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An excellent opportunity has arisen for Physiotherapists with an interest in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic treatment. As a Senior Rotational Physiotherapist, you will be an integral part of the Trust, helping patients recover and restoring independence.

Please note that this job vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. To ensure your application is considered and to avoid disappointment, we advise submitting your application as soon as possible.

Please also note, any applicant who has previously applied for other Rotational Physiotherapist in the last 6 months with The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, need not apply again.

To participate in a rotation scheme being responsible for implementing and reviewing clinically effective and evidence-based programmes of physiotherapy care for patients, liaising with more senior staff as appropriate.

To perform advanced assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations, to determine a clinical diagnosis and provide effective treatment plans as an autonomous practitioner, in line with CSP and department standards.

Your six-month rotations will cover:
• Musculoskeletal outpatients including upper limb, spinal and paediatric rotations
• Hydrotherapy
• Gymnasium rehabilitation including specialist groups
• Orthopaedic inpatients including spinal and private wards
• Orthopaedic oncology

For further information please contact Jess Carey, Specialist Orthopaedic Oncology In-patient Physiotherapist on 0121 728 9442 option 2

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust offers planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.

To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website.

MAINDUTIES

Clinical
• To work on a six monthly rotational basis in the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital undertaking rotations in out-patients, gymnasium rehabilitation, hydrotherapy, orthopaedic in-patients, orthopaedic oncology and out-patient paediatrics
• To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of your caseload of patients within your area of rotation, without direct supervision
• To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations, using manual assessment techniques, analytical skills and clinical reasoning to determine a diagnosis
• To formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on evidence-based practice, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of manual physiotherapy techniques. To evaluate and modify treatment plans according to assessment and patient needs, discharging them when appropriate
• To communicate effectively and gain informed consent from patients, carers and other professionals to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition and/or surgery. This will, on occasions, include complex and sensitive information requiring skills of explanation, motivation and persuasion to overcome physical, emotional, mental and cultural barriers
• To take delegated responsibility from the Team Leader within area of work, including clinical and managerial duties. To delegate appropriately to Junior Physiotherapists, Students and Assistant staf
• To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation in line with departmental and CSP standards, including communication of assessment and treatment results to appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters
• To represent the physiotherapy service and/or individual patients at ward rounds, clinics and case conferences where appropriate. Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team regarding patient care and progress to ensure co-ordinated service delivery
• To act as professional advisor to other hospital staff where appropriate, providing specialist advice, teaching and instruction regarding physiotherapy
• To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care
• To be an active member of the evening and weekend on-call physiotherapy service
• To work at weekends and in the evening as part of contracted hours depending on rotation

Professional
• To maintain own clinical professional development and portfolio by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, incorporating them into current clinical practice as necessary
• To be an active member of the in-service training programme, through attendance and presentation at tutorials, training and peer review sessions within the physiotherapy department
• To provide clinical experience and supervision for undergraduate physiotherapy students appropriate to your rotation
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of work and current practices through the use of evidence-based practice, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with more senior physiotherapists
• To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation, following department and Trust Policies.

Organisational and Managerial
• To deputise for the Team Leader in their absence, taking responsibility for daily team management, allocating and organising the work of staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis
• To maintain high professional standards with respect to patients, colleagues, the service and the environment. Encourage staff under your supervision to follow your example
• Liaise with senior staff as appropriate, with all issues relevant to service delivery and development
• To be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment within your current area of practice by patients, colleagues and student physiotherapists through teaching and supervision
• To comply with all Health and Safety standards of the Department and the Trust, including prompt reporting of accidents and incidents and ensuring that equipment usage is safe
• To remain up-to-date and attend all mandatory training provided, in line with Trust policies

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and a regular review will take place with the postholder as part of their ongoing development and performance management.

Full job description available as a supporting document.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


An interesting and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Support Officer, based within the multi award winning Programme Management Office.

The Project Support Office is responsible for providing an efficient, accurate and professional Business Administration and Project Support facility to the Programme Management Office, with overall responsibility for facilitating, monitoring and analysing project progress.

This includes:
• Providing general administration
• Acting as first point of contact for all project enquiries
• Providing first line project management advice and training on the Trust methodology to project leads, clinical staff and others involved in project work.

To be responsible for providing a Project support service to the Programme Management Office team, providing and coordinating a comprehensive support service to projects. Facilitating and monitoring project progress including general administration and acting as first point of contact for all project enquiries.

