Transition Lead/Developmental Appropriate Health Care Lead

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 February 2025

Job summary

Full-time

1 year FTC until April 2026 Are you passionate about high quality care for young people and their families?

Are you driven to make a difference in shaping service delivery?

If so then look no further this is the role for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Allied Health Professionals or a Registered Nurse to develop the transitional care/developmental appropriate health care at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. This is a secondment/fixed term opportunity for a year to spring board the transition journey at the Trust, supporting both colleagues at the organisation alongside young people and their families in relation to what does effective and supportive transitional care look like for the population to Rotherham. Working Trust wide to support across all the Care Groups and wider local stakeholders in defining the support and care that young people and their families need to support their health care. Coproduction will be a key element of this role.

Main duties of the job

As new roles these will be key in determining the training and educational nerds to the Trust to understand what is needed to support young people and their families to support their health care and creating a training programme to support this. Linking closely with the work that is being undertake both at a Place level and across the South Yorkshire footprint. Working closely with young people and their families to understand what support they require to ensure that they meet their health care needs and defining a blue print for service delivery which supports the Trust's Transitional Strategy. Being able to create both qualitative and quantitative data to demonstrate what the impact that transitional health care can have on the population of Rotherham will be fundamental.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Date posted

05 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Pro rata/per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9165-25-01-065

Job locations

The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S60 2UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in multi-disciplinary staff working
Experience of working independently
Experience in education of staff
Experience of working with young people who have long-term medical conditions.
Can demonstrate experience in managing patients with multiple complex health conditions.

Knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication skills with clear written and oral skills
Proven management skills
Effective organisational abilities, supervisory skills, leadership and change management skills
Awareness of current health service priorities, national and local nursing and quality agenda
Understanding of transition

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitioner with NMC or HCPC
First Level Degree
Teaching / Mentorship Qualification
Evidence of on-going professional development
Evidence of experience at Band 6/7

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in multi-disciplinary staff working
Experience of working independently
Experience in education of staff
Experience of working with young people who have long-term medical conditions.
Can demonstrate experience in managing patients with multiple complex health conditions.

Knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication skills with clear written and oral skills
Proven management skills
Effective organisational abilities, supervisory skills, leadership and change management skills
Awareness of current health service priorities, national and local nursing and quality agenda
Understanding of transition

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitioner with NMC or HCPC
First Level Degree
Teaching / Mentorship Qualification
Evidence of on-going professional development
Evidence of experience at Band 6/7

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.