Job summary
Have you
the clinical experience and exceptional leadership skills we are looking for to
step into this key role within a unique and reputable specialist service?
At Livability
Icanho our mission is to provide high-quality, community based,
interdisciplinary rehabilitation, education and support for adults and their
families following an acquired brain injury. We work with people in our award winning,
purpose built centre, in clients homes and within the community.
We are looking for someone who
will provide excellent leadership to our interdisciplinary team, take responsibility for clinical delivery and quality management as well as someone
who can see the bigger picture and work alongside the service manager on strategic
development and implementing change. It will be important to establish and
maintain good working relationships not just internally but with clinical leads
and other roles within organisations across the neuro
rehabilitation pathway as we work towards the integration agenda.
Its a really exciting time at Icanho as we set out a vision and plan to
develop and grow our service, so we need
someone with energy, a positive can do mind set and is comfortable leading
through change. Aligning to our values
will be important. If you are someone who has the knowledge, skills and passion
for this field of work alongside believing that in order to be successful we
must truly listen to and be driven by what our clients need then we would like
to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
In the role of clinical lead you will lead the interdisciplinary
team, ensuring delivery of individual rehabilitation programmes that have been
developed through robust assessment, goal planning and review process.
Maximise throughput by managing referrals and the waiting list ensuring that resources are being used effectively and efficiently to meet client needs.
Lead on clinical
quality management and clinical effectiveness ensuring professional service standards are in place and maintained through service
evaluation and audit.
Work collaboratively with the manager and senior management team on the continual development of the Icanho rehabilitation service. Monitor service delivery and lead on service improvement, evaluating the effectiveness of change, and supporting the team throughout.
Responsible for
staff training budget. Identifies training and educational needs of the clinical team in order to maintain
a specialist service.
Support recruitment of the clinical team and ensure
appropriate supervision of all clinical staff, providing annual appraisal and
supervision for direct reports.
Act as a
specialist resource in the field of acquired brain injury rehabilitation sharing
expertise and knowledge within Livability and with external
organisations across the rehabilitation pathway at system level. Work with partner organisations to influence and implement local acquired brain injury strategy moving towards integrated service provision.
.
About us
Well established and respected in Suffolk for over 25 years, Livability Icanho is a non-residential highly
specialist community based brain injury service with its main base in
Stowmarket Suffolk in easy reach of Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds and 45 mins from Cambridge or Colchester. Purpose built centre with free on site parking.
Operated by national charity Livability and jointly commissioned by 3 ICBs
and Suffolk County Council. We work closely with acute and community NHS teams.
You will be
joining an exemplary interdisciplinary team of approximately 26 staff consisting
of physiotherapy , occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology,
social worker, consultant in rehab medicine, rehabilitation assistants and
administration. We are driven by our core values striving to be open, enabling, inclusive and courageous in all that we do.
The service is truly client centred and we provide a creative, responsive and forward-thinking work environment, we are a small and friendly team where everyone's contribution is valued and staff are supported to develop and reach their full potential.
Working hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Benefits include 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays and long service days, paid sickness and pension scheme. Paid professional registration fees.
For an informal discussion or visit contact: Jo Marshall Service Manager on 01449 774161 or email: enquiries.Icanho@livability.org.uk
Provisional interview date 14th February
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job title: Clinical Lead
Directorate: Care Operations
Reports to: Service Manager, Livability Icanho
Supervises: Heads of Department/ Therapy team leads
Purpose of the job:
- To ensure that Icanho delivers a high quality specialist brain injury rehabilitation service to clients and their families, maintaining a high standard of service delivery at all times.
- Provide clinical leadership and daily management of the interdisciplinary team, being accessible to the team for consultation and support with difficult/challenging situations.
- Ensure the service is interdisciplinary in nature, establishes and maintains effective working relationships with all partner organisations moving towards the development of integrated service provision across Suffolk.
- Lead on clinical quality management and education ensuring service standards are developed and maintained through audit and evaluation.
- Provide complex case management and support to the interdisciplinary team and partner organisations across the rehabilitation pathways.
- Work with the management team on developing different income streams including liaising with the ICB re cases outside of the Icanho statutory contract. (Individual funding requests)
- Work with the manager on the strategic development of the service, leading on the clinical development of the service, as project lead on delegated topics and the clinical advisor for operational projects when required.
- Deputise for service manager in their absence.
Main duties: Clinical leadership
- Responsible for clinical delivery Daily management and provision of clinical leadership for the interdisciplinary team, and be accessible to the team for consultation and support with difficult/challenging situations.