The post holder will have the following qualifications:-
• Evidence of continued Professional Development
• 2 or more A-Level’s (or equivalent) or relevant demonstrable experienceor
• 5 GCSE’s A*-C (or equivalent) or relevant demonstrable experience

And the following experience
• Experience of working within an administration environment
• Experience of working in a Project Support role
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications
• Experience of taking high quality minutes
• Working in the NHS, healthcare, or public sector environment
• Excellent track record of meeting deadlines and delivering objectives in a timely manner

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

This role gives the opportunity for hybrid working and you will typically be asked to work in a hybrid way, working from your home and also from Trust HQ The Uffculme Centre, or any other agreed site.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)


This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


Occupational Therapy Assistant Low Secure CAMHS.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Low Secure Forensic Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Ardenleigh Hospital for an Occupational Therapy Assistant who is passionate and highly motivated to work with young people with complex mental health and neuro development needs.

Ardenleigh CAMHS service is a nationally commissioned Tier 4 Low Secure Service, which has received recognition through the National Autism Society receiving accreditation. We have an incredible national reputation and have successfully launched our new therapeutic model of care into the service followed by a DBT approach to the service.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, creative, and imaginative individual to be able to adapt and deliver high quality skills within a well-established multidisciplinary team and to make significant difference to the lives of the young people and their families with the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.

We have also launched the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme into the CAMHS service, this will be a fantastic opportunity to embed OT and its core values to continue to empower young people recognise their strengths and skills for future development.

There will be opportunities for the OT to gain further qualifications and to attend training such as MOCA, Sensory Integration and DBT skills.

The OT service is a well-resourced department that provides occupational therapy treatment to support young people with complex mental health and neurodevelopmental needs to move successfully though their care pathway

· To hold a small case load of individual referrals for treatment that support young people to engage in their recovery.



· To co-facilitate planned therapy programmes that aim to improve communication, cognitive and life skills.



· To ensure that young people’ views are represented in the delivery of therapies in line with the clinic’s recovery focussed strategy.



· To support young people to transfer their skills into a community setting.



· To contribute to assessments through observation, communication and accurate record keeping.



· To maintain accurate clinical records and appropriate data.

· To promote OT services and support visitors to the department.



· To contribute to their own personal development through the Trust ADR process and have a positive attitude towards supervision.



· Embed DBT principles and values into the ward environment to support young people.



Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Please refer to the job specification and Job description to understand the roles and responsibilities of the job.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


Do you have a passion for male HDU rehab and want to be part of a highly motivated management team?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to recruit a passionate, dedicated and highly motivated Deputy Ward Manager for who is excited to be part of the Male HDU Rehab Ward based at Endeavour Court, S2R.



Endeavour Court is an exciting service to be part of. We work within a specialist multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality care to patients experiencing serious mental illness in a HDU rehab setting. Successful applicants must be able to work in a challenging and dynamic environment. You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication, strong leadership skills, empathy, self-awareness, resilience and critical self-reflection skills.

You will need to be passionate about mental health and supporting patients. It is important for you to be committed to working within a multi professional team as well as possessing excellent communication, risk assessment and care planning skills.

We are looking for ambitious staff with the desire for self-development. We offer regular management supervision and close working with the Ward Manager and other Deputy Ward Managers as well as promoting continuous professional development.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience. ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach, and flexible when it comes to your work patterns. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful. REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take catering seriously and even run a fiercely-contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards. If you do well in this role it could lead to a permanent one. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary. If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.


As team administrator you will undertake a wide range of administrative and secretarial duties including but not limited to; receiving of all correspondence and ensuring action is taken appropriately, processing clinical letters, reports and other correspondence as required by the team, minute taking and covering calls that come into the office. You will be expected to liaise with multi-disciplinary team members and other health professionals, GP’s, Social workers, care coordinator, Service users, and other appropriate agencies. It is essential that applicants are able to work on their own initiative, demonstrate effective organisational skills, have the ability to prioritise their workload and can process enquiries in a confidential and timely manner.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced administrator to provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the the South Perinatal Team. In addition to administrative experience, the successful applicant must have the ability to communicate in a helpful and empathic manner with women and their families who contact the service.

The perinatal service operates Monday-Friday; 9.00am-5.00pm. The team provides a specialist perinatal mental health service for women living in Birmingham. The team offer support to women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during the perinatal period (through pregnancy and up to 24 months post natal).

