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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.
Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk
Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel
Contact
- Address
- Oxford Univ Hosps NHS Foundation Trust
- OUHC HR Department,
- 3rd Floor Unipart House Business Centre
- Garsington Road
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 2PG
- Contact Number
- 01865 741186
Assessor
Closed for applications on: 18-May-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 18-May-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- OUH@Cowley - Unipart House Business Centre
- Address
- Garsington Road
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX4 2PG
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Home Hospice Care Team
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join the Home Hospice Care Team as an Assessor has arisen.
The Home Hospice Care Team sits within the wider Oxfordshire Rapid Intervention for Palliative and End of Life Care project, as a separate team. The Home Hospice Care Team primarily provides care to people who are likely to die within the next 2 weeks and are at home. The team is also required to provide short term support to people who are in crisis.
The postholder will be responsible for completing initial assessments in the patient's home, as well as reviewing the care to ensure the needs of the patients are being met.
The postholder will also be required to line manage the Patient Support Workers.
Please be aware this post does not offer sponsorship
Advert
The Home Hospice Care Team (HHCT) is looking for an Assessor to join our community based team.
The team operates 7 days a week from 7am-10pm, this includes Bank Holidays.
The team covers the whole of Oxfordshire, so it is essential that the postholder has a full UK driving licence and a reliable car available for work.
HHCT has the following two bases, Unipart Business House and Horton General Hospital. You will predominately be covering Central and South Oxfordshire but do need to be willing to travel across Oxfordshire.
If this is the job for you, please apply online now.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for additional information on the roles and responsibilities of the Assessor post.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.
Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
- NVQ in Social and Health Care or equivalent
- Computer skills with a good understanding of IT and whole systems, specifically Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook and smartphone apps
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with an MDT, including Social Workers and associated professionals
- Experience of community based care, at manager level
- Line management experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a community setting
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- To be able to work flexibly across the working week between 7am – 10pm. including Bank Holidays
- Excellent communication and interactive skills
- Good personal organisational and time management skills
- Proactive approach
- Commitment to lifelong learning
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously with individuals in a variety of settings
- Ability to assess for suitability for the service
- Have a good understanding and knowledge of the Care Quality Commission and how this interacts with the service
- Understand Delegated Healthcare Tasks and the interaction with the service
- To be able to critically examine and evaluate own clinical performance, initiate changes in work practice and integrate new knowledge into practice
- Demonstrate an understanding of social care provision and be able to communicate this to staff, service users and their representatives
- Demonstrate an understanding of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Mental Capacity Act
- Demonstrate problem solving approach
- Demonstrate knowledge of a wide range of assessment techniques and tools
- Ability to analyse tasks and activities, and develop goal orientated care plans
- Ability to allocate work to Patient Support Workers and play an active part in their daily supervision and training
- Understand and apply principles of risk management to clinical practice
- Understand scope/role of the service and team dynamics
- To understand principles and application of supervision in promotion of clinical effectiveness as a supervisee
- Ability to prioritise designated caseload
- Ability to collect and record accurate statistical information
- Ability to proactively resource information to address patient’s needs in a timely manner
- Basic knowledge / application of the principles of Clinical Governance to Clinical practice
- Demonstrate sound techniques in applying a range of sensory physical and manual assessments and treatments
- Effective written and verbal/nonverbal communication skills
- Ability to appreciate the sensitivity, complexity of context and culture and diversity within clinical practice
- Ability to manage and recognise differences of opinion in both patient related and inter -professional settings coping positively with interpersonal tensions/barriers
- Ability to positively manage exposure to patients and environments that may be highly distressing, antagonistic, open to aggression and unpleasant
- Understand values and principles of audit and research
- Experience in developing and providing education and teaching programmes to other professionals and students
Desirable criteria
- Able to draw upon and apply previous experience to identify and address problems with clients, and provide rationale for the chosen theoretical framework in which intervention is to be based
- Able to contribute to audit and quality assurance programmes
Other
Essential criteria
- Adherence to profession specific guidelines and codes of ethics and professional conduct
- To have a full UK or EU driving license with a car available for work and be able to transport patients following suitability/risk assessment
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Jones
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865572917
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