Clinical Advisor - Posture Management

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Clinical Advisor sits within the Clinical Advisory Team (CAT).

The Clinical Advisory Team is a group of specialist clinical advisors that provide timely education, training and advice to individual professionals/clinicians and teams working with adults and children with long term conditions and disabilities living in Portsmouth and Southampton. The service will promote person centred care for children and adults and offer high quality clinical advice and support with an emphasis on prevention, in addition to promoting dignity and respect.

The overall aim of the service is to enable people living in Portsmouth and Southampton to function as independently and safely as possible and have a good quality of life, whilst ensuring best use is made of the available resources. The service will ensure patients' needs are identified and managed whilst promoting their health and independence to live at home longer and therefore reducing expensive nursing home and hospital placements.

The service is provided by an appropriately qualified range of clinicians with structured development and supervision to ensure the advice is always the most current. The team is made up of AHPs and Nurses who provide expertise in the following four areas, covering both adults and paediatrics: Moving and Handling, Equipment for independence, Posture Management, Pressure Relief and Tissue Viability.

Main duties of the job

*The post holder will provide specialist clinical support, advice and guidance, education and training to all Healthcare and Social Services employees regarding clients/patients of all ages with complex needs within their clinical specialism.

*Clinical advice may include changes to techniques, use of everyday household items to meet a need or recommendations of specialist or highly specialist equipment.

*Assist clinicians and other multidisciplinary professionals prescribing equipment with clinical reasoning/reflection and product choice.

*Work with commissioners and prescribers to ensure best value principles are applied in the on-going development and review of prescribing processes and product lists.

*Organise equipment reviews related to new equipment and provide feedback to companies regarding design modifications.

*Review specialist and recycled special equipment requests and introducing standardisation of equipment where appropriate.

*Reviewing new equipment within the team and make recommendations for possible inclusion in the equipment catalogue.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

07 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

449-ADP-6990

Job locations

St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth)

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Nursing.
Current HCPC or NMC registration
Evidence of post registration training, at Masters' level or equivalent, in relevant clinical area

Desirable

Member of an appropriate Special Interest Group
Practice assessor/supervisor

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience in relevant setting.
Able to demonstrate ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations
Experience of Clinical Leadership, working autonomously and within an MDT

Desirable

Experience of teaching, training, supervising and assessing junior staff and students.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Advanced knowledge of clinical speciality
Advanced person-centred assessment knowledge that encompasses the planning, delivering and evaluating care for the health and well-being of patients with complex needs.
Literate in English, numerate and have computer skills.
To be able to organise a large and varied work programme
Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities and an ability to work as part of a team
Demonstrate excellent communication skills to deal with complex and sensitive information, where there may be barriers to understanding

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Nursing.
Current HCPC or NMC registration
Evidence of post registration training, at Masters' level or equivalent, in relevant clinical area

Desirable

Member of an appropriate Special Interest Group
Practice assessor/supervisor

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience in relevant setting.
Able to demonstrate ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations
Experience of Clinical Leadership, working autonomously and within an MDT

Desirable

Experience of teaching, training, supervising and assessing junior staff and students.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Advanced knowledge of clinical speciality
Advanced person-centred assessment knowledge that encompasses the planning, delivering and evaluating care for the health and well-being of patients with complex needs.
Literate in English, numerate and have computer skills.
To be able to organise a large and varied work programme
Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities and an ability to work as part of a team
Demonstrate excellent communication skills to deal with complex and sensitive information, where there may be barriers to understanding

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.