Role Summary
- Deputies’ for patient flow lead in aspects of patient flow and caseload of the Urgent Care Service: ensuring an efficient use of resources to meet demand and deploying staff as appropriate.
- Deputies’ for Service lead in the effective management and leadership to the Response and Recovery Service.
- Work with the Service lead and develop the service in line with patient need and trust wide developments and to help provide an equitable service across North Devon.
- Promote collaborative working across all areas of short-term services and support on the further integration with Social Care Reablement, exploring opportunities to develop innovative roles.
- Provide line management for support workers.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a friendly, motivated and proactive individual to provide a wide and comprehensive range of support to the response and recovery support workers. You will be leading the team to deliver high quality care linking in with other health and social care teams. The role will include teaching and assessing competencies of staff. Also, part of the role will be to link with the patient flow team to provide clinical support with hospital discharge caseload management.
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Specialist for the Urgent Community Response Team here in North Devon, to join a highly enthusiastic and motivated team. The successful candidate will work in the community covering a Monday to Friday service from 9am-5pm on a full-time basis. They will be responsible for providing expert clinical support to the response and recovery support workers. Deal with any clinical issues for individual patients linking with community and health and social care teams to provide a patient centred service. Also, to deputise in aspects of patient flow and caseload, ensuring efficient use of resources to meet demand and deploy staff appropriately. So, if this is something you also feel passionate about, we look forward to receiving your application.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Interview Date: To be confirmed
For further information please contact Cher Evans, Clinical Team Lead on 07925890683, c.evans11@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
