Job summary Are you a tenacious, confident, and flexible health professional with excellent clinical assessment skills, who can lead by example as well as encourage leadership roles within your team.
Can you work autonomously and as part of an integrated, creative and motivated team?
Do you like variety and relish the challenge of a fast paced working environment?If you do and are, we would really like to hear from you!You will take the role of Clinical Lead within this dynamic, dual funded integrated hybrid team, providing comprehensive geriatric assessments of our elderly & frail population, specialising in admission avoidance services and complex discharge planning covering all Emergency Access Areas of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Main duties of the job To take the role of Clinical Lead for RAFT, working with the Team Lead in the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the physiotherapy, nursing and occupational therapy specialities within the emergency access setting.
Providing a Specialist Clinical Lead role for service delivery & development.
Provide specialist clinical knowledge & experience in assessing elderly, frail patients who often present with complex multi-pathological problems, including delirium, medical/respiratory/neurological or musculo-skeletal conditions.
To respond to a bleep/mobile phone and provide prompt and effective assessment within agreed standards to ensure the most appropriate and safe discharge to home or other suitable environment.
To ensure the team provide advanced combined physiotherapy, nursing & occupational therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within the speciality with an emphasis on those with highly complex and/or chronic presentation.
To carry out home visits and assess and provide specific equipment as required.
To train, educate and support Band 5, Band 6 physiotherapists, nurses, occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, therapy assistants, students and other healthcare professionals.
To share the leadership role with the QEH employed counterpart to plan, develop, co-ordinate & evaluate the Rapid Assessment Team.
To organise, implement and actively support and take part in the seven day working rota for the integrated Rapid Assessment & Frailty Team.
About us Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Find out more about working for our organisation here: Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description for full details and responsibilities of the post including the Personal Specification.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registration and qualification in a relevant professional discipline, such as Nursing, Social Work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy or paramedic sciences Diploma or degree in relevant profession Evidence of post graduate training in relevant field Evidence of a portfolio of CPD Desirable Masters Level Evidence of accredited or validated post registration education, such as leadership, management modules Experience Essential Experience of working with older people or younger people with a range of complex needs Experience of Emergency or Unplanned care.
Previous experience of change management and service development Experience of discharge planning and caseload management Evidence of exposure and experience in managing NHS priorities, processes and operational issues Evidence of implementing a range of human resources processes required for the management of staff, service development and supervision processes.
Experience of working with an integrated service.
Evidence of implementing change successfully.
Evidence of working across professional boundaries.
Evidence of working with a range of services, teams and individuals, being able to manage competing priorities.
Desirable Previous experience of working at a senior level.
Experience of service redesign and user involvement.
Evidence of experience in writing and implementing business cases.
Evidence of working under pressure and in a time limited environment.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge Essential Outstanding inter-personal skills.
Self-motivated and self-managing.
Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.
Able to share knowledge and skills with others.
Ability to work collaboratively within diverse teams, in a variety of settings.
Desirable Evidence of experience of audit, research and counselling skills.
Communication Essential Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
Demonstrates a calm approach to problem solving and managing or influencing others.
Evidence of presenting contentious information at a variety of forums including board level meetings Able to maintain judgement and professionalism under pressure.
Evidence of adequate computer skills.
Desirable Evidence of communicating information in a number of formats and at a variety of levels.
Evidence of using System one, care first or other local patient record systems.
Personal and People Development Essential Evidence of delegating work to others within the MDT.
Recognising potential in others and encouraging development of leadership skills.
Ability to manage a fast paced and time pressure service crossing the acute trust and community services.
Clear vision of the role and commitment to speciality.
Demonstrate strong leadership skills Personal Attributes / Behaviours (linked to the Trust's Behaviour Framework) Essential Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
Act as a role model, demonstrating a forward thinking, motivational and enthusiastic approach.
Demonstrate a reliable, non-judgemental approach to the workload, problem solving, prioritising and supporting others.
Committed to personal and team development.
Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.
Other Essential The post holder will be required to work across a 7 day rota The post holder will be required to undertake and element of manual handling activities Must hold full and valid and driving licence and have access to a vehicle Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language