Therapy Team Lead
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Are you wanting to experience a Team Lead role based in the community for a fixed term/Secondment period of 12 months ?
To cover maternity leave we have a B7 Therapy Team Lead position covering North Kerrier Community and the In-patient Carn Brea unit at Camborne Redruth Community Hospital. You will be responsible for operationally managing the teams and ensuring the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation. In partnership with your PCN leads in Nursing and Adult Social Care you will continue to strengthen an effective, integrated multi-disciplinary approach within the locality teams.
If you are an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with extensive experience of working in the health care setting, this is a fantastic opportunity for learning and enhancing the leadership and management skills you already have.
Main duties of the job
- To lead and manage the operational services of the Community and Inpatient Therapy teams in North Kerrier, taking into account local health needs and the policy priority of developing services closer to home.
- Responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high quality evidence based care, focused on meeting the needs and choices of patients, carers and families.
- To foster positive relationships with local commissioning boards and community and voluntary organisations.
- Responsible for creating an effective, integrated multi-disciplinary approach within the locality teams.
- To ensure best practice guidelines and performance standards are met while meeting service targets.
- To be an autonomous practitioner responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex health and social care needs.
- To provide developmental leadership and management to all staff within the locality and with responsibility to form and inform future service development.
- Provide support to Integrated Care team Manager (ICM), to accept delegated responsibility for specific tasks.
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Date posted
16 June 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£40,057 to £45,839 a year Pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
201-22-853
Job locations
Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
Barncoose Terrace
Redruth
TR15 3ER
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
Barncoose Terrace
Redruth
TR15 3ER
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