Job summary
Our service provides a full range of posture and mobility services to Doncaster residents issuing a range of equipment from simple through to complex and bespoke options.
We are looking to recruit a band 6 to our clinical team. We welcome applications from occupational therapy and physiotherapy colleagues. The position could alternatively be fulfilled by a rehabilitation engineer, clinical scientist, or nurse with appropriate experience willing to develop their skills in this setting.
If you have existing, or transferrable, experience we would love to hear from you. Equally we have an established structured development path to support the right candidate from band 5 to band 6. We are also able to support return to practice if you are looking to regain your HCPC registration.
We are a multidisciplinary team with integrated workshop and logistics teams onsite. We work to deliver an innovative service across Doncaster. We complete holistic assessments, meeting commissioned mobility needs directly, and providing access, via personal wheelchair budgets, to equipment that meets lifestyle goals.
We are a relatively unique as an almost entirely ageless healthcare service. We work with anybody with a long term wheeled mobility need.
If you are proactive, and passionate, about a life well lived with a desire to learn, both clinically and technologically, we may well be the service you are looking to work in.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Provide person centred and holistic assessments of clients mobility, postural and pressure care needs.
- Plan and organise own workload and support the work of others in the team, to provide a responsive service.
- Carry a caseload of clients eligible for NHS wheelchair provision. This could include simple manual provision, configurable lightweight or active user provision, powered wheelchairs, specialist buggies, postural management, and pressure care provision.
- Your caseload will be modified over time to reflect your development in post and you will enjoy a structured development path based around NWMF competencies.
- Assist in the operational management of the service and to participate in specific service developments relevant to the specialist area.
- Provide clinical education, training and advice to junior staff, students, assistants, and other members of the team.
Essential criteria
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with a wide range of people.
- Handle complex and sensitive information confidentially and respectfully.
- Demonstrate in practice, and can support others to, reflection on your practice and learning.
Desirable criteria
- Postural management experience
- Pressure care management
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
http://workwith.rdash.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Band 5 and Band 6 job descriptions and person specifications to view the full details about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Band 5 and Band 6 job descriptions and person specifications to view the full details about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehab Engineering or Clinical Science or Registered General Nurse
- Professional body registration
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in posture management
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience covering rotational posts in areas such as outpatients, neurology, paediatrics, elderly care, specialist wheelchair service or a related field.
- Knowledge of current best practice.
- Experience of supervising junior / support staff and students.
- An understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
- Understanding of professional conduct and confidentiality.
- Awareness of budgetary constraints.
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, eligibility criteria/policies and procedures.
- Experience of delivering training to colleagues in health and/or other agencies
- Previous use of computer-based data collection system
- Experience of research, audit, reflective practice, and outcome measures
- Experience of working with patients with who are full time wheelchair users.
Skills & Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a variety of professionals and to patients and their families, overcoming barriers to communication including language, confusion, and anxiety.
- Proven organizational skills including time management and prioritisation to manage clinical and administrative workload.
- Confident user of computers and IT databases. Proficient in Outlook, Microsoft teams, Word, Excel and Power point.
- Demonstrable skill in clinical reasoning and problem solving for complex case management.
- Understanding of information governance and of the processes for sharing patient information across agencies.
- Understanding of the issues pertaining to clinical risk management, and ability for formulate plans to reduce risk.
- Physical fitness to move and handle patients within Trust guidelines and to travel to patients' homes independently.
- Ability to use basic hand tools.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Leadership qualities, with the ability to influence and engage others in the delivery of service improvement initiatives.
Desirable
- An awareness of current NHS trends which influence service provision
- Ability to lead in a given situation
- Public speaking/presentation skills.
- Experience of project work at departmental level.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Technical awareness regarding equipment and willingness to learn about current range of wheelchairs and alternatives available on the NHS.
- Awareness of policy and practice in relation to NHS Wheelchair provision.
- Demonstrate clinical knowledge of a broad range of conditions that lead to the requirement for provision of wheelchair equipment to support mobility and postural needs.
- Awareness of relevant guidelines and legislation and their application to practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of professional registration requirements.
- Experience of completing complex assessment for the Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students and assistants. provision of wheelchair equipment to meet clients postural and mobility needs across a range of conditions.
- Experience of pressure care management for wheelchair users.
Desirable
- Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students and assistants.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Flexible approach.
- Ability to prioritise and manage own time.
- Able to recognise own limitations and when to seek supervision.
- Ability to cope with the emotional and mental effort required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehab Engineering or Clinical Science or Registered General Nurse
- Professional body registration
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in posture management
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience covering rotational posts in areas such as outpatients, neurology, paediatrics, elderly care, specialist wheelchair service or a related field.
- Knowledge of current best practice.
- Experience of supervising junior / support staff and students.
- An understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
- Understanding of professional conduct and confidentiality.
- Awareness of budgetary constraints.
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, eligibility criteria/policies and procedures.
- Experience of delivering training to colleagues in health and/or other agencies
- Previous use of computer-based data collection system
- Experience of research, audit, reflective practice, and outcome measures
- Experience of working with patients with who are full time wheelchair users.
Skills & Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly to a variety of professionals and to patients and their families, overcoming barriers to communication including language, confusion, and anxiety.
- Proven organizational skills including time management and prioritisation to manage clinical and administrative workload.
- Confident user of computers and IT databases. Proficient in Outlook, Microsoft teams, Word, Excel and Power point.
- Demonstrable skill in clinical reasoning and problem solving for complex case management.
- Understanding of information governance and of the processes for sharing patient information across agencies.
- Understanding of the issues pertaining to clinical risk management, and ability for formulate plans to reduce risk.
- Physical fitness to move and handle patients within Trust guidelines and to travel to patients' homes independently.
- Ability to use basic hand tools.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Leadership qualities, with the ability to influence and engage others in the delivery of service improvement initiatives.
Desirable
- An awareness of current NHS trends which influence service provision
- Ability to lead in a given situation
- Public speaking/presentation skills.
- Experience of project work at departmental level.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Technical awareness regarding equipment and willingness to learn about current range of wheelchairs and alternatives available on the NHS.
- Awareness of policy and practice in relation to NHS Wheelchair provision.
- Demonstrate clinical knowledge of a broad range of conditions that lead to the requirement for provision of wheelchair equipment to support mobility and postural needs.
- Awareness of relevant guidelines and legislation and their application to practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of professional registration requirements.
- Experience of completing complex assessment for the Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students and assistants. provision of wheelchair equipment to meet clients postural and mobility needs across a range of conditions.
- Experience of pressure care management for wheelchair users.
Desirable
- Evidence of supervision/appraisal of less experienced staff, students and assistants.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Flexible approach.
- Ability to prioritise and manage own time.
- Able to recognise own limitations and when to seek supervision.
- Ability to cope with the emotional and mental effort required.
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).
