5 th December 2014 JOB VACANCY BULLETIN Locala Community Partnerships are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted. If you are currently unemployed and require further advice, please contact your local Job Centre www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk You can view and apply online for all of our vacancies at www.jobs.nhs.uk by entering the vacancy reference number in the search box. The vacancy bulletin can now be accessed via the Locala internet at www.locala.org.uk All vacancies close at midnight on the closing date. The organisation reserves the right to close any vacancy on or before the closing date (as necessary). Please ensure that you apply for any position in which you are interested, as soon as possible. All posts recruited to by Locala Community Partnerships CIC (whether on a fixed term or substantive basis) are subject to a six month probationary period. Please note vacancies advertised as Internal Applicants Only are for Locala colleagues only and can be applied for online at www.jobs.nhs.uk. Please enter the job reference number in the search area. If you have any queries regarding the production or content of the bulletin please contact: 03030034531. Alternatively email: hr.recruit@locala.org.uk
Be part of our success story and contribute to our bright future. Locala Community Partnerships is a Community Interest Company (CIC), an independent, not for profit social enterprise providing NHS services to over 400,000 people in and around Kirklees. Locala is employee owned with members that have a say in how the organisation is run. This is an excellent opportunity to build a service that represents local needs and opinions and as a member you can have a say in how this happens. Our vision to deliver excellent quality healthcare closer to home is at the heart of everything we do and every decision we make. There are few careers as rewarding as one that involves the care and support of others or that gives you the opportunity to work with a wide variety of people. Locala have a team of dedicated, professional people who are committed to providing and developing the best healthcare and treatment for patients in Kirklees. These are exciting times for Locala and the benefits for the people of Kirklees will be significant. We are aiming to be one of the best community service providers in the country and you could be part of this. We are becoming a digital business, fundamentally changing the way we interact with the people we serve. We have started a major programme of change called the 'Digital Revolution' designed to move the organisation to a values led digital platform. What does this mean for our recruitment? We want people who appreciate and buy in to our values, who will embrace and drive the digital revolution. We want digitally literate innovators who will try to change their services by using our best in class IT systems. Why you will like working for Locala: We value and are proud of our colleagues and celebrate individual, team and organisational success. We invest in our colleagues by encouraging training and continuous personal development and provide excellent learning opportunities to enable everyone to have all the skills they need to do their job to the best of their ability. We aim to support our colleagues in achieving a good work life balance with flexible working schemes and family friendly policies. We offer benefits to enable us to attract motivate and retain the best people. We are committed to delivering excellent standards of patient care. We aim to be at the forefront of developing health and social care in the community. We offer a pension scheme provided by Scottish Life for Locala employees. Further information about the pension scheme is available via our HR department.
As Locala grows as an organisation we are looking to build a workforce that is committed, involved, challenged, valued, fairly treated and proud to work for us. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. The weekly vacancy bulletin contains details of substantive job opportunities in Locala Community Partnerships; it often also contains details of substantive job opportunities in partner organisations where these have been notified to us. Locala Community Partnerships Physiotherapist (Fixed Term) Band 5 37.5 Hours Community Matron Band 7/8a 30 Hours Training Co-ordinator Band 4 37.5 hours Nurse Admissions Avoidance (Internal Secondment) Band 6 37.5 hours Secretary/Administration Officer (Internal Vacancy) Band 3 37.5 hours Transformation Team (Internal Secondment) 2 posts Band 5-7 18.75 hours Bank Nurses (Internal Vacancy) Band 5 Bank Bank Health Care Assistants (Internal Vacancy) Band 3 Bank Other miscellaneous vacancies from GP Practices etc. can be found at the end of the bulletin Clinical Nurse Specialist Kirkwood Hospice Band 7 37.5 Hours
Physiotherapist Dewsbury - Musculoskeletal Service (Locala Community Partnerships CIC) View Vacancy Salary: 21,478 to 27,901 pa Hours: 37.5 Hours/Week Job Type: Fixed term (Until 30 th March 2016) The MSK Service (North) has an opportunity to recruit for a static Band 5 Physiotherapist. The applicant must have some experience of working within a musculoskeletal environment and be able to demonstrate skills in musculoskeletal assessment, diagnosis, pathology and provision of specific treatment programs. Knowledge of relevant outcome measures for common musculoskeletal dysfunction and the appropriate implementation of the bio psychosocial model of care would also be beneficial. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team working to provide the most appropriate pathway of care for patients presenting with a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. If you would like more information on the post please contact Caitlin Edwards on 07815581001 or Emma Jones on 01924 351402 Post Reference No: 845-LOC609 Closing Date: Sunday 14 th December 2014 at midnight
