Job summary
This Consultant Clinical Practitioner (CCP) post is a key corporate leadership role within the Trust that reports to the Divisional Directors of Operations and Nursing, with additional professional and clinical accountability to the Chief Nurse and Medical Director.
Along with the Senior Management Team, the post holder will provide positive inspirational leadership, connecting patients, staff and partners with the vision and values of East Lancashire Hospitals Trust.
The Consultant Clinical Practitioner Post will be characterised by four principal role functions as indicated by the multi-professional framework for consultant practice (Health Education England; 2021)
Expert clinical practice (the consultant's main health- or social-care profession)
Strategic and enabling leadership
Learning, developing and improving across the system
Research and innovation
The post holder will continue to practice clinically as a consultant level practitioner within their area of practice to provide and maintain clinical expertise and credibility. They will practice independently and autonomously seeing a wide variety of clientele within their portfolio. In addition to the expert clinical practice provided, this will maintain and support the wider objectives of their role.
Main duties of the job
Clinical and Professional
- To autonomously provide expert, holistic clinical assessment and treatment for a caseload of patients To administer highly specialist and complex assessments to formulate care plans across a range of conditions and co-morbidities. To interpret and analyse highly complex clinical and non-clinical facts, which may be conflicting.
- To use expertise in clinical reasoning and decision making, integration of clinical best practice and drawing on research evidence to appropriately combine the clinical opinion from a range of professionals within the integrated team, with the aim of delivering effective and efficient integrated care, reducing duplication, unwarranted variance and inequity.
- To establish multi-disciplinary and multi-agency integrated care pathways across the integrated care system for the management of over 18s, through liaison with health and social care external partners using advanced theoretical and practical knowledge. To use expertise to demonstrate impact of such pathways and to share best practice both nationally and internationally.
- To utilise in depth knowledge of the roles and responsibilities across the multi-disciplinary clinical team to include but not limited to Community Services, General Practice, Care Homes and Allied Health Professionals to support the development of efficient and effective pathways of care.
About us
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust aims to deliver the highest quality care to patients. We employ dedicated staff, some of which have won awards for their work and are internationally renowned. With the support of our staff and the public, we have ambitious plans to continue to raise the standard of patient care and services.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Community and Intermediate Care Division to join our dynamic and forward-thinking services as a Consultant Practitioner. We are expanding our Out of Hospital Services and growing our award-winning Intensive Home Support Service, including Hospital at Home pathways. IHSS has medical cover to support acute interventions: IV therapies, ultra sound scanning, ECG and point of care testing.
As patients are living longer with more complex needs, the NHS has adapted to meet this growing need; ensuring patients have more choice, equitable access to services, and their needs met in their usual place of residence. This allows for hospital admissions to be reduced, creating capacity within our hospitals and emergency departments, to ensure that patients' needs are met at the right time, by the right person and in the right place.
IHSS is an integrated multidisciplinary team operating 24/7 via varying shift patterns. This service is supported by a dedicated single point of access (SPoA) Intermediate Care Allocation Team (ICAT) comprising of social care coordinators and other health and social care professionals
Job description
Job responsibilities
As outlined in the Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (HEE 2020) the postholder will firmly establish values-based professional practice across pathways, services, organisations and systems, working with individuals, families, carers, communities and others. They will influence how joined-up future health-care systems are developed, locally, regionally and nationally, based on the four pillars, and guide how care and services are commissioned and transformed.
The post holder will take a leading role in the development of staff potential, transforming the workforce, acting as a key resource for encouraging cultural change and interdisciplinary and system learning and influencing higher-education curriculums. They will support people to learn, develop and improve (in and from practice) to promote excellence.
They will develop a knowledge-rich and enquiry culture across the service and system that contributes to national and internationally recognised research outputs and has a positive effect on development, quality, innovation, increasing capacity and capability, and making systems more effective.
They will provide a key strategic function as a consultant practitioner. The postholder will establish expertise across the system by using consultancy approaches and opportunities that have maximum impact on practice, services, communities and populations, and which add to and sustain workforce capacity and capability.
A job plan will be agreed to meet service and role needs, specifying the ration of contracted hours to be spent delivering direct patients care and the time to be spent undertaking supported professional activity and service development, being reviewed annually or more frequently as required.
Duties include:
- To use expert knowledge of the management strategies that a range of professionals may use and knowledge of the medical strategies available to patients for a range of disorders to ensure that people receive the care needed, based on the best available evidence, and to facilitate access to the right care and signposting when services are not available locally.
- To provide highly sensitive complex written reports of developmental needs and referrals to external agencies. To complete referrals and liaison with other services, including complete comprehensive discharge summaries.
- To be a source of expertise and second opinion within area of expertise for medical, nursing and AHP colleagues and with other professionals.
- To develop the short and long term clinical strategies as required as part of the overall Clinical Strategy for ELHT, and establish strong partnership working across local, national, and international networks.
- To be responsible for any associated equipment / resource budget and to provide expert advice to operational managers for the resourcing of specialist clinical equipment, being jointly accountable for such budget, staying within budget and adhering to the organisations budgetary commitments.
- To work in all environments and be aware of the health and safety and infection control issues e.g. exposure to unpleasant conditions, potentially harmful substances, infectious diseases, exposure to bodily fluids.
- Due to the nature of the caseload seen, the post holder will be required to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or contentious information.
- There will be significant barriers to acceptance due to the nature of condition and in some cases, life changing circumstances, which will need to be overcome using highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in a highly emotive atmosphere.
Please see job description for more detail about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As outlined in the Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework (HEE 2020) the postholder will firmly establish values-based professional practice across pathways, services, organisations and systems, working with individuals, families, carers, communities and others. They will influence how joined-up future health-care systems are developed, locally, regionally and nationally, based on the four pillars, and guide how care and services are commissioned and transformed.
