About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced registered health or social care leader to join us to continue developing our high profile, flagship team. Having been operational for 6 months, recruiting new staff, developing processes and building our reputation, we are now looking for a Team Lead to take the team forward on it's next steps.
The team covers Bracknell, North East Hants, Farnham and Surrey Heath, providing a bridging service for patients waiting for care at home: traditionally patients would wait in hospital until their commissioned care could start, now the Trust is providing it's own home care service to meet the patients' needs at home on an interim basis.
You would be responsible for the operational leadership of the team, directly managing Associate Practitioners who, in turn, manage a team of Healthcare Support Workers, including recruitment, HR, appraisals, budget.
You will work in partnership with, and receive peer support from, the other Intermediate Care Team Leads across ERS (Enhanced Recovery and Support at Home), Community Therapies and Community Inpatient Therapies. We work closely with the Community Nursing Teams and other partner organisations including the Local Authority social care teams.
In return you will receive regular 1:1s, CPD opportunities and a supportive work environment.
Main duties of the job
- To provide expert leadership within community services and the wider Integrated Care Teams, as appropriate, to provide high standards to patients to support earlier discharges from hospital and avoid unnecessary admission to secondary care.
- Undertake professional leadership role in the community.
- Act as a professional exemplar within the team and locality.
- Working with partners in primary, secondary and social care to support an enhanced recovery model which works in partnership with ICTs and complex case management.
- To act as an autonomous professional accountable for both your own and all delegated professional and/or clinical tasks.
- Negotiate and agree with the patient, carers and other care professionals, individual roles and responsibilities with actions to be taken and outcomes to be achieved, referring on to other services or professionals as appropriate.
- Contribute to the development of service strategy and standard operating procedures.
- Establish local networks in partnership with other health and social professionals/agencies and national links with other generalists in order to develop protocols according to national and local guidelines for the safe and effective provision of care.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- OT, Physio or Social Work degree or diploma equivalent.
- Registered OT or Physiotherapist with the HCPC or Social Worker with Social Work England.
Desirable
- Educated to master's level.
- NHS leadership training
- Accredited student educator.
Experience
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice
- Professional practice and leadership.
- Experience of inter-agency and partnership working.
- Experience in challenging practice and leading in the development of new pathways of care and delivering best practice
- Experience in carrying out audit and risk assessment.
- Experience proactively managing complex long term conditions.
Desirable
- oClinical experience of different care sectors, e.g. acute, Adult Services, community.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Supporting self-care, self-management and enabling independence.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with other health and social care professionals, patients, carers and the public.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong IT Skills - including excel and power-point.
- Good Presentation skills / public speaking.
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.
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
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Fleet Community Hospital
Fleet
GU51 4LZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)