Temporary senior medical officer (Part time)
NorTH East Glasgow addiction services
Information pack
reF: 45660D
Closing Date:27th January 2017
SUMMARY INFORMATION
Post: Temporary senior medical officer (PARt TIME)
Base: North East Glasgow Addiction Services
The Senior Medical Officer (SMO) will report to the Lead Clinician for community services, complement the other SMOs in post, carry a clinical caseload, line manage Medical Officers in community addiction teams, provide senior medical input into these teams and support local and central senior management teams. The SMO will have an operational base in North East GlasgowHSCP.
Treatment, care and support for problem substance users is delivered through integrated working between health and social services. As well as being one of the largest and most dynamic substance misuse service providers in Europe, our services are also at the forefront of service developments in many areas including innovative community based Hepatitis C care pathways, community based rehabilitation and recovery based supports.
Candidates should be fully registered GPs with a licence to practice and have considerable experience in substance misuse or psychiatrists who have completed their CCT with addiction endorsement. We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic substance misuse specialists who wish to contribute to the further development of our integrated services.
JOB DESCRIPTION – Senior Medical Officer
- JOB DETAILS
Job Holder:
Job Title:Temporary SeniorMedical Officer (Part Time)Immediate Senior Officer:Lead Clinician, Community based medical services
Area of Responsibility:Community based medical services
Employer: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Addiction Services
Location:Possilpark Health and Care Centre, Glasgow
(Head Office, base dependent on vacancy.)
- JOB PURPOSE
The post-holder is required to provide dynamic leadership to the community based medical workforce and to support managers enabling the delivery of community based addiction services.
- DIMENSIONS
Glasgow city and Greater Glasgow and Clyde have some of the highest prevalence of problem drug use and alcohol related harm in all of Europe. Reducing harm and promoting recovery for individuals with substance misuse problems is a key priority to improve the public health and wellbeing of the city and health board. Substance misuse related outcomes are worst in the most deprived communities and, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, the health board area and Glasgow city in particular continues to have the highest concentrations of multiple deprivation in Scotland by some considerable margin. Therefore, providing high quality accessible treatment and care services for substance misuse in this area is an important component of reducing health inequalities.
Glasgow Addiction Services is one of the largest and most dynamic addiction services in Europe. We deliver and commission addiction services from tier 1 (public health) to 4 (specialist & psychiatric services) across most of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The system of care is designed to support service users in every aspect of their recovery journey and includes:
- Extensive needle syringe programme
- Drug Crisis Centre
- Community Addiction Teams made up of nursing staff, social care/work staff and medical officers and offering comprehensive health and social care services in the community.
- Glasgow GP Shared Care Service. The largest substitute prescribing service of its type in the UK.
- Inpatient services
- Partial hospitalisation services
- Specialist Drug Court Teams and Drug Testing and Treatment Order services
- Homeless Addiction Team
- Addiction Liaison Services
- Alcohol Related Brain Damage services
- Community and Residential Rehabilitation
MOs and SMOs are involved in treatment and care of individuals with substance misuse (predominantly but not exclusively opiate substitute treatment and alcohol interventions).
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- ORGANISATIONAL CHART
- ROLE OF SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS
The senior medical officer (SMO) will provide clinical leadership and senior medical input to designated community based addiction services and the medical staff employed in these.
The SMO will be expected to provide senior clinical support to services as necessary. The SMO will be expected to contribute to ensuring adequate staffing, support and professional and performance management of medical officers. The SMO will work with local managers to maintain and monitor robust care governance systems in such services.
The SMO may also be expected to contribute centrally to service developments, partnership working groups, teaching and training and other managerial undertakings as directed by the lead clinician or associate medical director.
The SMO will contribute to supporting and managing shared care services for substitute prescribing in the GGC area.
The SMO will provide clinical supervision to Non Medical Prescribers.
- KEY RESULT AREAS
- To co-ordinate the induction of and then supervise medical officers as designated by the lead clinician.
- To undertake and participate in job planning and appraisal of relevant addiction MOs.
- To professionally and performance manage these MOs including senior clinician support, developing MO roles and responsibilities, responding to concerns and disciplinary matters if and when they arise.
- To provide senior clinical input to services designated by lead clinician.
- The SMO will be expected to have his/her own clinical commitments.
- To support the HR system for all staff around recruitment and recording systems e.g. annual/sick/maternity/study leave for all grades of medical staff.
- To support the addictions care governance framework.
- To encourage a culture that supports Standards identified by the external agencies e.g. NHS HIS, NICE, SIGN, Mental Welfare Commission, Royal Collages of General Practitioners and Psychiatrists etc, ensuring that services comply with them, supporting audit and the development of ICPs.
- To support the Assoc Med Dir by investigating complaints and to complete Critical Incident Reviews on behalf of the organisation. Dissemination of lessons learned through the care governance structures.
- To develop and encourage effective communications between different parts of the medical workforce.
- To contribute to workforce planning for medical staff.
- To support and develop the shared care service for substitute prescribing in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
- To provide SMO cover and deputise for relevant lead clinician as designated.
- To support the local Head of Service and General manager in the planning, development and running of Addiction Services
- ASSIGNMENT & REVIEW OF WORK
The senior medical officers will be managed by and report to the relevant lead clinician for the addiction partnership. They will also work to the appropriate Head of Service or local service manager.
- COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- Medical officers
- Lead clinicians and associate medical director
- Medical management committee
- Local service managers- e.g. Heads of Service, community addiction managers, nurse and practice team leaders
- Addiction Partnership Team (lead nurse, lead pharmacist, support services manager, primary and secondary service managers and general manager)
External to Partnership
- Local CHCPs/CHPs
- Alcohol and Drug Partnerships
- Scottish Government Health Department
- Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
- Local Authorities
- MPs & MSPs
- Voluntary Organisations
- Locality Planning Groups
- Royal College of Psychiatrists and RoyalCollege of General Practitioners
- NHS HIS
- NHS Education Scotland
- General Medical Council
- Mental Welfare Commission
- MOST CHALLENGING PART OF JOB
- Effective performance management of medical staff.
- Working in a spirit of partnership with colleagues from different professional backgrounds andwith a variety of agencies.
- Delivering improvements in the quality of care as experienced by service patients/ clients &carers by improving the safety and effectiveness of services, including in shared care.
- Time management.
- QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Essential Criteria
- Commands the confidence of medical officers and local service managers.
- General Practitioner or Psychiatrist with CCT.
- Significant clinical addictions experience and ability to make sound clinical decisions in complex scenarios.
- Experience of contributing to management, care governance and service development.
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong evidence of leadership qualities.
- Ability to work as part of a management team and in partnership with other agencies, servicesand professionals.
- Understands and interprets organisation-wide processes.
- Able to work to deadlines.
- RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE POST
- SMO job timetable will recognise the medical management component of the job as well as the clinical.
- Appraisal and other management training opportunities will be supported.
- A £3000k per annum responsibility allowance would be payable in addition to salary.
- There would be no additional administrative support beyond that already allocated.
- SMO will have access to existing SMO office space in Newlands Centre, East Community Addiction Team.
- JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT
The post would be subject to 3 months notice on either part.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT / Fixed Term (until 31.12.2017)GRADE AND SALARY / Senior Medical Officer
£83,442 pro rata + £3,000 responsibility allowance pro-rata
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY / Part Time 20 hours
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses. Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to one months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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How to apply
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Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
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Return of Applications
Please return your application by email to or to the recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
West Glasgow ACH (formerly Yorkhill)
2nd Floor
Dalnair Street,
Yorkhill,
G3 8SJ
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be 27th January 2017