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Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Amersham team.
Watch our RRIC team talk about their roles – and why you should join them:
* Your mission: To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
* Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You’ll also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
* Your role: Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
* Who are we? We’re part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including a North and a South Urgent Community Response Squad. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
* Who are you? If you’re committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of our North Team (including Thame, Aylesbury and Buckingham) / South Team (including Amersham, Wycombe, Marlow and Chalfont St Peter)– choose #MissionRRIC today.
Main duties of the job
* Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers.
* Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys.
* Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team.
* Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
* Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
Support the development of clinical pathways.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work!
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
* We are strong supporters of the Armed Forces Community, valuing the experience of service leavers/veterans and their families.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our values are: collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
Person specification
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
* Valid and current driving licence and access to a car to travel across Buckinghamshire.
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC (e.g., Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist).
* Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.
* Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
* Relevant postgraduate clinical training (e.g., Elderly Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Trauma, Orthopaedics, End of Life).
EXPERIENCE
* Experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists, such as care of the elderly, orthopaedics, neurology, respiratory, palliative care, or long-term conditions.
* At least 2 years of post-registration experience working in community or inpatient settings.
* Experience working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary teams.
* Experience with single assessment processes.
* Experience using electronic clinical systems.
* Experience managing staff, including case allocation to Healthcare Assistants.
* Participation in research or audit projects.
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* Proficiency in clinical assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation.
* Ability to manage complex cases.
* Ability to develop and maintain partnerships.
* Knowledge of legal requirements when working with vulnerable adults and those lacking capacity.
* Ability to motivate staff.
* Knowledge of NHS and social care modernization efforts.
* Excellent communication and report writing skills.
* IT skills and ability to teach patients, carers, and colleagues.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate PPE according to infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations: Vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, colleagues, and patients. Staff are encouraged to be vaccinated when recommended.
If successful at interview, you will need to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment.
Application deadline: The closing date is midnight. We may close the vacancy early if we receive many applications or circumstances change.
Application information: Successful applicants' information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: Monitoring and safeguarding info is not visible to the shortlisting panel; safeguarding info may be visible to the interview panel depending on the role.
Travel expenses: Travel expenses for interviews are not reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking is prohibited on all premises.
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