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

Do you have passion and commitment to public health and the early intervention agenda and want to work in one of the most diverse and thriving cities in England?

BCHC is committed to providing a good work-life balance, therefore offering flexible/agile working to all our staff. We are looking for passionate and committed Health Visitors who are highly skilled, enthusiastic, clinical practitioners and have a good understanding of the needs of children, young people and their families and want to be part of our journey to work as part of an integrated early years, health, and wellbeing service.

We have openings inPerry Barrdistrict.

If you wantto give every child an equal chance to have the best start in life so they can achieve their full potential,this post would be well suited to you.

There are development opportunities that support career progression within health visiting. We have a number of Band 7 posts that can be considered alongside either clinical or management development.

BCHC also support practitioners who have been out of practice for a while, and offer a Return to Practice framework, all of the above can be discussed at interview.

The post holder is responsible for assessing need and providing health promotion and illness prevention services to the local population. The post holder will work within a corporate caseload as well as with the local population on children and family centred public health related issues.

The post holder will be a first level registered nurse with a Health Visiting Degree/Diploma/ Certificate. The post holder will work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

You will be responsible for:

Day-to-day management and delegation of work to nursery nurses, link workers and any other support staff within the team (including supervision and monitoring the work of these staff)

Overseeing and planning in-service development for these staff

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion starts with our people shapes the way we deliver our services and the way we build our teams. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to help us deliver great care to all of our communities.

BCHC offer an attractive Recruitment & Retention Premia for health visiting based on an additional payment for colleagues in Band 6 and Band 7 posts.
1. To consistently demonstrate in all relationships with families, colleagues and partner professionals, the BCHC Trust Values and the C’s of nursing of commitment, competence, courage, communication, compassion and care in the role of Health Visitor. To develop a workload profile identifying those groups within the population with specific health needs
2. To work closely with the primary health care team, participating in activities that address the health needs of the general practice, case load, families using local children’s centres, early education clusters, and other health partners
3. To deliver the Health Child Programme through compassionate caring assessment, analysis of need, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care using assessment tools in line with commissioner service specification for the health visiting service to address identified health needs. To use the common assessment framework to assess and plan with families where multiagency partnership working is required
4. To formulate and agree with families packages of care appropriate to their need where necessary open active health and wellbeing files. To monitor all open files in accordance with the records keeping policy, closing when package of care is complete
5. To carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities. Meeting and reporting on agreed key performance indicators where appropriate
6. To give evidence-based advice on health issues to members of the local population in a way which promotes behavioural change and builds on strengths
7. To work to current NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health to identify, support and referral of women at risk of developing postnatal depression, and those who are mild to moderately depressed
8. To maintain quality standards of care using audit and other monitoring systems to evaluate the service
9. To identify vulnerable children in need of protection and refer to Social Care and Health following the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board policies in all cases of suspected or actual emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect. To follow up domestic violence notifications in line with Trust policy
10. To attend team around the family meetings, case conferences, undertake and fulfil the responsibilities that are appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor as agreed in the multi-agency child protection plan
11. Work in partnership with families to plan and arrange appointments for clinics and home visit
12. To develop and maintain effective working relationships with the families, primary healthcare team and other professionals working in both the statutory and voluntary organisations
13. To ensure all equipment used by professionals in clinic settings are maintained and fit for purpose
14. To order equipment for client use as identified following a healthcare assessment. To advise on safe fitting and appropriate use
15. To promote and support immunisation programmes offered nationally to service users
16. To enter all data required on the data collection system accurately and on time according to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust policy
17. To attend and actively participate in staff meetings including multi-agency steering groups etc and take responsibility for completion of appropriate tasks arising from any such meeting e.g. commenting on, and having input into policy development and standard setting within HV remit
18. To ensure all written records are kept to the required NMC standard, to be able to write letters of referral to other services and to produce complex reports for court hearings relating to child protection
19. To deal with and support families through difficult family situations such as illness, domestic violence, bereavement and child protection
20. To have ongoing responsibility for the management of a caseload, including electronic recording, data inputting and reports
21. To provide professional advice on issues relating to Health Visiting and promote an understanding of health needs among other agencies
22. To supervise, mentor and assess pre-registration student nurses on placement with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust where appropriate as part of their education programme. To provide mentoring for other healthcare students, including health visitor students
23. To access safeguarding, caseload and clinical supervision in order to ensure a resilient workforce which prioritises excellent safe, compassionate care
24. To participate in Nurse prescribing – undertaking a full assessment of minor conditions appropriate to the role of the Health Visitor, and where indicated prescribe from the formulary appropriate to level of training, and access continuing professional development in prescribing
25. To convey complex information to other professionals and to clients and to work with other professionals and clients in difficult circumstances such as child protection, terminal illness or bereavement
26. To plan, organise and run clinics/groups.

