• Job Description

  Req#: C9381-25-0326?language=en&page=170&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you looking to be part of an established, high-performing service that delivers anticoagulation treatment to patients in their homes, community settings, and acute hospitals?

  This is an exciting opportunity to step into a new Clinical Lead role within our service. You will work within the Community Medicine and Ambulatory Therapies Directorate of the Primary Care Communities and Therapies group--a dynamic, forward-thinking, and supportive team committed to excellence in patient care.

  This role is ideal for an individual looking to expand their knowledge and skills while contributing to the redesign of our Anticoagulation service. As Clinical Lead, you will work alongside the Hematology Consultant and the wider team to implement and embed new service developments, promote the service, and drive improvements in patient care . You will play a key role in developing new pathways and policies to enhance quality and safety by streamlining inpatient and community outpatient care. Through collaborative work with multidisciplinary teams, you will help optimise patient outcomes and reduce hospital length of stay.

  Main duties of the job

  Main duties

  Participate, drive, and contribute to continuous service improvement and development.

  Lead quality improvement projects to ensure the agendas for the service are achieved and maintained.

  Demonstrate leadership, flexibility, the ability to support junior member of the team, with the ability to build strong working relationships.

  Actively promotes excellent and collaborative team work across the multidisciplinary team with outcomes aimed at the best interests of the patients.

  Maintain a high level of clinical practice within the service.

  Ensure there is an imbedded clinical governance framework across the service and compliance with reports and audits.

  About us

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

  We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

  Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

  Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

  We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

  Details

  Date posted

  03 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  381-CT-7256292

  Job locations

  SWB NHS Trust

  Lyndon

  West Bromwich

  B71 4HJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post graduate clinical experience across a range of specialties and settings, including acute inpatient care and community settings
  • Extensive clinical experience across a range of specialties and setting, including acute inpatient care, community setting and specialist area of Anticoagulation
  • Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (at Band 7 or above) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post, including proven skills in line management
  • Evidence of having delivered change for quality improvement
  • Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects

  Desirable

  • Developing policy and clinical protocols
  • Experience in writing business cases
  • Education delivery within a multidisciplinary setting

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Healthcare Professional with degree level qualification in relevant profession
  • NMC Registration
  • Leadership or management formal qualification, or equivalent experience.
  • Independent NMP (non medical prescriber) with ability to oversee other independent prescribers

  Desirable

  • Membership of the relevant professional body/union
  • Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent either completed or due to be completed or willingness to work towards

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post graduate clinical experience across a range of specialties and settings, including acute inpatient care and community settings
  • Extensive clinical experience across a range of specialties and setting, including acute inpatient care, community setting and specialist area of Anticoagulation
  • Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (at Band 7 or above) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post, including proven skills in line management
  • Evidence of having delivered change for quality improvement
  • Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects

  Desirable

  • Developing policy and clinical protocols
  • Experience in writing business cases
  • Education delivery within a multidisciplinary setting

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Healthcare Professional with degree level qualification in relevant profession
  • NMC Registration
  • Leadership or management formal qualification, or equivalent experience.
  • Independent NMP (non medical prescriber) with ability to oversee other independent prescribers

  Desirable

  • Membership of the relevant professional body/union
  • Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent either completed or due to be completed or willingness to work towards

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

  Address

  SWB NHS Trust

  Lyndon

  West Bromwich

  B71 4HJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

  Address

  SWB NHS Trust

  Lyndon

  West Bromwich

  B71 4HJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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