IDT Clinical Support Practitioner

Job summary

The IDT Clinical Support Practitioner will use specialist knowledge and skills to professionally review patient referrals to identify the most appropriate discharge pathway from acute settings. The IDT Clinical Support Practitioner ensures each patient has the appropriate level of care and support needs to manage on discharge. In addition to this, the IDT Clinical Support Practitioner is required to provide clinical direction for the IDT in terms of medically optimised patients and process pathways to incorporate the community voice to patient discharge - challenging "why not home, why not today".

They will demonstrate in-depth knowledge and competence in aspects including acute, community services, and inpatient rehabilitation; encompassing reviewing referrals assessments, critical thinking, intervention planning and delivery, and clinical management skills that are evidence-based and deliver high-quality patient-centred care. The post holder will provide clinical advice and support to IDT staff and other health care professionals. They will provide oversight which enables the coordination of a multi-professional seamless service for patients.

The IDT Clinical Practitioner will undertake the role in accordance with Trust and Service guidelines but have freedom to act within broad policies and protocols, in accordance with professional responsibilities and boundaries.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a source of specialist knowledge and skills for the IDT with an oversight of all patients at all times.
• To liaise with all MDT members across the IFT regarding patients and to escalate and liaise where additional input is required.
• At times, to act as a source of specialist knowledge and skills, and provide clinical input to patient discharges.
• To maintain safe discharges within the resources provided.
• To provide and maintain a high standard of professional care.
• To supervise and develop the knowledge and skills of junior staff.
• To initiate/facilitate developments in IDT practice.

Key Result Areas:

• Quality Care for Patients
• Safe, effective patient flow/journey.
• Work environment conducive to learning and teamwork.

About us

CNWL Transfer of Care Hub is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of integrated discharge support and planning to the diverse and multicultural population across NCL. In addition, we also have services within University College Hospital and St Pancras Hospital.

The service is committed to partnership working. Our main partners are acute care services, social care, and the community and voluntary sectors.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached documents for detailed job description and person specification.

This job description is indicative only and the role will be reviewed at least annually as part of the Personal Development Review process to take account of changing needs/development of the service.

To meet the evolving needs of the organisation, you may also be required to provide cover in other areas following appropriate discussion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Background of an Allied Health Professional Role or Nursing Role in a Clinical Setting.
• Evidence of recent CPD
• Additional Leadership training and/or experience

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-registration experience including working in acute settings and in the community.
• Supervisory experience
• Proven experience of working as an independent practitioner
• In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation relevant to discharge.
• Experience of leading, planning, and completing audit/research.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Previous clinical experience
• Experience of data management and simple reporting using Microsoft Office programs e.g., Excel
• Experience of working with discharge to assess principles

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of discharge to assess pathways
• Able to assimilate clinical information and support in triaging
• Able to demonstrate care which reflects evidence-based practice.
• Can demonstrate experience of acute and or community working
• Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
• Ability to manage high pressured situations
• Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
• Infection control issues and procedures

Key skills/Abilities

Essential

• Sound practical skills
• Assessment skills
• Ability to manage a team
• Delegation skills
• Ability to work alone as well as be part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise a changing workload
• Ability to implement policy and guidelines
• Analytical skills
• Numeracy skills
• IT skills

Personal Disposition

Essential

• Self-motivated and innovative
• Assertive and Confident
• Enthusiastic
• Empathetic and Supportive
• Able to deal with challenging working conditions
• Ability to manage and diffuse stressful situations
• Able to be flexible in relation to hours worked

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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