Community Matron Kirklees - Community Matrons & Caseload Managers (Locala Community Partnerships CIC) View Vacancy Salary: Hours Per Week: Job Type: 30,764 to 40,558 pa 30 Hours/Week Permanent Community Matron Band 7/8a depending on qualifications, We have a vacancy within our Community Matron Service and wish to hear from enthusiastic, experienced nurses who are keen to join our established team of Matrons. The post is a band 8a if you reach all essential criteria, however there is an opportunity for a development post band 7 progressing to band 8a subject to completion of relevant training. You will work within an Integrated Community Care Team, proactively addressing health needs of adults who have multiple complex long term conditions who are high intensity users of primary and secondary care services. Current NMC Registration- first level nurse. Evidence of a broad post registration experience Non-medical prescriber or be willing to work towards Advanced clinical nursing qualifications or be willing to work towards. Able to demonstrate advanced clinical and case management skills for the assessment of adults with complex long term conditions At least three years recent experience of working in a community setting desirable Evidence of up-to-date based knowledge and skills, particularly in long term conditions Evidence of experience and knowledge of working in partnership with other professionals in the Primary Care and Secondary Care settings Commitment to the development of integrated ways of working within health and social care For further information please contact Cathy Inman 07903 755 641/ Jill Adams 07958478379 Previous applicants need not apply. Post Reference No: 845-LOC605 Closing Date: Sunday 14th of December 2014 Interview Date: 12th and 13th of January 2015
Training & Development Coordinator Batley - Quality (Locala Community Partnerships CIC) View Vacancy Salary: Hours Per Week: Job Type: 18,838 to 22,016 pa 37.5 Hours/Week Permanent Training and Development Coordinator. Band 4. Applications are invited for the post of Training and Development Coordinator to join the Quality Team in Locala. We are looking for a motivated and innovative individual who will lead on the coordination of all mandatory, essential and bespoke training across the organisation. The successful person will ideally have knowledge of and experience of working with relevant training software, and must have excellent communication skills. A first degree or equivalent experience is also essential. For further information regarding this post please contact Gemma Fowler on 07814929931. Closing Date: Sunday 21st December 2014 at midnight Post Reference Number: 845-LOC611 Interview Date: 21st January 2015
Internal Vacancy Secondment Opportunity. Admissions Avoidance. Full time 37.5 hours per week. 4 months from 1 st Dec 2014 Required: Experienced Nurse 1 x post DDH, Band 6 This exciting new posts involve working alongside the A+E team at DDH You will assist the assessment process for patients in A+E, by providing a full community history (from SystmOne, and liaison with colleagues). This will enable a more complete and accurate clinical and social assessment to be carried out, so that timely return home can be arranged, and unnecessary hospital admissions avoided. As well as working with the hospital A+E team, you will also work closely alongside the Hospital Avoidance Team (HAT Kirklees), Rapid Response / Intermediate Care and other community services in order to plan a streamlined discharge. A seven day service is required at DDH. Daily late shift is 12pm 8pm. For an informal chat or to show an expression of interest please contact Contact - Katy Littlewood 07976 480647 or Brenda Devey 07720463095
Internal Vacancy SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATION OFFICER BAND 3 Permanent position 37.5 hours BASED AT BECKSIDE COURT We are looking for a colleague to join the Corporate Hub Admin Team, to provide an excellent customer service and administrative support service in a helpful friendly and professional manner in accordance with the values of the organisation. You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication skills when undertaking reception duties and undertake general admin duties and tasks on Locala IT systems in a timely manner. Part of your duties will also include, setting up, allocation and distribution of mobile phones to Locala users and resolve user issues using the OPAS task management system and Issuing ID cards and proximity cards. You will be expected to travel to various bases to register the proximity cards on the wintacs system. Training will be given. For an informal chat please do not hesitate to contact Lyn Barker on 03033 308929 If you are interested in applying for this post please send an expression of interest to hr.recruit@locala.org.uk by the closing date of Monday 8 th December 2014 at 12 noon.
