Job summary
Due to maternity leave an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader position over the occupational Therapy Team, within Eden ICC on a fixed term basis.
The skills of the post holder will be vitally important to continue to build relationships and networks within the ICCs. The post holder will be a clinician who can inspire, motivate and think differently in order to improve patient care with other key partners and stakeholders in the Eden ICC.
ICCs have three main aims:
- ICCs - the place (tackling the wider determinants of health though a population health approach)
- ICCs - the experience (more self-activation for better health outcomes through social prescribing and community engagement)
- ICCs - integrated teams. Each ICC has a coordination hub which coordinates the activity of each ICC. Clinical leadership for the hub is provided by a Professional of the Day who is either a registered nurse or therapist on a rota. All ICC teams work closely together to ensure that patients can avoid going to hospital where health and care can be provided at home or in the community. In addition there is a focus on bringing people out of hospital as soon as they are medically fit.
Main duties of the job
Clinical responsibility, including overseeing complex patients; Supervision, teaching and training; staff management and leadership, service development and evaluation, quality and safety.
All staff are expected to work to the Trust Values:
Kindness - Kindness and compassion cost nothing, yet accomplish a
great deal.
Respect - We are respective to everyone and are open, honest and fair
- respect behaviours
Ambition - We set goals to achieve the best for our patients, teams,
organisations and our partners.
Collaboration - We are stronger and better working together with and
for our patients.
Please see job description for more details around duties of the role.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and community health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Able to travel independently.
- Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
- The resilience necessary to overcome obstacles and resistance.
- Sensitivity towards organisational and political complexities.
- Evidence of being a team player.
- Ability to work flexibly inside and outside of office hours.
Experience
Essential
- Experience post qualification
- Experience of providing supervision.
- Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/training
Desirable
- Community Health Care rehabilitation
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience
- Royal College recognised Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
- Membership of relevant professional body
Desirable
- Training/qualification relating to clinical supervision
- Leadership qualification
- Post registration qualification in teaching/ assessing (ENB 998/NST 307)
- Independent non-medical prescribing qualification
- Post graduate teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
- oEvidence of continuing professional development.
- oAbility to manage complex caseload
- oAbility to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
- oAbility to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
- oComputer literate
- oKnowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
- oKnowledge of up to date practice using research and evidence based learning
Desirable
- oConference presentations of publications in this area (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters)
Skills & aptitudes
Essential
- oSkills in the use of methods of assessment, diagnosing, formulation / interventions, and evaluation
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service user, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- oWell-developed skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and potentially challenging behaviour
- oAbility to work sensitively and supportively with staff who are retraining and/or changing their way of working
- oLeadership skills
- oAbility to develop staff and their levels of skills and expertise
- oAbility to understand the NICE guidelines and the role of such guidelines in the NHS
Other Requirements
Essential
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
Person Specification
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Able to travel independently.
- Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
- The resilience necessary to overcome obstacles and resistance.
- Sensitivity towards organisational and political complexities.
- Evidence of being a team player.
- Ability to work flexibly inside and outside of office hours.
Experience
Essential
- Experience post qualification
- Experience of providing supervision.
- Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/training
Desirable
- Community Health Care rehabilitation
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience
- Royal College recognised Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
- Membership of relevant professional body
Desirable
- Training/qualification relating to clinical supervision
- Leadership qualification
- Post registration qualification in teaching/ assessing (ENB 998/NST 307)
- Independent non-medical prescribing qualification
- Post graduate teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
- oEvidence of continuing professional development.
- oAbility to manage complex caseload
- oAbility to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
- oAbility to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
- oComputer literate
- oKnowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
- oKnowledge of up to date practice using research and evidence based learning
Desirable
- oConference presentations of publications in this area (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters)
Skills & aptitudes
Essential
- oSkills in the use of methods of assessment, diagnosing, formulation / interventions, and evaluation
- oWell-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service user, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- oWell-developed skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and potentially challenging behaviour
- oAbility to work sensitively and supportively with staff who are retraining and/or changing their way of working
- oLeadership skills
- oAbility to develop staff and their levels of skills and expertise
- oAbility to understand the NICE guidelines and the role of such guidelines in the NHS
Other Requirements
Essential
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
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).
