Job summary
We are looking for two highly skilled, independent and innovative practitioners to take for the Frailty rehabilitation pathway in Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) and Lincolnshire as a whole.
One OT and one Physiotherapist will work across two recognised services,Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy. This will be to provide clinical leadership and development of practitioners, problem solving and holding their own caseload of complex patients that require specialist Physiotherapy or OT assessment and treatment.
Main duties of the job
Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy are not new services in Lincolnshire but the patients they encounter are becoming ever more complex. Meanwhile the pressures on the Health and Social Care system in Lincolnshire grow ever greater. Therefore in order to maximise peoples quality of life and enable them to return to their preferred place of care as soon as possible these roles are necessary.
Successful candidates will:
- Provide effective clinical leadership in frailty assessment and management.
- To act as a role model and a resource for the rest of the teams and develop and support individuals.
- Use a strength based approach to manage and organise a personal, clinical workload offering highly specialist assessment, advice, management and intervention to patients presenting with complex and differential diagnoses.
- Work with the Professional Leads in the Adult Community Therapy service and Community Hospital Therapy service to develop teams, contribute to clinical developments and support individuals to develop.
- Work with internal and external systems partners to innovate and develop frailty pathways.
- To be an acknowledged specialist who develops and shares innovative practice and service delivery models, considering all available models and matching service strands to local need.
About us
We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountability, emphasis on simplicity
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist assessment and treatment of specialist caseload for community based adult services across LCHS Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy.
- To provide effective clinical leadership in frailty assessment and management for community based adult services across LCHS Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy in accordance with professional standards and codes of conduct, national best practice and locally and nationally agreed standards.
- To act as a role model to provide specialist advice/support to all members of the primary/social care team on clinical practice issues within the area of falls and frailty.
- To act as a resource for clinical staff, via mentoring / training, clinical supervision and individual case critical incident analysis, to enable those staff to effectively manage patients in their care who are considered to be frail.
- To develop and maintain effective communication with all clinical teams, service users and health and social care professionals.
- To lead and participate in the development of protocols and clinical care pathways, to facilitate best practice within frailty, in line with local and national strategies.
- The post holder will provide critical thinking and analytical skills in practice, and attainment of knowledge, and use their experience to support practitioners in the development of their own skills and knowledge.
- Undertake high standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording of patient records, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures
- To be an acknowledged specialist who develops and shares innovative practice and service delivery models, considering all available models and matching service strands to local need.
- To manage and organise a personal, limited, clinical workload offering highly specialist assessment, advice, management and intervention to patients presenting with complex and differential diagnoses resulting in a fall / potential to fall or complex frailty presentation, liaising with other clinicians and providing supervision as indicated
- To be professionally accountable as an autonomous professional for all aspects of work in relation to caseload and delegation to support staff and students
- Maintain an awareness of national, organisational and professional developments likely to impact on the service.
- Contribute to clinical developments within community therapy and ensure that any changes to practice are implemented, monitored and sustained.
- To provide and implement clinical audits to demonstrate the outcomes of the services.
- Access's research and interprets research, identifies gaps in practice, utilises appropriate evidence bases to support practice development and applies research evidence into working practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist assessment and treatment of specialist caseload for community based adult services across LCHS Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy.
- To provide effective clinical leadership in frailty assessment and management for community based adult services across LCHS Adult Community Therapy and Community Hospital Therapy in accordance with professional standards and codes of conduct, national best practice and locally and nationally agreed standards.
- To act as a role model to provide specialist advice/support to all members of the primary/social care team on clinical practice issues within the area of falls and frailty.
- To act as a resource for clinical staff, via mentoring / training, clinical supervision and individual case critical incident analysis, to enable those staff to effectively manage patients in their care who are considered to be frail.
- To develop and maintain effective communication with all clinical teams, service users and health and social care professionals.
- To lead and participate in the development of protocols and clinical care pathways, to facilitate best practice within frailty, in line with local and national strategies.
- The post holder will provide critical thinking and analytical skills in practice, and attainment of knowledge, and use their experience to support practitioners in the development of their own skills and knowledge.
- Undertake high standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording of patient records, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures
- To be an acknowledged specialist who develops and shares innovative practice and service delivery models, considering all available models and matching service strands to local need.
- To manage and organise a personal, limited, clinical workload offering highly specialist assessment, advice, management and intervention to patients presenting with complex and differential diagnoses resulting in a fall / potential to fall or complex frailty presentation, liaising with other clinicians and providing supervision as indicated
- To be professionally accountable as an autonomous professional for all aspects of work in relation to caseload and delegation to support staff and students
- Maintain an awareness of national, organisational and professional developments likely to impact on the service.
- Contribute to clinical developments within community therapy and ensure that any changes to practice are implemented, monitored and sustained.
- To provide and implement clinical audits to demonstrate the outcomes of the services.
- Access's research and interprets research, identifies gaps in practice, utilises appropriate evidence bases to support practice development and applies research evidence into working practice.
Person Specification
application
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience and post graduate knowledge in a health-related subject, or relevant experience
- Current Health Professions Council Registration
- Evidence of postgraduate training in the specialty to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of skills in the management of complex conditions
- Evidence of continuing CPD
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to respond and adapt to changes
- Prior working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Relevant Frailty past experience
- Act as a role model and mentor for junior staff
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Clinical Educators Qualifications
- Working towards a higher qualification in frailty care
- Evidence of Leadership training
- Awareness of current issues affecting the profession and NHS
Person Specification
application
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience and post graduate knowledge in a health-related subject, or relevant experience
- Current Health Professions Council Registration
- Evidence of postgraduate training in the specialty to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of skills in the management of complex conditions
- Evidence of continuing CPD
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
- Ability to respond and adapt to changes
- Prior working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Relevant Frailty past experience
- Act as a role model and mentor for junior staff
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
- Clinical Educators Qualifications
- Working towards a higher qualification in frailty care
- Evidence of Leadership training
- Awareness of current issues affecting the profession and NHS
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).
