Job summary
There is currently an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 to join the Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home in Hambleton & Richmondshire (H&R). You will work within a large multidisciplinary team offering specialist Physiotherapy assessment and Therapy intervention.
You will need to be able to work as part of a team and on your own, frequently using your own initiative. Excellent communication skills, organisational skills, enthusiasm, commitment and ability to negotiate across a wide range of agencies are also vital in this post.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The role will require being involved with clients with a range of multiple medical, social and emotional problems, as well as a substantial amount of home visits. The ability to travel independently is therefore an essential part of this post.
The team currently provides a 7 day service so there is an expectation for the successful candidate to be included in the cover for weekend working.
The service aims to enable individuals to maximise their independence at home and to support timely discharge and prevent avoidable admission to hospital or long term care.
About us
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- oTo hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body
- oRegistered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- oTo have completed the physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6) or be working towards this within the first 12 months.
- oTeaching and mentoring qualification
- oProfessional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level
- oHighly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
Kowledge and Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- oAble to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly
- oDemonstrates competent IT and system skills
- oEffective people management skills
- oParticipate in regular clinical supervision
- oKnowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management
Experience
Essential
- oTo display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
- oDemonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality
- oDemonstrates excellent organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills.
- oDemonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- oTo hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body
- oRegistered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- oTo have completed the physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6) or be working towards this within the first 12 months.
- oTeaching and mentoring qualification
- oProfessional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level
- oHighly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
Kowledge and Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- oAble to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly
- oDemonstrates competent IT and system skills
- oEffective people management skills
- oParticipate in regular clinical supervision
- oKnowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management
Experience
Essential
- oTo display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
- oDemonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality
- oDemonstrates excellent organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills.
- oDemonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
