Job summary
An exciting opportunity has
arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, organised clinical leader to join
Bridgewater Wheelchair Services as a Highly
Specialised Wheelchair Therapist /Occupational Therapist/ Physiotherapist.
We are seeking an
inspirational, motivated, and proactive clinician with leadership qualities to clinically
lead multi-disciplinary wheelchair team to maintain and develop a high-quality
wheelchair service for the population of Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, and St
Helens.
You will
clinically lead the wheelchair service case load and work alongside the
Wheelchair service team lead supporting with all aspects of wheelchair
provision within the organisation, to external partners and to all stakeholders
and day to day leadership in the team. You will work as a senior clinician,
assessing for and prescribingwheelchairs and specialist
seating solutions taking a lead role in the advanced and specialist assessment
and treatment of clients who have complex, progressive and/or chronic
presentations. The Bridgewater service covers a wide age range, from 30 months
(and younger in special circumstances) upwards, so a broad knowledge of medical
conditions and associated physical, sensory, learning disabilities,
psychological and mental health issues is essential.
If you are an
enthusiastic, dynamic, and organised professional with effective leadership qualities
and communication skills who would like to take on a new challenge, then this
is the role for you.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will cover both the boroughs of Warrington and Halton.
The
wheelchair team consists of a mixture of clinical therapists, assistant
practitioners, wheelchair technicians and administrators. There are bases in Halton, and Warrington
with a satellite clinic in St Helens. You may be required to work from 1 or
more of these bases.
As a Highly
Specialised Wheelchair Therapist, you will be professionally and clinically
responsible for all aspects of your service. You will ensure that a high
standard of clinical care is delivered by your team including risk assessment
and management for all clients. You will be expected to manage and lead the
caseload of patients with complex needs that reflect your specialist skills and
knowledge.
As a Highly
Specialised Wheelchair Therapist, you will assist the Team leader and
Operations Manager in monitoring the role and quality performance of the
authorised repairer through incident reports, regular meetings with the
contractor and by attending contract review meetings as required.
As a Highly
Specialised Wheelchair Therapist, you will keep up to date with wheelchairs,
accessories, and equipment available for purchase by the NHS, assessing and
evaluating products to enable decisions to be reached to ensure the needs of
the client are met and that give best value for money.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will provide expertise and advice in the treatment of highly
complex conditions, undertaking treatments as required. In addition, the post
holder will use their expertise to be a source of training and mentorship to
those within the immediate team/area and as necessary, more widely.
Ensure
the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating
establishment of systems and processes
Duties and Responsibilities:
highly specialist conditions.
Responsible for the delivery of identified specialist
training.
Work in partnership with the other
services/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to be
treated in the appropriate setting.
Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service
to its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.
Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliver
anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients
with both planned and unplanned care needs.
Develop partnerships and joint working with service
users and stakeholders to improve patient/client care.
Work in partnership with other organisations to
support the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social care
services.
Participate in the development of caseload management
across the local health economy.
Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff
developing into a caseload management role.
Challenge professional and organisational boundaries
to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users.
Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients
in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and
behaviour.
Act as a role model to others ensuring that patients
receive the most effective care possible.
Contribute to the development of policy and services
to reflect the needs of the target population.
Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based
clinical decision making.
Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to others
when managing complex and highly complex situations.
Assess patient conditions and consider a range of
options when delivering complex and highly complex care, drawing on specialist
services as required.
Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the
housebound patient/client, where appropriate.
Provide support in managing patients/clients with
chronic diseases.
Following holistic assessment of need, develop
individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of
patients and carers.
Implement and evaluate care delivery for
patients/clients with identified needs.
Direct and support the management of complex and
highly complex, continuing care packages.
Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team
directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self-care,
disease specific management, management of long-term conditions and end of
life/palliative care.
Set objectives, by which performance will be
monitored.
Work with the Service Lead to deliver local based
services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to
others.
Provide reports to the service lead on activity as
requested.
Actively participate in policy and service development
authoring protocols as required.
Undertake clinical/service improvement audits.
The post holder will utilise data and data tools
(including databases) to produce appropriate monitoring reports on both patient
care and service outcomes and produce appropriate communication for patients.
Communicate at all levels of the organisation to a
variety of health and social care professionals to provide best outcomes for
patients/clients.
Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line
with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking,
decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.
Create an environment in which learning and practice
development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
Facilitate effective learning within the area of
practice for all students and practitioners.
Provide support to team members holding responsibility
for mentoring students.
Undertake the training and development of other
clinicians.
Monitor and maintain standards of patient/client care
delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and
standards of record keeping.
In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems
are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and
delivery.
Deliver clinical training and supported experience,
identified via Personal Development Plan (PDP) and Knowledge and Skills
Framework (KSF).
Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk,
reporting identified risks to the service lead.
Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support
or undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead.
Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient
care delivered by those to whom training is provided is evidenced based and
supported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinical
supervision.
Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to
improve patient care.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for
and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
The post holder shall follow all the policies and
procedures of the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will provide expertise and advice in the treatment of highly
complex conditions, undertaking treatments as required. In addition, the post
holder will use their expertise to be a source of training and mentorship to
those within the immediate team/area and as necessary, more widely.
Ensure
the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating
establishment of systems and processes
Duties and Responsibilities:
highly specialist conditions.
Responsible for the delivery of identified specialist
training.
Work in partnership with the other
services/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to be
treated in the appropriate setting.
Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service
to its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.
Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliver
anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients
with both planned and unplanned care needs.
Develop partnerships and joint working with service
users and stakeholders to improve patient/client care.
Work in partnership with other organisations to
support the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social care
services.
Participate in the development of caseload management
across the local health economy.
Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff
developing into a caseload management role.
Challenge professional and organisational boundaries
to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users.
Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients
in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and
behaviour.
Act as a role model to others ensuring that patients
receive the most effective care possible.
Contribute to the development of policy and services
to reflect the needs of the target population.
Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based
clinical decision making.
Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to others
when managing complex and highly complex situations.
Assess patient conditions and consider a range of
options when delivering complex and highly complex care, drawing on specialist
services as required.
Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the
housebound patient/client, where appropriate.
Provide support in managing patients/clients with
chronic diseases.
Following holistic assessment of need, develop
individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of
patients and carers.
Implement and evaluate care delivery for
patients/clients with identified needs.
Direct and support the management of complex and
highly complex, continuing care packages.
Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team
directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self-care,
disease specific management, management of long-term conditions and end of
life/palliative care.
Set objectives, by which performance will be
monitored.
Work with the Service Lead to deliver local based
services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to
others.
Provide reports to the service lead on activity as
requested.
Actively participate in policy and service development
authoring protocols as required.
Undertake clinical/service improvement audits.
The post holder will utilise data and data tools
(including databases) to produce appropriate monitoring reports on both patient
care and service outcomes and produce appropriate communication for patients.
Communicate at all levels of the organisation to a
variety of health and social care professionals to provide best outcomes for
patients/clients.
Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line
with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking,
decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.
Create an environment in which learning and practice
development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
Facilitate effective learning within the area of
practice for all students and practitioners.
Provide support to team members holding responsibility
for mentoring students.
Undertake the training and development of other
clinicians.
Monitor and maintain standards of patient/client care
delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and
standards of record keeping.
In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems
are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and
delivery.
Deliver clinical training and supported experience,
identified via Personal Development Plan (PDP) and Knowledge and Skills
Framework (KSF).
Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk,
reporting identified risks to the service lead.
Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support
or undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead.
Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient
care delivered by those to whom training is provided is evidenced based and
supported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinical
supervision.
Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to
improve patient care.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for
and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
The post holder shall follow all the policies and
procedures of the organisation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of management and clinical leadership.
- Experience of successful multi-agency working.
Desirable
- Experience in the chosen field of practice
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, or equivalent,
- Relevant work based experience.
- Registration with relevant professional body.
- Appropriate prescriber.
- Post registration qualification, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD/short courses.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients / carers / colleagues.
- Understanding of multi-agency working.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
- IT literate.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Report writing skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of management and clinical leadership.
- Experience of successful multi-agency working.
Desirable
- Experience in the chosen field of practice
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree, or equivalent,
- Relevant work based experience.
- Registration with relevant professional body.
- Appropriate prescriber.
- Post registration qualification, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD/short courses.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients / carers / colleagues.
- Understanding of multi-agency working.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
- IT literate.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.
- Report writing skills
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Spencer House, 89 Dewhurst Road
Birchwood
Warrington
WA3 7PG
Employer's website
http://bridgewater.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