Internal Vacancy Transformation Team Secondment Opportunity Internal 2 x 0.5 wte B5 to B7 (depending on skills and experience) The transformation team has got a fabulous secondment opportunity available for colleagues with change management and digital skills/experience to join them on a part-time time basis up to the end of March 2015. The roles will be to support the delivery of transformation and in particular to support colleagues with virtual contacts. Ideally the successful applicant will be a current change agent, but this is not essential. To apply please send a CV and a short statement as to why you think you would be successful in this role to Amina Hans-Adam by 11.12.14. Please check that your line manager can support you with this opportunity likely to commence early January 2015. If you want to discuss this informally please contact Amina Hans-Adam via Lync Amina.Hans-Adam@locala.org.uk
Internal Vacancy Locala Care Home Support Team Internal Bank Vacancy for Qualified Nurses We have an exciting opportunity within the Care Home Support Team for qualified nurses to work additional hours over the winter period to complement our existing team. You would be working across care homes in the greater Huddersfield area, conducting holistic nursing assessments. Please note this is NOT part of Locala Home Care it is the Locala Care Home Support Team Service which is based at Holme Valley. If you would like further information, please contact Dominic Ward Tel 07815160257 or contact the Care Home Support Team. Expressions of interest to Dominic Ward.
Internal Vacancy Bank Health Care Assistant Dermatology Services- Based at Moorfields Band 3 Hours - 7.5 pw FRIDAYS (possibly other days as required) Locala Community Partnerships have a vacancy for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant In the Dermatology Services at Moorfields Clinic Fartown Health Centre. We would like to hear from enthusiastic experienced health care assistants who are keen to join our newly established team. You will support the Specialist Nurse or GP with Specialist Interest in Dermatology whilst they carry out minor surgery. Experience would be an asset. You may have had experience of this before or in another clinical area supporting qualified professionals. Duties will include:- - Preparation of the minor surgery clinic - Being on hand to support the clinician to ensure clinic runs smoothly - Tidying up clinic post-surgery - Being on hand to support patient and provide reassurance if required. The successful applicant will ideally have the following skills and attributes. Be able to manage own workload Enjoy working as part of a team, and on your own initiative Want to learn and develop new skills Ideally worked as an HCA before Be caring, competent, compassionate and committed Enquiries/expressions of interest to: Sam Macleod Acting Band 4 on 03033309994 Or Caitlin Edwards Operational Manager Planned Adults on 07815581001 03033309064 Closing Date: Friday 12 th December 2014 at 5.00pm
External Vacancies CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 37.5 Hours per week starting salary from 31,072 dependent upon experience (Agenda for Change Band 7) Ref No: 14/41 We have a rare opportunity for an experienced palliative care Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our well established community Palliative Care Team. You would:- join a team of 3 other hospice based clinical nurse specialists in providing community specialist palliative care across the Kirklees area. be a key member of the hospices extensive multi-professional team. work closely with colleagues in the palliative care teams based in Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust and Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust (Dewsbury) to provide an integrated service. Contribute to Specialist Palliative care education across Kirklees The role is challenging and our expectations are high but the rewards are great. For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:- Sarah Shaw, Director of Clinical Services or Andrew Gammon, Clinical Nurse Specialist on 01484 557900 For an application pack please contact:- Ann Moorhouse, Human Resources Administrator Kirkwood Hospice 21 Albany Road Dalton Huddersfield HD5 9UY TEL. 01484 557900 E-mail annm@kirkwoodhospice.co.uk Closing date: Monday, 22 December, 2014 Interviews: 12 January, 2015 A satisfactory disclosure from DBS will be required. For more information contact the DBS on 0870 909 0811 or visit www.homeoffice.gov.uk/dbs