- Ensure that the clients have an individual rehabilitation programme that has been developed through a robust assessment, goal planning and review process.
- Promote critical analysis and reflective practice and encourage involvement in professional clinical excellence networks and groups.
- Support the interdisciplinary team to develop audit, service standards, evaluation and research projects.
- Ensure adherence to professional, departmental and service standards.
- Ensure the service utilises appropriate outcome measures in order to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of the service.
- Manages staff training budget, identifying training and educational needs of the interdisciplinary team both individually and as a service, in order to maintain a high quality and evidence based service.
- Ensure appropriate supervision of all clinical staff, providing annual appraisal and direct supervision to head of departments.
- Be involved in the recruitment of the clinical team, including involvement with job descriptions, person specifications and the interview process.
- Act as a specialist resource in the field of acquired brain injury rehabilitation both within the service, Livability and external organisations through expertise, specialist knowledge across rehabilitation pathways both locally and nationally, providing advice education/training as required.
- Aware of the relevant development and research in the field of acquired brain injury rehabilitation, ensuring the application of evidence based practice across the interdisciplinary team.
- Understand the principles of risk management and assessment applying these to practice at all times.
Service Delivery
- Receive enquiries and clinically process referrals, liaising with referrers, GP and clients as required.
- Management of the waiting list to minimise the wait dependent on resources available at the time.
- Monitor and maximise throughput by ensuring appropriate processes are in place which utilise our resources in the most effective and efficient way.
- Liaise closely with partner organisations to ensure smooth transition across services maximising the efficiency across the rehabilitation pathways.
- Produce reports against areas specified in the contracts delivered by Icanho
Strategic service development
- Work collaboratively with the manager on the continual development of the Icanho rehabilitation service in response to the changing needs of service users and in line with current guidelines and practice.
- Identify, plan for and collaboratively implement changes to working practices at Icanho which enable the service to operate with greater efficiency and/or which enable improvements in service quality
- Work with Service manager to maintain core contracts with the ICBs and local authorities.
- Influence local strategy and policy-making with regard to neuro rehabilitation by participating in forums, committees and meetings as required.
- Work with partner organisations to influence acquired brain injury strategy and policy-making moving towards integrated service provision locally and regionally.
- Alongside the manager to continually develop and support new funding opportunities increasing diversity of income generation to support the services future financial stability.
General
- Be responsible for and able to evidence own personal development by undertaking relevant training, attending meetings, conferences and events ensuring remain updated in all matters related to the role within the individuals personal objectives agreed with the manager and HCPC guidelines.
- Carryout additional duties and tasks that maybe required within the range of the responsibilities of the post.
Working relationships and contacts
Internal: All staff in the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
External:
ü ICBs
ü Primary, secondary and tertiary care organisations
ü Social Care Services
ü Housing Departments
ü Education Services
ü Employment Services
ü Voluntary Organisations
ü Private Organisations
ü Lawyers and independent case managers
ü Local community resources as required.
ü Other NHS and Voluntary Sector Mental Health Service
Safeguarding Livability is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adult, young people and children and expects all employees to share this commitment and follow our safeguarding policies and procedures.
Equality and diversity Livability is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Livability aims to create and sustain an inclusive work environment which provides equality of opportunity for everyone and reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. The post holder is required to uphold the Equality and Diversity policy and comply with the code of conduct which sets out our standards of behaviour towards those who use our services or work within them.
Christian ethos and values The post holder must carry out all duties in a manner which is consistent with Livability values which are based on an inclusive Christian ethos.
Policies and procedures The post holder must also maintain the policies, procedures and practices of the organisation and as far as possible, must ensure that all activities within the work setting are consistent with those values, policies, procedure and practices.
Confidentiality The post holder must ensure that any information relating to employees, service users and volunteers (future, current and past) is treated in strictest confidence and must be discussed only within the confines of the work setting with the appropriate members of the team or managers.
Health and safety The post holder must be familiar with Livability Health and Safety policies and guidelines. All work should be undertaken so as to be consistent with these, and so as to ensure own health and safety and that of others affected by their work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job title: Clinical Lead
Directorate: Care Operations
Reports to: Service Manager, Livability Icanho
Supervises: Heads of Department/ Therapy team leads
Purpose of the job:
- To ensure that Icanho delivers a high quality specialist brain injury rehabilitation service to clients and their families, maintaining a high standard of service delivery at all times.
- Provide clinical leadership and daily management of the interdisciplinary team, being accessible to the team for consultation and support with difficult/challenging situations.
