South West Spinal Cord Injury Network Lead AHP

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to support transformational change, quality improvements and patient experience for people receiving spinal cord injury care within the newly-established South West Spinal Cord Injury network.

We are looking for a therapist or nurse with extensive experience in Spinal Cord Injury to undertake a 6 month pilot of the Lead AHP role, with a potential to extend this following evaluation.

The post is offered on the basis of 0.2 WTE and will be hosted by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. Close links with the Spinal Cord Injury Centre will be vital, but the post holder can be based anywhere in the catchment area and it is expected that the role will be undertaken on a secondment basis alongside an existing appropriate role. It will be essential to be able to travel across the region periodically.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the role is to support education, innovation and quality improvement to enhance working practice and standards of evidence-based care specific to spinal cord injury patients, as part of an integrated model of care in the South West region and parts of the South East region within the catchment area of Salisbury Spinal Cord Injuries Centre.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk