Clinical Therapy Lead

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and strives to become an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleague's lived experiences.

Locala recognises the value that inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities.

If you are CARING and AMBITIOUS then join Locala and BE PART OF IT.

Clinical Therapy Lead 37.5 hours per week

If you have a passion for Urgent Community Response, strong communication skills and enjoy working as part of an MDT, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated therapist to join our Urgent Community Response team, part of Localas Integrated Community Services, comprised of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants.

The teams aim is to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and provide Urgent Community Response. The service covers Community settings and offers a 7 day service, from 8am until 8pm, providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients needs, in a short term intervention program.

You will have excellent communication skills to build complex relationships and network with key stakeholders to enable integration. Using initiative is essential, as is skill sharing with colleagues within the team, and the wider organisation. It is essential that all the team members work closely together, to truly integrate an MDT and provide a comprehensive service, utilising the Calderdale framework.

As a Clinical Therapy Lead you will contribute to service and policy development with the Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Lead. Clinical supervision for colleagues and students also forms an essential part of the role.

For more information, please contact

Elkie Moffatt, Team Leader for Unplanned Care on 0330 1659839 elkie.moffatt@locala.org.uk

Katy Littlewood, Unplanned Care Lead on 0303 3309657 kathryn.littlewood@locala.org.uk

About us

Welcome to Locala Health and Wellbeing proud to provide NHS community healthcare services across Kirklees, Calderdale and Bradford. We help people have better lives and you can too.

Join us and you will get:

Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.

Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%

Agenda for Change pay scales and holiday allowances We are committed to the AfC scales for all colleagues and acknowledge all existing NHS length of service.

Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

A say in how things are done We are a membership-based, colleague-owned organisation. Join us and you immediately become a member with opportunities to be involved and have your say.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.