About this role
Job summary
Are you ready to take the next exciting step in your career?
Do you want to lead a patient centred, forward thinking team in a dynamic, supportive environment?
We're thrilled to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Band 8a Clinical lead therapist to join our Halton Intermediate Care and Frailty Service (HICAF). If you're passionate about promoting independence, delivering person-centred care, and making a real difference in people's lives, we want to hear from you!
We've been on an inspiring journey to transform intermediate care in Halton, bringing together health and social care into one integrated, collaborative team. You'll be part of a service that truly puts people first, working in their own homes or in discharge-to-assess units, following a "home first" approach.
You'll have opportunity to utilise your leadership and advanced clinical skills working across key areas of our service including:o Single Point of Accesso Community Rapid Response / Frailty Teamo Reablement Teamo Intermediate Care UnitJoin our vibrant multidisciplinary team including GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Therapy & Nursing Assistants, Dieticians, Care Support Workers, and Administrators.
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do.
Main duties of the job
To utilise highly developed, expert, specialist clinical skills in the assessment and treatment of your own caseload of patients with complex conditions.
To develop specialised programmes of care, individually and/or in groups, as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings.
To develop and use skills outside the normal scope of therapy/nursing practice to support patient care.
To provide clinical leadership and highly specialist advice, taking an active role in both the operational decision making with the clinical team manager, providing support to the Principal Lead for the Service
To ensure efficient and effective use of resources and the development and maintenance of the highest standards of patient care and delivery.
To lead in the development of the therapy service in line with the requirements of the commissioners.
To take the clinical lead in this specialist area of work, acting as a principal resource providing advice, supervision, and training into a variety of disciplines.
To lead clinical audits and undertake research for therapies in this specialist area.
To establish and nurture strong working relationships with other members of the wider community team, social care and general practice.
About us
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation
Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other
Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn
Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:
Kind - we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
Open - we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
Fair - we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
One team - we work well together and with our communities
We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.
We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.
Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application
Job description Job responsibilities
1. Manage a complex clinical caseload with autonomy, guided by policies, procedures, codes of practice and departmental working practices, guiding the patients treatment through your clinical expertise and clinical judgement.
2. Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with a highly complex presentation, using investigative and advanced analytical skills and clinical reasoning including beyond the normal scope of practice.
3. Use highly developed specialist knowledge and experience to make a medical/therapeutic diagnosis of a patients condition and interpret clinical findings and documentation to formulate a comprehensive specialised programme of care, including decision making about the most appropriate treatment options.
4. Clinically supervise less experienced staff and students in the provision of patient care.
5. Provide planned and spontaneous expert advice to patients, staff, other disciplines, carers and relatives, where there may be conflicting evidence.
6. Organise access to appropriate treatment/opinion in response to clinical findings. E.g., other community health care workers.
7. Support the Principal lead and therapy manager to develop the Intermediate Care Service in line with patient need, national and local drivers and up to date clinical research and guidance.
8. Lead the co-ordination of patient care within the team, with a strong focus on patient experience and customer care.
Please see attached JD and PS for more details.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
oSignificant experience in clinical leadership. Responsibility for clinical quality, people management and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards
Qualifications Essential
oClinical Professional Qualification -Degree level or equivalent experience in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy oMSc or equivalent oClinical Professional Qualification -Degree level or equivalent experience in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy oMSc or equivalent oACP qualification oHCPC registration
Desirable
oLeadership qualification
Skills, knowledge and competencies Essential
oAbility to champion the day to day quality of care provided by a Specialist Team to meet challenging performance targets oA high level of communication skills to include mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation and well-developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts oPresentation, training and coaching skills oAbility to manage competing priorities and work under pressure while meeting deadlines oWork in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day oUnderstanding of clinical governance , risk management safeguarding and quality improvement methodologies
Desirable
oAbility to solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills oIT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems
Specific role requirements Essential
oCope with competing priorities and a demanding oAbility to lead and manage change within a complex environment oExtensive experience of working as a highly specialised practitioner oExperience of managing a complex case load oAbility to research information and use audit skills to apply findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans oCoaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams oAbility to analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales oKnowledge of key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally assess and describe the impact on the clinical team oHold a full UK driving licence
Desirable
oExperience in research oAbility to competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans to deliver a Clinical Service Strategy oDemonstrate competent project management skills oDeal with uncertainty in a political environment oAbility to be imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
Physical Skills Essential
oTo have highly developed physical, dexterous and manipulative skills for the treatment of patients, which may involve the use of specialist equipment relating to the area of therapy.
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 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)
Address OakMeadows, Warrington and Halton Hospital plus Community
Peel House Lane
Widnes
WA8 6TJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)