Management and Leadership Responsibilities

1. Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate.

2. Ensure supportive staff management arrangements are in place and carry out personal development reviews for direct reports. Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PDR’s resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans.

3. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s.

4. Develop a culture that ensure that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

An exciting full-time opportunity has arisen to develop the Band 6 clinical Pharmacist role in our patient focused pharmacy service, based at Moseley Hall Hospital and West Heath Hospital.

As a qualified and registered clinical Pharmacist you will specialise in Elderly Care, joining our team of Pharmacists and Technicians providing medicines optimisation support and advice to our adult in-patient wards.

You will have the opportunity to experience a variety of areas and continue to challenge yourself to grow as a Pharmacist.

Our team endeavours to provide a comprehensive, efficient and safe Pharmacy service to all clinical areas. This is to ensure we are consistently contributing to quality improvements in both prescribing and overall patient care.

We are looking for a friendly, dedicated and motivated Pharmacist to join our expanding team.

Working alongside clinical colleagues you will be integrated in to the ward teams, attending multidisciplinary meetings and consultant ward rounds to support the pharmaceutical needs of patients under your care.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in addition to being able to organise your workload to prioritise your time. You will also have the ability to work under pressure, whilst ensuring that all patients experience out Trust values whilst in our care.

The ideal candidate will be willing to learn and would be looking to start a post-graduate clinical diploma.

An on-call commitment will be part of the role.

We are a small, friendly forward thinking team that is currently expanding, providing a ward based Pharmacy service. Patient experience and safety is at the centre of everything we do.

IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process

• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

• Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.

Support, mentoring and further training will be provided to the successful candidate by the Head Pharmacist and team members, to ensure that you fulfil your potential in this new challenging role. You will be actively encouraged to contribute to service development and quality improvement. This will provide the opportunity to develop leadership and managerial skills.
• Dispensing and checking of prescriptions & issuing medication from the Pharmacy and aiding patient discharges, including competent in the use of the computer system. Act as the responsible Pharmacist for the dispensary as allocated.
• To clarify poorly written prescription charts, discharge letters and other forms for prescribing. Challenging inappropriate prescribing.
• To query irrational or inappropriate prescribing, including unlicensed, off-licence and non-formulary prescribing. Record clinical interventions and activities in line with departmental policy.
• Document patient care contributions in the patients’ history notes and use the trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors.
• To support the Head Pharmacist in maintaining an efficient and safely operating Pharmacy service and drug supply service to the wards.
• To help maintain and develop a clinically orientated Pharmacy service to ward and outside units. Formulate individual patient pharmaceutical care plans. Participation in Consultant wards rounds.
• To ensure the efficient supply of pharmaceuticals is maintained to the wards.
• To supervise Pharmacy Technicians as appropriate.
• Provision of drug information as necessary utilising the Drug Information Departments at local NHS Trusts, as appropriate.
• Interpretation of therapeutic drug level results and provision of professional advice where needed.
• To help support the self-administration of medication scheme in operation at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist. Education of patients about their drug therapy.
• To help support discharge counselling at both hospitals under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist.
• To co-operate with objective setting, individual personal assessment and continuing education and training programmes, in order to ensure continuing professional development and competence to practice as required by clinical governance.
• To attend and participate in Pharmacy clinical meetings.
• To promote the formulary for antimicrobial stewardship, educational and drug economy purposes.
• To help support a pharmaceutical educational programme for Nurses on each site under the supervision of the Head Pharmacist.
• To help support the medicine reconciliation service on the wards. Review patients’ medication to ensure safe and effective use
• To advise on the development of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Pharmacy and wards.
• To cover leave of the Pharmacists at each hospital.
• To promptly act on drug alerts and drug recalls.
• To support mandatory medicines management training of clinical staff. Provide information to medical staff, other healthcare professionals and members of the public regarding medicines.
• Any other duties as required to maintain and develop the Pharmacy service.
• To comply with the requirements of National Statue and local policy, including the Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Health and Safety at Work Act etc, so that work done in the department is within recommended and legal parameters.
• To attend meetings in the Pharmacy as necessary in order to fulfil job functions.
• May need to provide on-call Pharmacist duty within the on-call rota.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Patient Safety Team at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the role of ‘Patient Safety Programme Manager’. You will be working as part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team who want to lead the way in organisation wide patient safety, research and innovation, and improvement.



