Clinical Lead for Goldline

This post is to support the Goldline service provided by the Digital Care Hub (DCH) at Airedale NHSFT. The post is for 1PA per week (4 hours) to be worked flexibly., The Clinical Lead will work closely with the senior team in the DCH and offer support to the clinical advisors to Goldline. The post holder will help to set the strategic direction and development of the service and support the maintenance of standards for quality, safety and performance. The post holder will review data related to the service to share learning via an annual report. The Clinical Lead will be required to demonstrate partnership working and collaboration with stakeholders and other interested parties locally, regionally and nationally.
Potential applicants are encouraged to consider whether they have the skills and drive to carry out this exciting and challenging role.
The current DCH senior team are keen to discuss the with interested parties and applications from senior medical clinicians are welcome. It is essential to have a background of palliative care or primary care experience at a senior level., · For the full detailed Job Spec- please see attached documentation.
Act as a role model and as an expert in end of life care, supporting health care professionals principally the staff in the DCH
· Be responsible to support the provision of a highly specialised end of life care service to patients reviewed by staff in the DCH.
· Respond to complex clinical queries referred from other healthcare professionals and communicate effectively with GPs to ensure safe and effective care.
· Ensure a high level of clinical input in the DCH
· Be a conduit to support and engage with all other services that facilitate end of life care across the localities in which Goldline is delivered
· Together with the senior management team (SMT), further develop and enhance the Goldline service in the DCH
· Support the development of training in end-of-life care for staff in the DCH and beyond
· Support research and development activity within the DCH
· Identify a vision for the delivery of the Goldline service in the DCH
· Identify and promote best practice in end of life care
The role requires excellent organisational and leadership skills, a patient-centred approach, strong communication and influencing skills, resilience and an ability to engage with staff and service users.
In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution (details of which can be found at the following websites www.nhsemployers.org or www.dh.gov.uk/nhsconstitution)
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
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We encourage applicants to receive the Covid-19 vaccination but this will not be a condition of deployment with the organisation. We will be asking applicants to share their vaccination status as part of our normal pre employment screening but this will not affect their employment status with the Trust.

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust., Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
+ Cycle to Work
+ Travel Scheme
+ Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
+ Onsite Nursery
+ Buying and Selling Annual Leave
+ Car Leasing
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Employee Health and Wellbeing
+ Extensive Reward Scheme
+ Counselling Service
+ Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
+ Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
+ Committed to Quality of Care
+ Compassion
+ Working together for patients
+ Improving Lives
+ Everyone Counts
+ Respect and Dignity
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