- Ensure the service is interdisciplinary in nature, establishes and maintains effective working relationships with all partner organisations moving towards the development of integrated service provision across Suffolk.
- Lead on clinical quality management and education ensuring service standards are developed and maintained through audit and evaluation.
- Provide complex case management and support to the interdisciplinary team and partner organisations across the rehabilitation pathways.
- Work with the management team on developing different income streams including liaising with the ICB re cases outside of the Icanho statutory contract. (Individual funding requests)
- Work with the manager on the strategic development of the service, leading on the clinical development of the service, as project lead on delegated topics and the clinical advisor for operational projects when required.
- Deputise for service manager in their absence.
Main duties: Clinical leadership
- Responsible for clinical delivery Daily management and provision of clinical leadership for the interdisciplinary team, and be accessible to the team for consultation and support with difficult/challenging situations.
- Ensure that the clients have an individual rehabilitation programme that has been developed through a robust assessment, goal planning and review process.
- Promote critical analysis and reflective practice and encourage involvement in professional clinical excellence networks and groups.
- Support the interdisciplinary team to develop audit, service standards, evaluation and research projects.
- Ensure adherence to professional, departmental and service standards.
- Ensure the service utilises appropriate outcome measures in order to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of the service.
- Manages staff training budget, identifying training and educational needs of the interdisciplinary team both individually and as a service, in order to maintain a high quality and evidence based service.
- Ensure appropriate supervision of all clinical staff, providing annual appraisal and direct supervision to head of departments.
- Be involved in the recruitment of the clinical team, including involvement with job descriptions, person specifications and the interview process.
- Act as a specialist resource in the field of acquired brain injury rehabilitation both within the service, Livability and external organisations through expertise, specialist knowledge across rehabilitation pathways both locally and nationally, providing advice education/training as required.
- Aware of the relevant development and research in the field of acquired brain injury rehabilitation, ensuring the application of evidence based practice across the interdisciplinary team.
- Understand the principles of risk management and assessment applying these to practice at all times.
Service Delivery
- Receive enquiries and clinically process referrals, liaising with referrers, GP and clients as required.
- Management of the waiting list to minimise the wait dependent on resources available at the time.
- Monitor and maximise throughput by ensuring appropriate processes are in place which utilise our resources in the most effective and efficient way.
- Liaise closely with partner organisations to ensure smooth transition across services maximising the efficiency across the rehabilitation pathways.
- Produce reports against areas specified in the contracts delivered by Icanho
Strategic service development
- Work collaboratively with the manager on the continual development of the Icanho rehabilitation service in response to the changing needs of service users and in line with current guidelines and practice.
- Identify, plan for and collaboratively implement changes to working practices at Icanho which enable the service to operate with greater efficiency and/or which enable improvements in service quality
- Work with Service manager to maintain core contracts with the ICBs and local authorities.
- Influence local strategy and policy-making with regard to neuro rehabilitation by participating in forums, committees and meetings as required.
- Work with partner organisations to influence acquired brain injury strategy and policy-making moving towards integrated service provision locally and regionally.
- Alongside the manager to continually develop and support new funding opportunities increasing diversity of income generation to support the services future financial stability.
General
- Be responsible for and able to evidence own personal development by undertaking relevant training, attending meetings, conferences and events ensuring remain updated in all matters related to the role within the individuals personal objectives agreed with the manager and HCPC guidelines.
- Carryout additional duties and tasks that maybe required within the range of the responsibilities of the post.
Working relationships and contacts
Internal: All staff in the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre
External:
ü ICBs
ü Primary, secondary and tertiary care organisations
ü Social Care Services
ü Housing Departments
ü Education Services
ü Employment Services
ü Voluntary Organisations
ü Private Organisations
ü Lawyers and independent case managers
ü Local community resources as required.
ü Other NHS and Voluntary Sector Mental Health Service
Safeguarding Livability is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adult, young people and children and expects all employees to share this commitment and follow our safeguarding policies and procedures.
Equality and diversity Livability is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Livability aims to create and sustain an inclusive work environment which provides equality of opportunity for everyone and reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. The post holder is required to uphold the Equality and Diversity policy and comply with the code of conduct which sets out our standards of behaviour towards those who use our services or work within them.
Christian ethos and values The post holder must carry out all duties in a manner which is consistent with Livability values which are based on an inclusive Christian ethos.
Policies and procedures The post holder must also maintain the policies, procedures and practices of the organisation and as far as possible, must ensure that all activities within the work setting are consistent with those values, policies, procedure and practices.
