Band 7 Clinical Lead – Urgent Care Bureau

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***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

The post holder will be based within the Urgent Care Bureau Team, and working with the Urgent Community Response Team clinically, when required. The post holder will have operational and clinical responsibility of the Urgent Care Bureau Team.

The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise in Triage, In-reach and Virtual Wards across the Adult Community Services Division.

The purpose of the role is to work across services and with wider system

The Post holder will be expected to participate in working with secondary care, to identify and assess patients suitable for community services, and to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge. The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, including Urgent Care Response, Early Intervention Community Teams (EICT), Urgent Care Bureau and other services deemed in scope.

The post holder will also attend multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT’s) to provide advice and support to the Virtual Ward (Hospital @Home) Model.

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1.    Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice

2.    Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.

3.    Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.

4.    Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.

5.    Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.

6.    Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.   7.    Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.

8.    Act as a role model to and facilitate others to respect the dignity, wishes and beliefs of patients: involving them in shared decision making and obtaining consent prior to all interventions.

9.    Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.

10.  Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.

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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust (BCHC) is committed to providing dignity in care for all our patients and service users across the Trust.

All staff, workers, volunteers, students and individuals undertaking work experience/shadowing, irrespective of the role they specifically undertake, are required to adhere to BCHC’s vision, values, and professional standards. This also involves working with and alongside colleagues and partners, demonstrating a duty of Candour (i.e., honesty and straightforwardness), openness and accountability in order to achieve high quality and the best possible care outcomes for our patients, service users and the local community.