senior officer/course facilitator or equivalent.
- oExperience of training Registrars.
- oUnderstanding of contracting, finance and activity monitoring.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- oPractices with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice
- oClinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment.
- oCritically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Respects patients' dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist, e.g., using interpreters and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties.
- Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes - appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
- Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e., knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope.
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients: employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centered approach to their care, including self-management.
- Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent, ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely.
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; data protection; equality and diversity
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams - promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.
- Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking action.eflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities
- Applies appropriate equality and diversity legislation
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration with a license to practice
- oMember of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (MFFLM).
- oExperience of sexual offence medicine suitable to the role of Clinical Lead.
- oBe in active clinical practice in sexual offence medicine.
- oSufficient post graduate experience in a relevant specialism such as Gynecology Genito-Urinary and or Reproductive & Sexual Health, General Practice, Accident & Emergency
- oEquivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades, including from internationally qualified doctors will also be accepted.
- oKnowledge of related legislation.
- oKnowledge of and compliance with child and vulnerable adult safeguarding procedures
- oImmediate Life Support
- oDriving licence, plus access to own vehicle to drive to sites
- oSatisfactory Police clearance at level 2
Desirable
- oFFLM senior officer/course facilitator or equivalent.
- oExperience of training Registrars.
- oUnderstanding of contracting, finance and activity monitoring.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- oPractices with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice
- oClinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment.
- oCritically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Respects patients' dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist, e.g., using interpreters and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties.
- Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes - appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
- Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e., knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope.
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients: employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centered approach to their care, including self-management.
- Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent, ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely.
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; data protection; equality and diversity
- Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams - promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.
- Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking action.eflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities
- Applies appropriate equality and diversity legislation
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.
