North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide hospital and community health services to a half a million people. Were responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ over 6500 members of staff.
As an integrated care organisation, we work side by side with partners and the wider community to join up health and care for patients.
Before the Trust was formed on 1 October 2019, the former Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust worked with partners in the wider North Cumbria Health and Care System to become one of the first 14 areas nationally to be confirmed as an Integrated Care System.
Now working as a single Trust, we want to become more embedded in our local community. Not just caring for people but improving their wellbeing too.
In June 2019 a North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System was created. This means we're able to work together more easily across the region on shared challenges such as sustaining services.
There are lots of opportunities to join us at NCIC and be part of our organisation, either through a career with us or if you live in Cumbria, you can get involved as a member.
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Key details
Location
SiteCumberland Infirmary,TownCarlislePostcodeca2 7hyMajor / Minor RegionCumbria
Contract type & working pattern
ContractBankHours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary£53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rataSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty
Main areaBANK STAFF - 202042
Job Overview
We are seeking an autonomous practitioner to deliver highly skilled and specialised HES optometric services to NCIC.
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To undertake full range of optometry services as required, providing expert treatment and advice.
To provide a range of extended specialist role services.
Working as an autonomous registered practitioner with significant experience in an ophthalmology extended role providing high quality, individualised clinical management for patients using advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills to determine and initiate changes to treatment as necessary.
Act as a specialist clinical expert in direct contact care, able to make high level skills decisions, informed by advanced history taking, diagnostic, assessment and treatment skills.
To be responsible and accountable for own decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of safe, high quality care every time':
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
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Important Information
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Disclosure And Barring Service
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The Changes Mean That
* youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
* the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2 December and the new cost will bend
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust Is Committed To Safeguarding Adults And Children Therefore If The Post Is Subject To The Rehabilitation Of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as Amended) The Successful Candidate(s) Will Be Subject To a Criminal Records Check With The Disclosure And Barring Service (DBS). The Cost Of The DBS Must Be Met By The Successful Candidate(s) Through Salary Deduction. DBS Charges Are As Followsif Applicable To The Post
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Applicant requirements
warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* BSc Hons Optometry or equivalent
* GOC registration
* Professional post-graduate specialist qualification(s),at Masters level or above, relevant to sub-specialist practice (e.g. College of Optometrists Dip Glau; Dip CL)
* GOC Specialty Registration (Independent Prescribing). Non-medical prescribing, with evidence of updating knowledge appropriate to patient groups prescribing across a range of ophthalmology sub specialty areas
Desirable criteria
* Masters in Advanced Practice or Masters level award
* Postgraduate masters (or higher) level clinical research experience relevant to sub-specialist practice
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience working with HES including significant extended role work in sub speciality.
* Experience of all core optometry sub-specialities (Low vision aid assessments, complex contact lens fitting, complex and paediatric refraction)
* Experience in clinical supervision and teaching.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of performing ophthalmic treatments(e.g. Yag Laser or intravitreal injections)
* Previous leadership experience
* Evidence of published research and ongoing involvement in AHP research
* Experience in triaging of referrals
* Experience developing policy, protocol and competencies
* Use of hospital computer Systems
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
* Evidence of persuasive and strong leadership skills, resilience, determination and ability to manage conflict
* Demonstrate the enhanced dexterity required to initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions
* Demonstrate a critical understanding of own level of responsibility, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information
* Able to manage differentiated and undifferentiated presentations and complex situations to make evidence based judgements
* Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, evaluation and audit
* Comprehensive IT skills working knowledge of software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook
* Ability to independently assess and make clinical decisions
* Advanced written communication skills for writing clinical case notes and report.
Documents
* A-25-6929479 Casual Specialist Optometrist B8a (, 248.4)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
NamePaula McBrideJob titleGeneral ManagerEmail address [email protected]Telephone number07775607049 #J-18808-Ljbffr