Confidentiality The post holder must ensure that any information relating to employees, service users and volunteers (future, current and past) is treated in strictest confidence and must be discussed only within the confines of the work setting with the appropriate members of the team or managers.
Health and safety The post holder must be familiar with Livability Health and Safety policies and guidelines. All work should be undertaken so as to be consistent with these, and so as to ensure own health and safety and that of others affected by their work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification
- Degree level qualification in allied health care profession.
- HCPC or equivalent professional registration
Desirable
- Masters in related field
- Management qualification
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Up to date training in statutory training courses including Fire safety, H&S, Food hygiene, Manual handling, Adult/Child protection, First Aid, Equality/diversity etc.
Technical work based skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective management and leadership
- Ability to develop positive relationships within the work setting and contribute effectively to achieve consistency and quality, and motivate staff
- Ability to produce and present accurate, clear and concise reports orally and in written form
- Plan and prioritise workload
- Undertaking risk assessments
- Computer based skills including presentation packages
- Ability to meet national standards of service delivery
Desirable
- Knowledge of systmOne
- External networking
- Managing projects
General Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Well developed reflective practice skills
- High level of written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise, manage and delegate own workload and workload of team.
- Presentation skills
- Car driver and use of own car for business purposes
- Self driven and motivated
- Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work
Desirable
- Ability to deal with complaints and clinical emergencies.
- High profile within local/national brain injury networks
Experience
Essential
- Over five years post graduate experience in the field of acquired brain injury (inc stroke) rehabilitation preferably in both community & acute clinical settings.
- Leading a clinical team
- People management including safe recruitment, induction and development of staff, managing performance inc supervision and appraisal of staff, conduct and disciplinary.
- knowledge of social model of disability and ABI inc Stroke rehabilitation pathway.
- Legislation, policies and guidelines affecting ABI inc Stroke
- Application of clinical and information governance
- Relevant and on-going CPD in neuro- rehabilitation.
- Specialist knowledge of the theories, treatments and techniques relevant in acquired brain injury rehabilitation inc stroke.
- Clinical audit
- Quality/service improvement
- Leading and managing change
- Report writing
Desirable
- Working in and management of an interdisciplinary team.
- Strategic development and project management
- Clinical research
- Outcome measures
- Experience of presenting/teaching at national level
- Critical appraisal skills
- Managing quality and compliance
- Knowledge of local, regional and national organisations involved in neuro rehabilitation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification
- Degree level qualification in allied health care profession.
- HCPC or equivalent professional registration
Desirable
- Masters in related field
- Management qualification
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Up to date training in statutory training courses including Fire safety, H&S, Food hygiene, Manual handling, Adult/Child protection, First Aid, Equality/diversity etc.
Technical work based skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate effective management and leadership
- Ability to develop positive relationships within the work setting and contribute effectively to achieve consistency and quality, and motivate staff
- Ability to produce and present accurate, clear and concise reports orally and in written form
- Plan and prioritise workload
- Undertaking risk assessments
- Computer based skills including presentation packages
- Ability to meet national standards of service delivery
Desirable
- Knowledge of systmOne
- External networking
- Managing projects
General Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Well developed reflective practice skills
- High level of written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise, manage and delegate own workload and workload of team.
- Presentation skills
- Car driver and use of own car for business purposes
- Self driven and motivated
- Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work
Desirable
- Ability to deal with complaints and clinical emergencies.
- High profile within local/national brain injury networks
Experience
Essential
- Over five years post graduate experience in the field of acquired brain injury (inc stroke) rehabilitation preferably in both community & acute clinical settings.
- Leading a clinical team
- People management including safe recruitment, induction and development of staff, managing performance inc supervision and appraisal of staff, conduct and disciplinary.
- knowledge of social model of disability and ABI inc Stroke rehabilitation pathway.
- Legislation, policies and guidelines affecting ABI inc Stroke
- Application of clinical and information governance
- Relevant and on-going CPD in neuro- rehabilitation.
- Specialist knowledge of the theories, treatments and techniques relevant in acquired brain injury rehabilitation inc stroke.
- Clinical audit
- Quality/service improvement
- Leading and managing change
- Report writing
Desirable
- Working in and management of an interdisciplinary team.
- Strategic development and project management
- Clinical research
- Outcome measures
- Experience of presenting/teaching at national level
- Critical appraisal skills
- Managing quality and compliance
- Knowledge of local, regional and national organisations involved in neuro rehabilitation.
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).
Additional information
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).
