Band 7 Clinical Lead - Urgent Care Bureau

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.

Working for our organisation
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. This also 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 the best possible care outcomes for our patients, service users and the local community., 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.

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
+ Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
+ Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
+ Discounts for local and national retailers
+ Dedicated well-being services for all employees
+ Flexible working where possible