Generic Advanced Clinical Specialist

NHS National Services Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS pension scheme

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a seasoned healthcare professional to lead improvement work across community hospitals for 12 months, focusing on safe, person-centred care and teaching across multidisciplinary teams.

You will bring UK registration, Masters-level training, and postgraduate expertise to drive high-quality care and support national safety and frailty initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare practitioner with valid UK registration (NMC/HCPC).
• Masters level education or working towards it.
• Postgraduate expertise within the specialty and knowledge of clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced competence in safe, person-centred care within own area of practice.
• Model exemplary facilitation and teaching skills and develop those skills in others.
• Provide strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams/boundaries.
• Promote a positive research culture within the wider team.

Skills

Clinical practice

Teaching facilitation

Leadership

Evidence-based practice

Education

Masters level education

Postgraduate expertise in specialty

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

Focus of role is on improvement work within NHSL's 7 community hospitals to deliver on agreed recommendations from community hospital bed review.
improvements will be in line with national Discharge without Delay work and Health Improvement Scotland's Focus on Frailty collaborative

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

Clinical Practice (within area of Specialism)

• Develop advanced competence, innovation and leadership in the management and delivery of safe, effective person-centred care within own area of practice

Facilitating Learning

• Role model exemplary facilitation and teaching skills and develop those skills in others

Leadership

• Provide strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams/boundaries

Evidence, Research & Development

• Acts as a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Healthcare practitioner with valid UK Registration (NMC / HCPC)
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Post graduate* expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Hazel Gilmour, Acting Team Lead on [e-mail]

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