Locum out-of-hours clinical cover for adult inpatients in the Worcestershire Community Hospitals service, supplied by Vertis Health. The work is autonomous assessment and treatment, with prescribing where within scope, medicines review, escalation planning and end-of-life care, supporting nursing teams. Shifts are on Saturdays across several community sites, with a caseload spanning rehabilitation, intermediate care, frailty, sub-acute and palliative care. Fit depends on current professional registration and, for prescribing, an independent prescribing qualification.
What the job involves
- Telephone advice, remote review and face-to-face assessment of acutely ill or deteriorating patients
- Independent clinical assessment, management planning and evidence-based decisions within scope of practice
- Independent prescribing, medication review and medicines optimisation, including antimicrobial stewardship, where qualified
- VTE assessment and admission documentation, passing key risks to the wider clinical team
- End-of-life care and escalation planning, respecting patients' wishes and working with families and palliative teams
- Accurate, timely clinical records on Trust electronic systems
- Clinical governance, patient safety and quality work, including risk management, incident reporting and audit
- Communication and multidisciplinary working with nursing teams, GPs, community services, acute trusts and emergency services, including safe handover
Qualifications
- Advanced clinical practice, paramedic practitioner or prescribing pharmacist qualification appropriate to the role
- Independent prescribing qualification where prescribing duties are required
- Professional indemnity insurance and annual Basic Life Support training, with evidence on request
Registration & licences
- Current registration with the relevant regulator, such as NMC, HCPC or GPhC
Experience
- Experience of urgent care, primary care, community services, frailty, emergency care or intermediate care
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making, including assessing acutely unwell adults and identifying deterioration
- Working autonomously within scope of practice
- Safe medicines management, antimicrobial stewardship and local prescribing governance
- Use of electronic clinical records and prescribing systems, with onboarding on RIO and Bettermeds/ePMA
- Excellent communication in English with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check and NHS Employment Check Standards
- Right to work in England
- Certificates confirming eligibility to work in primary care or relevant clinical services
Other
- Ability to travel between Worcestershire sites as required
- Participation in annual appraisal and personal development planning
- Commitment to equality, confidentiality, clinical governance and patient safety
Nice to have
- Masters-level advanced clinical practice qualification or equivalent portfolio evidence
- Experience in community hospitals or inpatient rehabilitation settings
- Experience of end-of-life care and palliative deterioration
- Experience using RIO, Bettermeds or similar NHS clinical systems
- Familiarity with Worcestershire community pathways and local formulary arrangements
- Experience contributing to audit, clinical governance or quality improvement
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
