Dep Hub Director, Bowel Screening & Biochem Clinical Consultant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To ensure that clinical protocols support the clinical work in primary care secondary care and that these are evidence based and version controlled
• To ensure that comprehensive patient information is available to support the clinical work in the area of responsibility and that this is contemporary, compliant with current standards and version controlled.
• Work with the management team and clinical colleagues to ensure the most cost effective use of resources in the pursuance of the Trust and CWPS objectives.
• Ensure that the handling of data and information within the specialty is compliant with the Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation. To set up effective liaison with Pathology IT for data analysis.
• Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Participate in the Duty Biochemist rota during the working day where required. The role of the Duty Biochemist includes authorization of results of biochemical analysis; telephoning results to health care staff when results may affect the immediate treatment of the patient; addition of comments to results to assist in their interpretation by other health care staff; the addition of further tests where relevant; answering queries from other health care workers about appropriate biochemical investigations and patient management; sorting out problems with samples, analyses, requests, reports etc as they arise during the day, using appropriate communication skills relevant to the situation.
• Advise senior medical staff, nursing staff and other health professionals on the investigation and interpretation of complicated biochemical and metabolic processes in complex situations also utilizing data from other specialties
• Oversee the participation and performance in national quality assurance schemes in line with nationally accepted standards
• Oversee the selection and introduction of analytical methods and services used under the control of the Departments.
• Initiate and implement service improvement programmes. Lead on service development and delivery at a departmental level. This may include: introduction of new services; service review as a result of audit, or in response to published guidelines; workforce planning and departmental structure, including both personnel and service provision.
• Monitor demand patterns and usage of the service by hospital clinicians and General Practitioners taking relevant action to ensure cost-effective and clinically-effective usage of clinical biochemistry tests.
• Maintain HCPC registration. Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties of the post.
• To use and keep up to date with changes and software updates to the computerised Laboratory Information System (LIS) according to the authorised protocols.
• To prepare protocols, reports, presentations, scientific papers and posters and other documents using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Q-Pulse and other specialised software as appropriate.

For further details please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Deputy Hub Director Bowel Cancer Screening/Biochemistry Clinical Consultant (PDF, 776.3KB)
• Welcoming Applicants With Disability (PDF, 233.8KB)
• Candidate Information (PDF, 291.8KB)