Overview
To be the Occupational Therapy Clinical Team Lead for the Community Hospitals Therapy Team across all 4 sites in LCHS. The post holder will provide clinical leadership to Occupational Therapists within the Community Hospitals Therapy Team, as well as line management to the wider team. They will work closely with the Physiotherapy Clinical Team Lead to coordinate provision of rehabilitation across the Community Hospitals, ensuring a cohesive approach to quality service delivery aligned with LCHS strategic aims. This will involve working in partnership with the AHP Clinical Service Lead, supporting service lines within LCHS and outside agencies such as Adult Social Care, with a view to integrating pathways and ensuring referrals and transfers of care create a seamless and positive patient experience. The post holder will also benefit from the support of a wider leadership team, collaborating with Clinical Team Leads and the Operational Team Lead for Adult Community Therapy services. This Post Requires the Post Holder to work across the four Community Hospital sites on a regular basis. The four sites are John Coupland Hospital, Gainsborough; Louth Community Hospital; Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding; Skegness Community Hospital.
Responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership and management for therapy staff within Community Hospitals.
* Complement the role of Clinical Team Leads on the ward, undertaking appropriate clinical activity as required.
* Be responsible for performance and target levels identified by LCHS, especially in relation to Community Hospitals.
* Demonstrate consistent good practice, openness, and responsiveness to emerging evidence and commissioning traits.
* Lead in the Case Management model of care and act as Complex Case Manager for an agreed case load of patients with complex needs.
* Ensure all patients are able to access all elements of their care plan and that the individual care plans are delivered and progressed by the team.
* Provide complex therapy advice, assessment and treatment to those being case‑managed by other members of the identified teams.
* Develop specialist area of expertise and extended scope of practice.
* Develop training packages and documentation to support delivery of high‑quality care within the service.
* Independently assess patients with complex specialist needs and determine overall service provision and onward referral to other services.
* Ensure a high standard of care for all patients by effective communication with patients, carers, GP’s and other health professionals.
Qualifications
Not specified.
We Celebrate Diversity
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey. At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
Flexibility and Learning
LCHS recognizes the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages. Flexible working opportunities such as part‑time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can be put in place if the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members. We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an “earn while you learn” apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more: https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact: Liana Arnold, Head of Service, liana.arnold@nhs.net, 07826 914820.
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