Job summary
Internal Only
We are recruiting for a Consultant Practitioner who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
This is a truly exciting time to join our team as we work towards launching our newly developed £10m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). The new centre will have the ability to deliver joined up diagnostic care, and with increased capacity this will ensure our patients will have faster access to treatment, earlier diagnosis, and improved outcomes. As part of this national programme, our services need to ensure they are delivering "Quality" care in a coordinated and cohesive manner that ultimately leads to improved patient experience and outcomes.
We are looking for an individual to provide Clinical leadership in the strategic development of the Islands CDC, enabling it to reach its objectives in delivering new pathways of care that coordinate our services and support direct access and one-stop delivery. The post holder should have a robust awareness of the CDC programme and its aims in order to actively manage and provide clinical support to the services within it. The Island CDC shall work as "one" service across multiple specialties so we need a post-holder with a clear vision for how this can be clinically led and co-designed.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder should have experience in service improvement, with well-developed interpersonal and communication skills as they will have the opportunity to work across all diagnostic services to deliver change initiatives. It is expected that the candidate is actively studying for their PHD and able to evidence their development against the 5 pillars of advanced clinical practice. The post-holder will serve as a conduit between Primary Care, Secondary Care, the ICB, and wider healthcare system in order to clinically engage our partners, and to ensure that any change is for the benefit of our population.
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the development of a new service, creating new pathways of care that provide prompt access and early diagnosis. Ultimately, making our Island NHS more resilient and accessible. We need a clinical leader to shape and drive this change.
To plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes. To provide expert clinical advice, leadership, and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis, and advanced decision-making skills.
Lead system changes, to improve standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research, and education. To develop and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice. Lead on the planning and development of integrated Community Diagnostic services at a service and strategic level.
To work within the five pillars of advanced practice. To act as a lead in system changes. To provide clinical leadership within the Islands Community Diagnostic Centre.
Lead in pathway development, making access for patients and primary care more streamlined. This includes implementation of direct access, one stop clinics, and greater coordination of our diagnostic services.
Championing high quality care for our Island community.
This role is enacted as an autonomous senior clinical professional working at the expert level as defined in the Local Integrated Advanced Clinical Practice Framework. Clinical duties will be undertaken without direct supervision but in collaboration with a designated Lead Clinical Supervisor. The role will also work within the fifth pillar of advanced practice Strategic function for consultant practitioner, taking forward system changes and leading a clinical team.
For any queries, please contact Amanda Shaw: amanda.shaw11@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder should have experience in service improvement, with well-developed interpersonal and communication skills as they will have the opportunity to work across all diagnostic services to deliver change initiatives. It is expected that the candidate is actively studying for their PHD and able to evidence their development against the 5 pillars of advanced clinical practice. The post-holder will serve as a conduit between Primary Care, Secondary Care, the ICB, and wider healthcare system in order to clinically engage our partners, and to ensure that any change is for the benefit of our population.
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the development of a new service, creating new pathways of care that provide prompt access and early diagnosis. Ultimately, making our Island NHS more resilient and accessible. We need a clinical leader to shape and drive this change.
To plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes. To provide expert clinical advice, leadership, and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis, and advanced decision-making skills.
Lead system changes, to improve standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research, and education. To develop and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice. Lead on the planning and development of integrated Community Diagnostic services at a service and strategic level.
To work within the five pillars of advanced practice. To act as a lead in system changes. To provide clinical leadership within the Islands Community Diagnostic Centre.
Lead in pathway development, making access for patients and primary care more streamlined. This includes implementation of direct access, one stop clinics, and greater coordination of our diagnostic services.
Championing high quality care for our Island community.
This role is enacted as an autonomous senior clinical professional working at the expert level as defined in the Local Integrated Advanced Clinical Practice Framework. Clinical duties will be undertaken without direct supervision but in collaboration with a designated Lead Clinical Supervisor. The role will also work within the fifth pillar of advanced practice Strategic function for consultant practitioner, taking forward system changes and leading a clinical team.
For any queries, please contact Amanda Shaw: amanda.shaw11@nhs.net
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Master's Degree or Equivalent experience within clinical diagnostics
- Willingness to undertake study at Doctorate level
- Minimum of 5 years in relevant speciality
- Proven track record of academic achievement
- Advanced Clinical Skills in the specialty
- Ability to make high level independent clinical decisions
- Autonomous patient consultation including: clinical history taking, diagnosis and referral for further investigation
- Active healthcare professional registration (NMC /HCPC/AHCS)
- Expert Clinical Knowledge within clinical diagnostics and robust awareness of CDC national aims
- Significant knowledge of working within the advanced practice pillars and can demonstrate the ability to work within the 5th pillar of advanced practice required for the role - working strategically
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification/Non-Medical Prescriber (as relevant)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Master's Degree or Equivalent experience within clinical diagnostics
- Willingness to undertake study at Doctorate level
- Minimum of 5 years in relevant speciality
- Proven track record of academic achievement
- Advanced Clinical Skills in the specialty
- Ability to make high level independent clinical decisions
- Autonomous patient consultation including: clinical history taking, diagnosis and referral for further investigation
- Active healthcare professional registration (NMC /HCPC/AHCS)
- Expert Clinical Knowledge within clinical diagnostics and robust awareness of CDC national aims
- Significant knowledge of working within the advanced practice pillars and can demonstrate the ability to work within the 5th pillar of advanced practice required for the role - working strategically
Desirable
- Independent Prescribing Qualification/Non-Medical Prescriber (as relevant)
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).
