Senior Clinical Assessor

The Virtual Health Hub has just received substantive funding after a successful pilot to the Telemedicine, Clinical Communication Centre and Virtual ward.

Experienced clinicians with clinical knowledge in the care and management of the acutely ill/complex care/palliative care/intermediate care patient within and outside the hospital.

Excellent communication skills.

Highly self-motivated.

Training & development is actively encouraged and supported, to improve and enhance your skill base for career progression.

Opportunities for funded places on the History Taking and Physical Examination MSc module and potential to progress to non-medical prescribing.

You will be closely supported by the urgent and emergency clinical teams.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Essential: - Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC, GPhC; - Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience; - Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal

Desirable: - Additional Post graduate learning in specialist field including master's degree or working towards; - Project management learning and/or development; - Communication skills learning and/or development

Essential: - Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile; - Extensive clinical knowledge in the care and management of the acutely ill/complex care/palliative care/intermediate care patient within and outside the hospital; - Evidence of post registration clinical work experience in the speciality

Desirable: - Experience of change management; - Experience of project management for policy development or large scale projects; - Experience of remote video assessment or telephone triage service

Essential: - To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values; - Organisational and on-going planning skills including own workload and of others in an unpredictable environment; - Understanding of effective clinical governance including implications, quality and audit

Desirable: - Proven remote video assessment skills; - The ability to work at problems from a unique or different angle.