Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7906064
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 Per annum including Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead and Operational Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The clinical and operational Lead for Hospital at Home will incorporate the dimensions of expert clinical practice, education, leadership, management and research. The post holder will be required:
Liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries within a virtual ward setting.
To work autonomously to deliver high level clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research-based and enhance the quality of patient care.
To undertake nurse-led care and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led services.
Line-manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality and across boundaries.
To lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.
To contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
To contribute to training and education within specialist area.
To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities, including QI work.
Main duties of the job
1.1 Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with World Class Care values.
1.2 Ensure that the needs of patients are placed at the centre of care delivery, thus achieving trust and national standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience.
1.3 To lead, negotiate, supervise, participate in, and manage caseload of patients within nurse led clinics both on and off site using advanced clinical assessment skills and clinical judgement to take a detailed history, physically assess, make any required differential diagnosis, order any tests or investigations required to confirm diagnosis, prescribe medication, evaluate and review treatment plan.
1.4 Make any alterations in the patient’s current treatment plan or drug regimen required in response to evaluating test & investigation results or changes in patients’ condition. Use advanced clinical knowledge & expertise in undertaking clinical assessments in partnership with patients and other professionals, using agreed protocols, but also where there are no appropriate precedents
1.5 Provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and associated staff and ensure the provision of a high-quality, responsive nursing service.
1.6 Collaborate on all aspects of quality management related to the nursing and clinical area.
Working for our organisation
1.7 Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience and ensuring this is fed back to patients and the wider team.
1.8 Lead the implementation of improvements in nursing practices within own areas of responsibility in line with local and national agenda and patient feedback.
1.9 To have a thorough understanding of safeguarding procedures and be knowledgeable with respect to safeguarding triggers and risks.
1.10 To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own clinical and professional activities.
1.11 To recognise the limits of own clinical knowledge and skills and to seek medical support whenever needed to provide safe, effective and timely patient care.
1.12 Taking account of national policy, to ensure that core, specialist and advanced nursing practice is developed to meet service need, through the JD Template use of research and evidenced based practice, ensuring they are linked to the clinical governance and patient safety agendas.
1.13 To contribute to the investigation of complaints and untoward incidents and ensure recommendations and related education/training programmes/action plans are implemented.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking a dedicated clinical and operational lead to join our team, sharing our commitment to delivering exceptional quality care and developing comprehensive treatment plans for service users in their homes. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, the post holder will collaborate closely with consultants, GPs, pharmacists, nurses, therapists, and healthcare support workers.
- The clinical and operational Lead for Hospital at Home will incorporate the dimensions of expert clinical practice, education, leadership, management and research. The post holder will be required:
- Liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries within a virtual ward setting.
- To work autonomously to deliver high level clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research-based and enhance the quality of patient care.
- To undertake nurse-led care and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led services.
- Line-manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality and across boundaries.
- To lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.
- To contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
- To contribute to training and education within specialist area.
- To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities, including QI work.
- Act as a visible role model and expert practitioner.
Person specification
Interview
Essential criteria
- Achieve Grade
Desirable criteria
- Years of experience
Interview
Essential criteria
- Achieve Grade
Desirable criteria
- Years of experience
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Olusheyi Johnson
- Job title
- Unplanned care Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929393696
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