The post holder will take a leading role in the development of staff potential, transforming the workforce, acting as a key resource for encouraging cultural change and interdisciplinary and system learning and influencing higher-education curriculums. They will support people to learn, develop and improve (in and from practice) to promote excellence.
They will develop a knowledge-rich and enquiry culture across the service and system that contributes to national and internationally recognised research outputs and has a positive effect on development, quality, innovation, increasing capacity and capability, and making systems more effective.
They will provide a key strategic function as a consultant practitioner. The postholder will establish expertise across the system by using consultancy approaches and opportunities that have maximum impact on practice, services, communities and populations, and which add to and sustain workforce capacity and capability.
A job plan will be agreed to meet service and role needs, specifying the ration of contracted hours to be spent delivering direct patients care and the time to be spent undertaking supported professional activity and service development, being reviewed annually or more frequently as required.
Duties include:
- To use expert knowledge of the management strategies that a range of professionals may use and knowledge of the medical strategies available to patients for a range of disorders to ensure that people receive the care needed, based on the best available evidence, and to facilitate access to the right care and signposting when services are not available locally.
- To provide highly sensitive complex written reports of developmental needs and referrals to external agencies. To complete referrals and liaison with other services, including complete comprehensive discharge summaries.
- To be a source of expertise and second opinion within area of expertise for medical, nursing and AHP colleagues and with other professionals.
- To develop the short and long term clinical strategies as required as part of the overall Clinical Strategy for ELHT, and establish strong partnership working across local, national, and international networks.
- To be responsible for any associated equipment / resource budget and to provide expert advice to operational managers for the resourcing of specialist clinical equipment, being jointly accountable for such budget, staying within budget and adhering to the organisations budgetary commitments.
- To work in all environments and be aware of the health and safety and infection control issues e.g. exposure to unpleasant conditions, potentially harmful substances, infectious diseases, exposure to bodily fluids.
- Due to the nature of the caseload seen, the post holder will be required to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or contentious information.
- There will be significant barriers to acceptance due to the nature of condition and in some cases, life changing circumstances, which will need to be overcome using highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in a highly emotive atmosphere.
Please see job description for more detail about the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of the ability to assess, develop & implement clinical intervention/therapy within clinical area of expertise
- Proven track record of clinical intervention/therapy expertise in neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Evidence of extensive continuing professional development
- Highly expert clinical reasoning and critical evaluation skills
- Evidence of undertaking and involvement of research and audit
- Evidence of implementation of research/audit findings
- Evidence of writing evidence-based clinical guidelines
- Evidence of involvement in clinical governance
Skills
Essential
- Ability to motivate & empower others
- Ability to relate well with colleagues and reflect on own behaviour
- Ability to work flexibly and meet the needs of an exciting and developing service
- Ability to manage a highly complex, diverse and demanding workload
- Proven post graduate teaching skills and evidence of education role within clinical area
- Evidence of excellent team leadership and working with exemplary communication skills
- Able to embrace and lead change and new methods of working
- Professional expert clinical leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of healthcare governance, regulation and professional standard
- In-depth knowledge of legislative developments and national best practice for clinical practice provided to patients and their families
- Well-established networks within areas of speciality
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of physical health and developmental health approaches to treatment.
- Advanced knowledge of theoretical and practical frameworks for the embedding of advanced clinical practice.
Equality
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion and how they apply to staff and patients in a healthcare setting.
- Able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities, at an appropriate level for the post
Other
Essential
- Is able to work legally in the UK
- Is able to work with vulnerable adults
- Where the postholder is required to drive as part of their role, they hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate courses, including but not exclusive to: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Physical/Psychological assessment, intervention & Leadership
- Professional registration with either NMC or HCPC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree in nursing or AHP
- Further theoretical knowledge and practical experience in specialist field to doctorate or equivalent level
- Msc/MA Masters level qualification relevant to post
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of the ability to assess, develop & implement clinical intervention/therapy within clinical area of expertise
- Proven track record of clinical intervention/therapy expertise in neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Evidence of extensive continuing professional development
- Highly expert clinical reasoning and critical evaluation skills
- Evidence of undertaking and involvement of research and audit
- Evidence of implementation of research/audit findings
- Evidence of writing evidence-based clinical guidelines
- Evidence of involvement in clinical governance
Skills
Essential
- Ability to motivate & empower others
- Ability to relate well with colleagues and reflect on own behaviour
- Ability to work flexibly and meet the needs of an exciting and developing service
- Ability to manage a highly complex, diverse and demanding workload
- Proven post graduate teaching skills and evidence of education role within clinical area
- Evidence of excellent team leadership and working with exemplary communication skills
- Able to embrace and lead change and new methods of working
- Professional expert clinical leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of healthcare governance, regulation and professional standard
- In-depth knowledge of legislative developments and national best practice for clinical practice provided to patients and their families
- Well-established networks within areas of speciality
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of physical health and developmental health approaches to treatment.
- Advanced knowledge of theoretical and practical frameworks for the embedding of advanced clinical practice.
Equality
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion and how they apply to staff and patients in a healthcare setting.
- Able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities, at an appropriate level for the post
Other
Essential
- Is able to work legally in the UK
- Is able to work with vulnerable adults
- Where the postholder is required to drive as part of their role, they hold a valid full driving licence which enables them to drive in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate courses, including but not exclusive to: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Physical/Psychological assessment, intervention & Leadership
- Professional registration with either NMC or HCPC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree in nursing or AHP
- Further theoretical knowledge and practical experience in specialist field to doctorate or equivalent level
- Msc/MA Masters level qualification relevant to post
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
