Job summary
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant AHP in Rehabilitation at Nottingham University NHS Trust. This post is a new post, and has been created as part of an exciting new vision that we have for Rehabilitation medicine across the NUH organisation. The successful applicant will share this vision and contribute, with medical and allied health professional colleagues, to the delivery of this goal.This post is full-time and would be suitable for a candidate with a background in therapy, with experience at a senior level.
We want ambitious and dedicated professionals to join us on this journey.
Main duties of the job
The NRC programme is a programme to redesign services, widen access for non Neuro patients and, in conjunction with HEE, develop a core skills set around rehabilitation. We are putting into place systems to support AHPs in advanced practice roles designed to complement existing rehabilitation services, including the use of a "Trusted assessor" model of rehabilitation in-reach and inpatient assessment. The successful candidate help guide and shape this important development which, in time, will become an important aspect of the operation of the NRC. This will include frequent liaison with the NRC planning team, with time allotted in the weekly job plan to allow this
The AHP consultant is expected to be an expert in their field with extensive experience of the rehabilitation process. They will assume overall responsibility for the patients admitted under their care to Linden Lodge/ NRC . In this capacity they will lead the MDT to administer the processes relevant to admission, ongoing care and discharge from the unit. The post requires the ability to foster outstanding teamwork within the team by fostering mutual respect and engagement to the best effect for the patients and carers. This will be achieved through excellent communication and collaboration both within the MDT as well as patient carers and other stakeholders. The post holder will liaise with the medical team at Linden Lodge and other specialities within NUH to ensure the patient's medical needs are met.
About us
This is a very exciting time to become involved in Rehabilitation medicine in the East Midlands. Planning for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) is in its advanced stages, and there is a wonderful opportunity for a new Consultant AHP joining our team to support, shape and drive service improvements. They will transition into the NRC clinical team when the centre is opened in November 2024. Our rehabilitation strategy includes our ambitions to deliver on the NRC project, whilst also sustaining and developing Rehabilitation medicine services delivered on the NUH site. We have approval in principle for a hyperacute rehabilitation unit, with the aim being to deliver early, goal-directed rehabilitation to patients transitioning from our Major Trauma Centre. We need forward-thinking professionals who can move forwards with these plans, and shape the future of Rehabilitation medicine in Nottingham and the surrounding area. This represents a unique opportunity for a new team of consultants to take Rehabilitation medicine at NUH in a new and exciting direction.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The AHP consultant will work alongside rehabilitation medicine consultants and there is an expectation of mutual cross cover during periods of leave. The AHP consultant will have their own caseload, including inpatients, for whom they will have primary responsibility.
The AHP consultant will be expected to work across NUH sites. They will be expected to see ward referrals to the rehabilitation service and to review those patients awaiting admission to Linden Lodge and when open the NRC.
The AHP consultant will also be expected to contribute to outpatient activity in rehabilitation medicine. This may include seeing patients in the spasticity management clinic receiving botulinum toxin injections. For practitioners without previous experience in this area, training and supervision will be provided. It may include also rehabilitation medicine follow up clinics and therapy sessions, according to the applicants skill set and experience, and career goals, and recognition of the service needs in conjunction with the Head of Service.
There will be space in the job plan to undertake research activity it is vital to ensure that in line with the rehabilitation strategy for the NRC, we are conducting research alongside clinical practice. The AHP consultant will be a key driver of this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The AHP consultant will work alongside rehabilitation medicine consultants and there is an expectation of mutual cross cover during periods of leave. The AHP consultant will have their own caseload, including inpatients, for whom they will have primary responsibility.
The AHP consultant will be expected to work across NUH sites. They will be expected to see ward referrals to the rehabilitation service and to review those patients awaiting admission to Linden Lodge and when open the NRC.
The AHP consultant will also be expected to contribute to outpatient activity in rehabilitation medicine. This may include seeing patients in the spasticity management clinic receiving botulinum toxin injections. For practitioners without previous experience in this area, training and supervision will be provided. It may include also rehabilitation medicine follow up clinics and therapy sessions, according to the applicants skill set and experience, and career goals, and recognition of the service needs in conjunction with the Head of Service.
There will be space in the job plan to undertake research activity it is vital to ensure that in line with the rehabilitation strategy for the NRC, we are conducting research alongside clinical practice. The AHP consultant will be a key driver of this.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the HCPC.
- Post graduate senior leadership qualification
- Completed PhD
Desirable
- MSc in advanced clinical practice or MSc in clinically relevant area
- Registered Independent Non-Medical prescriber.
- PG cert or Diploma in education
Experience
Essential
- Accountability for clinical case load at senior level.
