SARC Consultant / Clinical Lead

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

You will lead the award winning team providing a 24 hour service and comprising of Forensic Physicians, Crisis Workers, SARC Delivery Manager and SARC Operational Manager. In addition complainants are supported by a team of adult and child Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) including one who specialises in supporting complainants with complex needs.
Using your leadership skills and expertise, you will take responsibility for the delivery of safe and effective clinical services ensuring all targets, performance standards, deadlines and objectives are met.
The Clinical Lead identified requirements in FFLM Quality Standards GFM & SoM
Must attend an initial accredited training courses such as the FFLM/University of Teesside one-week course in GFM and/or SOM (adult and paediatrics), before commencing unsupervised clinical work;
Obtain the FFLM Licentiate qualification- Within three years or the FFLM Membership qualification- within five years
Should complete training in statement writing and courtroom skills
Attended a FFLM approved one day Best Practice SARC/GFM day-Within 3 years.
Previously conducted SARC Forensic Medical Examinations-Peer Review of 3 from last 12 months.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
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