Generic Specialist Practitioner - Liver

NHS National Services Scotland; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

Annual leave 35 days incl. public hols

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a high-calibre healthcare professional to join a multidisciplinary team as a specialist clinician. You will assess, plan and implement care within a defined speciality, and provide expert advice to support safe, person-centred services.

This fixed-term 12-month post offers opportunities to contribute to clinical audit, research, and staff development, while leading within your scope.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or AHP with valid NMC/HCPC registration.
• Educated to Degree Level.
• Postgraduate qualification at a minimum Level 10 (Hons) or working towards.
• Expertise within speciality demonstrating breadth of knowledge to lead safety and quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage a specialist caseload using evidence-based practice to assess, plan and implement care.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of clinical audit and research.
• Supervise, educate and develop members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide effective leadership within scope of role.
• Use national leadership frameworks to develop self-leadership and leading others.
• Work autonomously and as part of a team to deliver safe, person-centred care.
• Communicate clearly with people about difficult matters or situations.
• Apply research approaches to inform and improve practice.
• Plan, implement and evaluate learning in the local environment.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Audit & research

Team collaboration

Education

Degree level education

Postgraduate qualification Level 10 (Hons)

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

• As part of a multidisciplinary / multiagency team, the post holder will manage a specialist caseload, using evidence based practice and client centred principles to assess, plan and implement care, provide expert advice and support, operating within a defined specialism across NHS Lanarkshire.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of a programme of clinical audit and research activity.
• Contribute to the supervision, education and development of members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide effective leadership within scope of role.

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:

• Use national leadership frameworks to assess and develop self-leadership and leading others
• Work autonomously and as part of a team, assuming accountability and responsibility to facilitate the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care
• Use a wide range of skills and strategies to communicate with people about difficult matters or situations
• Use a range of research approaches to assess how evidence is being used, by self and others, to inform and develop practice improving the quality of care
• Use learning theories to plan, implement and evaluate learning in the local environment

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Nurse or AHP with valid NMC / HCPC Registration
• Educated to Degree Level
• Post graduate qualification at a minimum of Level 10 (Hons) or working towards
• Expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.

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.

Deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.