NMAHP Consultant / Responsible Clinician

The Role

Do you have a passion for innovation in transforming nursing roles and maximising the contribution of nursing to managing the patient care journey, as an expert in clinical care?

Are you an experienced senior nurse clinical leader with significant clinical leadership experience and an ambition to develop within the sphere of Specialist Palliative Care?

If this is you, we are looking to recruit a dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking nurse to undertake the role of Responsible Clinician and become one of the first nurse consultant bed holders within NHS Scotland for Specialist Palliative Care.

The Specialist Palliative Care service operates across community, hospital and hospice services and the Responsible Clinician will be expected to undertake the complimentary role of inpatient non-medical bed holder within the inpatient hospice area. An expert clinician, you will perform highly specialist and autonomous comprehensive physical examination and assessment, initiating care and highly specialist treatment modalities.

In addition to bed holding responsibilities, this role will be developed to support care across the Specialist Palliative care service and the transforming roles agenda within our specialist nurse team. Job planning in conjunction with the Clinical Director will support sessions required across the 4 pillars of practice and for ongoing CPD.

If you believe you can fulfil these aspirations, we look forward to receiving your application.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital-based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Healthcare practitioner with valid UK Registration (NMC / HCPC) with significant experience in a senior clinical / management role.
• Master's Degree in a relevant subject and working towards / evidence of working to doctorate level.
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of specialty including study days/courses/postgraduate qualification.
• Postgraduate expertise within specialty/area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safely, effectively and efficiently, including Independent and supplementary prescribing within the appropriate legal frameworks.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the specialty.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based within the South Health & Social Care Partnership.

The working pattern for this role will be flexible.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

For an informal discussion and to learn more about us and the role, Lynsey Sutherland, Associate Nurse Director can be contacted in the first instance, by email Lynsey.Sutherland@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lewis Melvin, HR Recruitment Systems and Project Lead on Lewis.Melvin@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email).

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service.
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays.
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension).
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• Occupational health services.
• Employee counselling services.
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures.

NHS Lanarkshire has a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

There will be a teams-based information session on the role, this will take place on Friday 27th December 2 – 2:30 pm. This will be your opportunity to find out more about this post and the specialist palliative care service in NHS Lanarkshire. To book access to this, please email seana.masterson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

The selection process will be undertaken in three stages.

1. Shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited to complete their OSCE, which will take place on 14th January.
2. On successful completion of the OSCE candidates will attend an in-person Team Fit Exercise in the afternoon of 22nd January, details of which will be confirmed in advance.
3. Candidates will be invited to attend a Values Based Competency Interview, which may include a presentation. This will be scheduled for the morning of 31st January and further details will be confirmed in advance of this date.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date.
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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