Clinical Lead - St Charles Urgent Care Centre

Central London Community Health Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in London is searching for a Clinical Lead for the St Charles Urgent Care Centre. The role involves leading the clinical team, ensuring high-quality care delivery, and managing service development. Candidates should have Advanced Clinical Practice qualifications, extensive urgent care experience, and the ability to work autonomously. This full-time position offers a competitive salary ranging from £64,156 to £71,148.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Practitioner with strong clinical skills and experience.
• Extensive experience in urgent care and child treatment.
• Capable of independent decision-making and service management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care to patients.
• Work autonomously as a clinical lead in urgent care.
• Manage staff and enhance service development.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

History taking

Autonomous working

Microsoft Office skills

Diagnostic skills

Education

Advanced Clinical Practice qualification (Masters level)

Registered Practitioner NMC/HCPC

Independent non medical prescriber

Teaching qualification

Job description

Clinical Lead - St Charles Urgent Care Centre

Clinical LeadAre you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) passionate about working in an unscheduled care environment?

We are wishing to recruit a senior ACP for our standalone St Charles Urgent Care Centre which delivers high quality care for both adults and children over two years old.

You should have a high level of experience in assessing and managing injuries (including X-rays) and treating children presenting with minor injuries and illnesses.

We provide an educationally focused environment in which to grow and develop staffs' skills and knowledge, through work-based education, and training and support from our Leads.

Working in a clinical leadership role as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will ensure that our patients receive an exceptional level of care.

You will be part of the leadership team, which consists of ACP Clinical Leads, Clinical Operational Manager and Practice Educator.

The successful candidate will be an autonomous, experienced practitioner who enjoys teaching and supporting practitioners in the assessment and treatment of minor illnesses and injuries for both adults and children whilst running the service; managing staffing recruitment, service developments, incidents for example.

Take a look at our recruitment video to find out more about working in our teams:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lH_O4OZw2Q

Main duties of the job

The role is a clinical leadership role with the main duties of the job will include:

• Ensure the services are delivering high quality evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems.
• The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner delivering care to our patients.
• Utilising expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for patients presenting with acute undifferentiated conditions (most commonly minor injuries and ailments although some patients attending may present with complex health needs and / or acute on chronic conditions).
• The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
• To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing, or improving quality.
• To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.
• Responsibility for day-to-day management of the service.
• Take designated responsibility of clinical practice within the service.
• Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and other staff.
• Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework.
• Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audits

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• Registered Practitioner NMC/HCPC
• Advanced Clinical Practice qualification (Masters level) relevant to post or willing to do undertake the eportfolio route if suitable to do so
• Independent non medical prescriber
• Teaching qualification
• Leadership training
• Experience of working with children

Experience

• Extensive experience in urgent or same day care (primary care)
• Extensive theoretical & practical knowledge relating to assessment & treatment of minor injuries and illnesse
• Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions
• Experience of team / service/ staff management including HR processes
• Experience of assessing and treating children over the age of two
• Experience in Accident & Emergency or UTC

Skills

• Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment relevant to the service
• Ability to lead, enthuse, motivate, and involve individuals and the clinical team and have them understand the organisations and your performance expectations
• Ability to manage and deliver deadlines within resources.
• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Competent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package, System One and email
• Good working understanding of the changing NHS environment
• Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
• involved in a research or quality improvement project

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing. Exmoor Street

£64,156 to £71,148 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-INNER-7628239

Job locations

St Charles Urgent Care Centre

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing. Exmoor Street