About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our Locality Hub as a Senior Clinician.
The Locality Hub is part of an integrated health and social care model, supporting coordination of care across acute, community, and primary care services. The aim is to reduce hospital admissions, minimise length of stay, and ensure patients receive timely, appropriate care within the community.
The post holder will play a key role in triaging referrals, coordinating care pathways, and supporting safe and effective patient flow across services.
Main duties of the job
Work in accordance with the HCPC Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics and within the scope of Professional Practice, Trust Policies and practice in an evidence-based manner.
To provide a holistic approach to patients/clients that includes assessment and skills in triaging referrals and queries, to evaluate the information given, using appropriate questioning, to establish the correct clinical pathway based on the clinical service and its priority.
Demonstrate critical thinking and assessment skills when making clinical decisions, during the assessment of a variety of patients, some of which may be complex and require an MDT approach.
To act as an autonomous practitioner providing a comprehensive triage and clinical assessment service ensuring safe and appropriate clinical decisions are made.
Referrals and queries may come from clinicians, patients or their representatives and given the complexity of some cases, there may be barriers to understanding which the post-holder will be required to deal with in line with the Trust values.
The post-holder will undertake the locality clinical in-reach function, in collaboration with colleagues at the aligned acute hospital. This will involve the identification of patients with community amenable presentations who could be discharged from hospital with the appropriate community support.
About us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ( BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in peoples homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities.
We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within the community. Our integrated approach brings together professionals across health and social care to provide seamless, coordinated services.
We promote a supportive working environment, continuous professional development, and a culture focused on innovation, inclusion, and improving outcomes for our local population
Job description Job responsibilities
Obtain appropriate input and direction from internal and partnership clinicians and professionals as needed to determine best clinical course of action and recommendations for specific patient healthcare needs.
To provide advice and support to other clinicians in the delivery of patient care.
To utilise clinical systems and gather relevant information to support decision making, this will require prolonged concentration.
Participate in other locality hub functions to ensure efficient, effective and timely responses to the needs of patients, through reducing hospital Length of Stay (LoS), preventing hospital admissions and improving overall patient care and safety.
Work in a manner which ensures that patients, carers and colleagues are treated fairly, according to their needs, in line with Trust Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies.
To contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately and informing the senior clinician on duty. The post holder will frequently be exposed to distressing situations.
To maintain accurate clinical records and documentation inline with Trust and Professional standards.
Deputise in the absence of the Clinical Team Leader to co-ordinate the day-to-day management of locality hub functions and supervision of staff.
Participate in proactive service user engagement encouraging feedback and evidence actions taken in response to feedback received.
To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.
By liaising with acute, community, primary care and social care teams to initiate ongoing referrals and integrated care pathways, the post-holder will support flow between services, ensuring a seamless provision of care.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree or equivalent Current Registration with AHP council Extensive evidence of ongoing professional development (CPD)
Knowledge and skills Essential
Strong clinical reasoning and decision-making skills Passion for collaboration and service improvement. Ability to work autonomously and manage complex cases
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 Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address South Locality Hub
Ward 10
West Heath Hospital
B38 8HR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)