Social Care Specialist

2 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This role is a new role within the department of Acute Medicine. As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.


On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients. As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues. As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs.


Our Acute Medicine department is made up of the following areas with a capacity of 72 beds:


We are located in the main Hospital building, which has excellent travel links (including good onsite parking), with many cities within easy range. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
Service We will put our patients first


Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service


All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. To support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the Divisional Management Team.
To contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director and in line with the Trusts business plans.
Work within the Trusts framework for Clinical Governance and Risk, including the development of clinical policies and adherence to standing orders, standing financial instructions and financial procedures.
Undertake direct supervision of junior colleagues and participate in departmental/trust wide teaching programmes.
Undertake investigations and report writing for incidents and participate in clinical risk management.
They are expected to maintain and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services. Consultants are expected to support the Clinical/Medical Leadership teams within their division to achieve the following:


Production of a Division quality strategy.
Production of a Division quarterly report to the Trusts Clinical Governance and Risk Committee.
Establishment and implementation of a Division clinical audit programme
Completion of risk assessments as required and compliance with the Trusts risk management policies and strategies including controls assurance standards
Ensuring, through the Divisional Director, in association with the Division of Workforce and Education, that Division staff meet the education and training targets agreed within the Trusts annual plan.
Ensuring through the Divisional Director that complaints management is timely and effective including implementing action plans relating to individual complaints.


Contributing to work force planning to ensure timely availability of appropriate clinical skills to maintain excellence in patient car



Clinical training/experience in keeping with senior specialty trainee
Expertise in full range of medical conditions
Flexible approach to work organisation Ability to lead project teams
Evidence of management/leadership skills training

Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to supervise post-graduate research

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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