- Expert clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to lead teams to make clinical decisions
- Ability to take accountability for clinical decisions of the team
- Application of a range of evidence based techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical areas
- Proven Management and leadership experience.
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change at a National level
- Responsibility for budget management including internal and external grants and funding streams, overseeing these for an organisation
- Chairing or leading or involvement with local and national committees
- Strong links with Universities relevant in research in the clinical area
- Experience in business case development
- Experience in leading audit and undertaking research.
- Research grant awards
- Leading research programmes.
- To remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
- Experience of working in quality improvement and change management
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Proven ability to communicate and influence locally and nationally in area of clinical expertise.
- Ability to lead the multi-professional team, leading the team to a consensus clinical decision based on presenting and receiving highly complex, specialist, sensitive or contentious information to the team or patients
- Experience in delivering complex and specialist information to large groups through multiple formats
- Demonstrates negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict.
- Accepts constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources.
- Ability to provide clinical advice and expertise in the specialist clinical area and for AHPs across NUH and the ICS
- Ability to work outside traditional professional boundaries
- Ability to adapt communication methods to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs.
- Communication skills that facilitate building honest and trusting partnerships with patients, families and carers.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex information including health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
- Involvement in the investigation of serious clinical incidents
- Leading operational judgements and managing conflicting views
- Deals effectively with clinical issues in a complex acute trust environment
Desirable
- Involvement in leading investigation of serious clinical incidents
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Demonstrates adaptability to departmental and patient need.
- Self-motivated with evidence of efficient time and deadline management.
- Demonstrates ability to develop services, working across integrated care systems.
- Experience in strategic planning for Regional and National work
- Experience of planning, developing and implementing education and teaching
- Evidence of policy and guideline development and implementation
- Able to identify learning opportunities and able to organise own learning and development.
- Ability to interpret and implement local, regional and national policy
Desirable
- Evidence of leading cross system projects
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to manoeuvre patients and perform clinical examinations as required.
- Ability to undertake computer and other equipment skills.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Demonstrates flexibility in working patterns and practices.
- Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relatives in sometimes distressing circumstances.
- Ability to work across campuses and externally including local, regional, national.
- Car driver
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the HCPC.
- Post graduate senior leadership qualification
- Completed PhD
Desirable
- MSc in advanced clinical practice or MSc in clinically relevant area
- Registered Independent Non-Medical prescriber.
- PG cert or Diploma in education
Experience
Essential
- Accountability for clinical case load at senior level.
- Expert clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to lead teams to make clinical decisions
- Ability to take accountability for clinical decisions of the team
- Application of a range of evidence based techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical areas
- Proven Management and leadership experience.
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change at a National level
- Responsibility for budget management including internal and external grants and funding streams, overseeing these for an organisation
- Chairing or leading or involvement with local and national committees
- Strong links with Universities relevant in research in the clinical area
- Experience in business case development
- Experience in leading audit and undertaking research.
- Research grant awards
- Leading research programmes.
- To remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
- Experience of working in quality improvement and change management
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Proven ability to communicate and influence locally and nationally in area of clinical expertise.
- Ability to lead the multi-professional team, leading the team to a consensus clinical decision based on presenting and receiving highly complex, specialist, sensitive or contentious information to the team or patients
- Experience in delivering complex and specialist information to large groups through multiple formats
- Demonstrates negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict.
- Accepts constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources.
- Ability to provide clinical advice and expertise in the specialist clinical area and for AHPs across NUH and the ICS
- Ability to work outside traditional professional boundaries
- Ability to adapt communication methods to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs.
- Communication skills that facilitate building honest and trusting partnerships with patients, families and carers.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex information including health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
- Involvement in the investigation of serious clinical incidents
- Leading operational judgements and managing conflicting views
- Deals effectively with clinical issues in a complex acute trust environment
Desirable
- Involvement in leading investigation of serious clinical incidents
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Demonstrates adaptability to departmental and patient need.
- Self-motivated with evidence of efficient time and deadline management.
- Demonstrates ability to develop services, working across integrated care systems.
- Experience in strategic planning for Regional and National work
- Experience of planning, developing and implementing education and teaching
- Evidence of policy and guideline development and implementation
- Able to identify learning opportunities and able to organise own learning and development.
- Ability to interpret and implement local, regional and national policy
Desirable
- Evidence of leading cross system projects
Physical skills
Essential
- Ability to manoeuvre patients and perform clinical examinations as required.
- Ability to undertake computer and other equipment skills.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Demonstrates flexibility in working patterns and practices.
- Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relatives in sometimes distressing circumstances.
- Ability to work across campuses and externally including local, regional, national.
- Car driver
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards.
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.
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).
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.
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).