Job summary
Are you an ACP, who wants to work within a community based MDT, having a passion for supporting patient care and keen to make a difference? Do you want to support the development of a new Rapid Access Service ? We are looking for an enthusiastic ACP to join our team and support patients to stay at home, reducing the need for hospital admission.
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The ACP will work as a member of RAS which includes a rapid response team supporting admission avoidance , a frailty virtual ward and a therapy urgent response team supporting hospital discharges. The virtual ward enables patients to receive safe, effective treatment at home for up to 14 days. They will provide medical assessments at home alongside our GPs, with overall care under a hospital consultant or community geriatrician . We receive referrals from community services, LAS 111, GPs and ED deflections with a focus on keeping patients safe at home where possible. A confident communicator with strong organisational skills, you will thrive in an MDT environment and will be instrumental in supporting and developing this new service, to ensure a high-quality service for our patients. With a passion for continuous development and service improvement, you will be involved in projects and trust initiatives. You will receive regular supervision, in-service training, and support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge to improve patient health outcomesThe post holder will be expected to develop skills in physical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and prescribing to assist in the recognition of early symptoms of disease exacerbation and acute illness. The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including the prevention of unnecessary admissionsThe post is responsible for the development and implementation of clinical therapy and intermediate care pathways across the urgent community response teams across Islington and Haringey. They will ensure that governance arrangements are in place which are clearly communicated to the clinical teams.To fulfil the role of ACP and Clinical pathway Lead, acting as an expert advisor for the team, in the assessment and rehabilitation of adults in the community with highly complex physical disabilities.To ensure that all therapists in IUURT and HURRT maintain high clinical and professional standards of practice.To ensure that all staff achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development.To keep up to date with developments in urgent response and intermediate care, undertaking audit to evaluate practice and participating in research as appropriate.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge to improve patient health outcomesThe post holder will be expected to develop skills in physical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and prescribing and use these both in the community and ambulatory care centre setting. Using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness, and injuries. The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including the prevention of unnecessary admissionsThe post is responsible for the development and implementation of clinical therapy and intermediate care pathways across the urgent community response teams across Islington and Haringey. They will ensure that governance arrangements are in place which are clearly communicated to the clinical teams.To fulfil the role of ACP and Clinical pathway Lead, acting as an expert advisor for the team, in the assessment and rehabilitation of adults in the community with highly complex physical disabilities.To ensure that all therapists in IUURT and HURRT maintain high clinical and professional standards of practice.To ensure that all staff achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development.To keep up to date with developments in urgent response and intermediate care, undertaking audit to evaluate practice and participating in research as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge to improve patient health outcomesThe post holder will be expected to develop skills in physical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and prescribing and use these both in the community and ambulatory care centre setting. Using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness, and injuries. The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including the prevention of unnecessary admissionsThe post is responsible for the development and implementation of clinical therapy and intermediate care pathways across the urgent community response teams across Islington and Haringey. They will ensure that governance arrangements are in place which are clearly communicated to the clinical teams.To fulfil the role of ACP and Clinical pathway Lead, acting as an expert advisor for the team, in the assessment and rehabilitation of adults in the community with highly complex physical disabilities.To ensure that all therapists in IUURT and HURRT maintain high clinical and professional standards of practice.To ensure that all staff achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development.To keep up to date with developments in urgent response and intermediate care, undertaking audit to evaluate practice and participating in research as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in physiotherapy /OT/SLT
- MSc qualification in Advanced clinical practice or willingness to work towards it. E E E
- Current registration with HCPC
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills, including development of evidence-based practice guidelines and leading on service improvements.
- Evidence of experience supervising staff
- Able to analyse the service in area of speciality and analyse the results, make recommendations for change and implement the agreed changes
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and implement Clinical Governance, and its relationship to quality.
- Demonstrate ability to justify clinical decisions with Consultants, GPs, staff across a range of providers, patients, relatives and carers
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff, GPs and other senior clinicians
Knowledge & experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a clinical therapist, including working in a Highly Specialist Community therapy role
- Evidence of extensive post-graduate clinical training
- Demonstrate and understanding of approaches to rehabilitation in an acute, rehabilitation and community environment
- Basic Computer Literacy
- Knowledge of current NHS policy in relation to urgent response
- Demonstrate the ability to liaise with other health and social care professionals to optimise patient E E E E E E E E E care. This will include an appreciation and understanding of the investigations that can be used to aid the diagnosis and management of
- Understanding of issues involved in offering a service to a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure that the service is culturally appropriate and accessible
- Understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and of risk management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in physiotherapy /OT/SLT
- MSc qualification in Advanced clinical practice or willingness to work towards it. E E E
- Current registration with HCPC
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills, including development of evidence-based practice guidelines and leading on service improvements.
- Evidence of experience supervising staff
- Able to analyse the service in area of speciality and analyse the results, make recommendations for change and implement the agreed changes
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and implement Clinical Governance, and its relationship to quality.
- Demonstrate ability to justify clinical decisions with Consultants, GPs, staff across a range of providers, patients, relatives and carers
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff, GPs and other senior clinicians
Knowledge & experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a clinical therapist, including working in a Highly Specialist Community therapy role
- Evidence of extensive post-graduate clinical training
- Demonstrate and understanding of approaches to rehabilitation in an acute, rehabilitation and community environment
- Basic Computer Literacy
- Knowledge of current NHS policy in relation to urgent response
- Demonstrate the ability to liaise with other health and social care professionals to optimise patient E E E E E E E E E care. This will include an appreciation and understanding of the investigations that can be used to aid the diagnosis and management of
- Understanding of issues involved in offering a service to a diverse community, and of practical ways to ensure that the service is culturally appropriate and accessible
- Understanding of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act, and of risk management
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).
