Band 7 Clinical Practitioner

Job overview

***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 UCR Team , and working alongside  the Virtual Ward team when required.

The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise in Triage,  and assessments across the Adult Community Services Division.

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,  Early Intervention Community Teams (EICT), Urgent Care Bureau and other services deemed in scope.

Main duties of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• 1.    Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities, both in employment and service delivery.  Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s. 2.    Develop a culture that ensures that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made. 3.    Make recommendations and changes to clinical practice and participate in implementation where appropriate. 4.    Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply it to the work situation. 5.    Participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff. 6.    Lead and participate in undertaking surveys and audits 7.    Actively participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and on an individual basis. 8.    Ensure staff compliance with all mandatory training.