This role involves monitoring and supporting the reduction of harms agenda across the organisation. You will work on different patient safety workstreams to enable a meaningful reduction in harm. You will interact with harms practitioners, specialists, leaders, and system partners to support and promote a positive safety culture and to deliver the national Patient Safety Strategy. You will be expected to keep abreast of new developments in patient safety sciences and be instrumental in establishing, supporting, and maintaining local governance function, provide specialist education and training, as well as impacting on systems and processes.



Are you up for the challenge? Come and join us for your next adventure.



The post holder will supportthe Head of Patient Safetyand the Patient Safety Quality Clinical Lead in the implementation and delivery of Trust wide Patient Safety improvement interventions including the delivery of key work streams in the national Patient Safety Strategy.



The post holder will provide expert knowledge, as well as clear professional and clinical direction with divisional teams to progress workstreams to improve patient safety and reduce avoidable harm.



The post holder will be expected to take the lead on discrete work streams. This may also include leading clinical task groups, supporting improvement projects, facilitating research and innovation, and being the patient safety representative on groups/committees as appropriate.



We are a dynamic and diverse, close knit and growing team of dedicated professionals, looking for the right person to complement and enhance our Patient Safety Team.

Please refer to the job description in the job advert for detailed job description and main responsibilities


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

The post holder will:- Providing efficient customer service to all stakeholders, understanding customer expectations and striving to exceed in a creative and proactive manner. Administer all bookings, cancellations and changes, ensuring that all bank records and systems are updated with activity and relevant information, liaising with all stakeholders in a timely and effective manner. Process and input paper timesheets as and when required during rollout of electronic timesheet system. Participating in the recruitment process by completing relevant forms and systems as directed. Undertaking general administration duties required to ensure efficient operation of the department. Undertaking any necessary pay adjustments relating to Bank staff and liaising with the Payroll department. Ensuring all pre-checks and post checks are completed for running the weekly payroll extract and weekly e-tad. Produce data and reports from the relevant systems as and when required or directed to by departmental management. Take responsibility to ensure that bank and agency staff are fully compliant with professional registration, DBS, right to work and relevant mandatory training and working time directives before processing bookings into shifts. Ensuring that joining bank staff are supplied with the relevant uniform, ID badges and information relevant to their post, as required. Ensure that all deadlines are achieved as appropriate and provide cover for other Trust Bank team members during periods of absence due to annual leave and sick leave to ensure all service areas are supported in essential operational work throughout. Take responsibility to ensure that high standards of confidentiality and discretion are practiced and that the Data Protection Act 1988 is adhered to at all times. Be responsible to ensure that own compliance with regards to the required mandatory training is up to date. To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post, in agreement with the relevant line manager.

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

If you are looking for an opportunity to be part of a small friendly motivated team which will help you to develop your administrative and customer service skills then look no further. A vacancy has arisen within the team as a result of promotion and Birmingham Community NHS Foundation Trust Bank Team would like to invite interested applicants to apply for the role of Booking Coordinator to help them manage the Trust temporary workforce. If you are innovative, motivated and look forward to new challenges then this is the perfect post for you post for you.

This post has the potential to progress to a Band 3 Senior Co-Ordinator once specific competencies have been reached. This provides the appointed candidate with an excellent opportunity to progress within their role.

The Temporary Staffing Service is a busy and diverse working environment which provides temporary clinical and administration staff to services across Birmingham. We pride ourselves on providing high quality dedicated Bank members to meet staffing shortfalls in our clinical and non-clinical services.







As a Booking Co-Ordinator you will be part a small team that is tasked to manage a particular service area, ensuring requests for bank staff is met on a daily basis using the systems and processes designed to ensure efficient and appropriate use of temporary staffing. You will work also be part of a wider HR Team, providing an efficient service, taking calls and resolving queries.

