Remote or Virtual - Clinical Team Lead Physiotherapist/ OT/ SLT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working within the NROL service which supports multidisciplinary teams across the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS, you will act as the Clinical Lead for your profession within the NROL service providing a high level of clinical expertise with regard to highly specialist assessment skills and interactions within a defined patient group. With therapy delivery predominantly online in groups within the NROL programme.

Provide clinical leadership to designated therapists in the delivery of a highly effective, safe and personal service, delivered around the needs of individual patients/carers as described by agreed goals/outcome measures and within defined clinical pathways.

An active member of the leadership structure, the postholder will contribute toward the strategic operational and clinical development of the service.

Provide teaching and highly specialist support in the management of complex conditions, educating other healthcare professionals and wider stakeholders.

The service operating hours are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm.

MAIN DUTIES include:

Support the development of the current NROL program, reviewing current content and developing evidence-based content in collaboration with key stakeholders and clinical staff

Lead the delivery of high-quality online groups within the NROL programme and review and evaluate the quality of the therapy provided

To provide clinical leadership and highly specialised expertise to a defined patient group to ensure that pathways, standards, competencies, training and monitoring are in place for the designated team, using agreed clinical pathways.

Undertake comprehensive assessments at a highly specialist level, set patient centred goals, create evidence-based treatment plans, monitor, and evaluate a designated caseload of patients.

Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical factors including physical, environmental, psychosocial, mental, and cultural aspects of the patients life. To provide advice and intervention to facilitate an optimum level of function.

Formulate goals in partnership with the patient, clearly communicating your clinical reasoning to justify your recommendations and utilising most appropriate treatment / intervention for the patients needs.

Responsible for the effective management of a complex caseload individually and within team, requiring allocation and reallocation of work on a daily basis to meet changing clinical priorities and adherence to quality and performance measures.

Contribute to the wider multidisciplinary team to provide evidence-based expertise within your specialist area.

Contribute to the creation and review of procedures, standards and guidance relating to clinical practice and monitor effectiveness.

Liaise with peers and specialist interest groups both regionally and nationally, to collaborate, share learning and develop shared resources to achieve standardised, best practice within your clinical area.

Ensure the service provided by yourself and your team is safe, personal and effective. Achieving compliance to governance standards through monitoring, performance, incident reporting, risk management, outcome measures, patient experience, compliments and complaints.

Assess capacity of patients in order to gain valid informed consent for intervention and work within organisational policy with patients who lack capacity.

Initiate and organise reviews involving multiagency partners, taking the role of key worker, coordinator where required.

Person Specification

qualification

Essential

• HCPC/equivalent registered with current registration.
• Clinical and leadership experience in stroke and/or neurorehabilitation
• Profession specific Degree/ Diploma
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical service area

Desirable

• Involvement in Special Clinical Interest Group
• Evidence of working at MSc Level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Virtual or across sites

Casterton Avenue

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)