About this role
Job summary
Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team. Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day operational management and leadership to the team.
Main duties of the job
Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team housed within St Michaels Hospice. Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day leadership to the team. The team comprises Occupational and Physiotherapists supported by Hospice employed Therapy support Workers.
Therapy is provided across the In Patient Unit, Day care and Out patient settings. at St Michaels Hospice.
Palliative rehabilitation focuses on living as well as possible and is supported throughout Hospice care.
About us About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy HCPC registered Evidence of Post Grade specialist qualification and willingness to undertake further training at Masters level
Desirable
Leadership / Management qualification Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (V300)
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES Essential
Broad, developed and advanced knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions Demonstration of knowledge of core and highly specialist Therapy skills Extensive evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail Able to make independent, sound, advanced clinical decisions and problem solve Able to manage and facilitate others in dealing with busy case load and prioritise Ability to work autonomously using highly specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries
EXPERIENCE Essential
Extensive NHS or equivalent experience in specialist area e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services Experience of team leadership, management and positive role modelling Student practice placement educator and experience of having students Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment Supervisory experience
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Essential
Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help Evidence of ability to communicate effectively including difficult conversations Committed to personal and team development Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs Is dynamic and proactive Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence Reliable
OTHER FACTORS Essential
Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. i.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids
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 Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address St Michaels Hospice
Bartestree
Hereford
HR1 4HA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)