To perform well in this position you will need to demonstrate excellent customer service skills, be a good team player who is able to use own initiative, prioritise your workload, whilst working to tight deadlines and dealing with frequently changing priorities. Your work will mainly be telephone and IT based so you should have an excellent customer service background as well as good keyboard skills and a proven working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages is essential. Full training will be provided for our specialist software.

You will need to be willing to learn and undertake training and development that the role requires. Excellent written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills are essential as direct contact with a range of staff and departments internally as well as external to the Trust is pivotal to this role.

This role involves working various shifts between the hours of 8am-9pm Monday-Friday and 8am-4pm Weekends and Bank Holidays







Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centers, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Center and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

The post holder will:-
• Providing efficient customer service to all stakeholders, understanding customer expectations and striving to exceed in a creative and proactive manner.
• Administer all bookings, cancellations and changes, ensuring that all bank records and systems are updated with activity and relevant information, liaising with all stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
• Process and input paper timesheets as and when required during rollout of electronic timesheet system.
• Participating in the recruitment process by completing relevant forms and systems as directed.
• Undertaking general administration duties required to ensure efficient operation of the department.
• Undertaking any necessary pay adjustments relating to Bank staff and liaising with the Payroll department.
• Ensuring all pre-checks and post checks are completed for running the weekly payroll extract and weekly e-tad.
• Produce data and reports from the relevant systems as and when required or directed to by departmental management.
• Take responsibility to ensure that bank and agency staff are fully compliant with professional registration, DBS, right to work and relevant mandatory training and working time directives before processing bookings into shifts.
• Ensuring that joining bank staff are supplied with the relevant uniform, ID badges and information relevant to their post, as required.
• Ensure that all deadlines are achieved as appropriate and provide cover for other Trust Bank team members during periods of absence due to annual leave and sick leave to ensure all service areas are supported in essential operational work throughout.
• Take responsibility to ensure that high standards of confidentiality and discretion are practiced and that the Data Protection Act 1988 is adhered to at all times.
• Be responsible to ensure that own compliance with regards to the required mandatory training is up to date.
• To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post, in agreement with the relevant line manager.


This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

The post holder will be based within the Urgent Care Bureau Team, and working with the Urgent Community Response Team clinically, when required. The post holder will have operational and clinical responsibility of the Urgent Care Bureau Team.



The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise in Triage, In-reach and Virtual Wards across the Adult Community Services Division.



The purpose of the role is to work across services and with wider system



The Post holder will be expected to participate in working with secondary care, to identify and assess patients suitable for community services, and to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge. The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, including Urgent Care Response, Early Intervention Community Teams (EICT), Urgent Care Bureau and other services deemed in scope.



The post holder will also attend multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT’s) to provide advice and support to the Virtual Ward (Hospital @Home) Model.

1. Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice



2. Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.



3. Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.



4. Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.



5. Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.



6. Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.



7. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.



8. Act as a role model to and facilitate others to respect the dignity, wishes and beliefs of patients: involving them in shared decision making and obtaining consent prior to all interventions.



9. Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.



10. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.



Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust (BCHC) is committed to providing dignity in care for all our patients and service users across the Trust.



All staff, workers, volunteers, students and individuals undertaking work experience/shadowing, irrespective of the role they specifically undertake, are required to adhere to BCHC’s vision, values, and professional standards.Thisalso involves working with and alongside colleagues and partners, demonstrating a duty of Candour (i.e., honesty and straightforwardness), openness and accountability in order to achieve high quality and thebest possible care outcomes for our patients, service users and the localcommunity.



1. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities, both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s.



2. Develop a culture that ensures that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.



3. Make recommendations and changes to clinical practice and participate in implementation where appropriate.



4. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply it to the work situation.



5. Participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff.



6. Lead and participate in undertaking surveys and audits



7. Actively participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and on an individual basis.



8. Ensure staff compliance with all mandatory training.




This advert closes on Monday 4 Nov 2024

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy team at West Heath Hospital Inpatient unit.

The post is full time on a permanent contract.

West Heath Hospital is a small friendly community hospital with inpatient beds for adults, and referrals consist of a variety of complex conditions, giving our therapists the opportunity to gain a wide experience as ward-based OT’s working within the Multi - Disciplinary Team.

We work to the ‘Discharge to Assess ‘Model’ using the ‘Home First’ approach, with the emphasis on carrying out essential assessments and OT interventions to maximise independence and to facilitate discharge.

We are looking for a passionate and motivated OT with previous In-Patient experience who is committed to continuing to develop the OT role on our In-Patient wards, taking into account the current and changing climate of the NHS. Experience of supervising junior staff, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise a designated caseload is essential.

As this post involves carrying out regular Access Visits to patient’s homes, the successful applicant will ideally need to be a car driver.

Main duties of the job

We work to the ‘Discharge to Assess ‘Model’ using the ‘Home First’ approach, with the emphasis on carrying out essential assessments and OT interventions to maximise independence and to facilitate discharge.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from people irrespective of age, gender, race and disability.

To take responsibility for providing, monitoring & developing the Occupational Therapy Service to the specified In-Patient clinical area: helping patients to engage as independently as possible in activities which enhance their health & wellbeing.

§ To manage a caseload of patients with complex health & social care needs, using evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement & evaluate interventions.

§ To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.

§ To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical services within the specialist area, taking responsibility for defined projects.

§ To work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to promote the continuing rehabilitation of patients in the service. To advise/share specialist skills of assessment and treatment with team members.

§ To promote and maintain the ethos of Occupational Therapy in all clinical and professional activities.

§ Ability to work flexibly across a 7 day working pattern and to provide support within all In-Patient Units across the Trust as and when required.



To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention
• To recommend & prescribe necessary equipment to improve patient’s safety and independence and to instruct carers, staff and relatives how to fit, use and maintain prescribed equipment safely.
• To select & use appropriate outcome measures to ensure effectiveness of Occupational Therapy intervention.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024

The World doesn’t need Superheroes, it needs Incredible People!

Do you want to support the NHS in these unprecedented times?

Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?

Do you want the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) would love to hear from you, as we are seeking to recruit Level 6 Bank Prison Nurses for flexible working opportunities at HM Prison Birmingham via Temporary Staffing

The Trust provides primary care & inpatient services in HMP Birmingham which is a male prison that can house up to 1450 prisoners. The prison is a 24 hour service and offers varied nursing experiences and training opportunities.

You do not need to have had any previous prison experience however we would especially welcome applicants who have the following skill set: competent in dispensing of medication, wound dressings including compression bandaging, phlebotomy, imms & vacs trained. Varied nursing experience in a challenging but fulfilling area. We would require applicants to have been qualified with relevant experience, as much of the care is nurse-led and encourages decision making. The department is well supported by a team of GPs and Allied Health Professionals. They are constantly striving to improve the standard of care delivery to prisoners and to make innovative changes, which will further enhance the service.

We will not accept applications from unqualified or Student Nurses for this position.

BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’ enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.

IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Please note: We are looking to hold interviews on the 3rd August, 2024


For further information on the role, please see the attached assignment brief

Visit our website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about Birmingham Community Healthcare including our Trust values which are :-
• Caring
• Open
• Respectful
• Responsible
• Inclusive.

We look forward to receiving your application!




This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024

Are you a Dynamic and Enthusiastic District Nurse?

Do you want to be part of a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?

Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?

Would you like the chance to earn extra money without committing to a permanent role?

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) would love to hear from you, as we are seeking to recruit Level 6 Bank District Nurses for flexible working opportunities in Birmingham via Temporary Staffing

These are required 7 days per week across Community Nursing Day Teams (0800-1800 hours), Evening Teams (1800-2230 hours) and Early Intervention Care Teams (0800-2200 hours).

If you are a District Nurse with the relevant Specialist Practitioner Qualification, have the relevant skills and experience and want to support us in providing Best Care: Healthy Communities, take a look at the variety of roles available within BCHC Temporary Staffing

You will be working with a variety of disciplines in the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and wellbeing

The post holder will carry out a variety of nursing duties including assessment and care planning including relevant referrals as part of the patients holistic care of health needs, particularly in the areas of personal care, catheter care, bowel care, pressure area care, palliative care, wound management, diabetes and other long term conditions

You will work as part of an experienced team however due to the nature of community working you would work as an autonomous practitioner within the community; this includes home visits or seeing patients in clinic settings

BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’ enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.

IMPORTANT
• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

Please note: We are looking to hold interviews on the 3rd August, 2024

For further information on the role, please see the attached assignment brief

Visit our website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ for further details about Birmingham Community Healthcare including our Trust values which are :-
• Caring
• Open
• Respectful
• Responsible
• Inclusive.

We look forward to receiving your application!


This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024