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Senior Wheelchair Therapist
The closing date is 30 June 2025
An exciting opportunity hasarisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, and organised Therapist to joinBridgewaters Halton and St Helens Wheelchair service.
We are seeking aninspirational, motivated, and proactive clinician to support in the maintenanceand development of a high-quality wheelchair service for the population ofRuncorn, Widnes, and St Helens.
The successfulcandidate will work as a senior clinician, assessing for and prescribingwheelchairs and specialist seating solutions taking a lead role in the advancedand specialist assessment and treatment of clients who have complex,progressive and/or chronic presentations. The Halton-based service covers awide age range, from 30 months (and younger in special circumstances) upwards,so a broad knowledge ofmedical conditions and associated physical, sensory, learningdisabilities, psychological and mental health issues is essential
Main duties of the job
Thewheelchair team consists of a mixture of clinical therapists, assistantpractitioners, wheelchair technicians and administrators .The main base isHalton Independent Living centre as Runcorn with a satellite clinic at StHelens.
As a seniortherapist, you will be professionally and clinically responsible for allaspects of your clinical delivery. You will ensure that a high standard ofclinical care is delivered including risk assessment and management for allclients. You will be expected to manage and lead the caseload of patients withcomplex needs that reflect your specialist skills and knowledge.
As a seniortherapist, you will assist the Team leader and Operations Manager in monitoringthe role and quality performance of the authorised repairer through incidentreports, regular meetings with the contractor and by attending contract reviewmeetings as required.
As a seniortherapist, you will keep up to date with wheelchairs, accessories, andequipment available for purchase by the NHS, assessing and evaluating productsto enable decisions to be reached to ensure the needs of the client are met andthat 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 ourNHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health andpromote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they werecreated in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was importantto them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs andpromote 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 relationshipsbased on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the rightskills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities andshow great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to providesustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
Weare seeking an inspirational, motivated, and proactive clinician to support inthe maintenance and development of a high-quality wheelchair service for thepopulation of Runcorn, Widnes, and St Helens.
The successfulcandidate will work as a senior clinician, assessing for and prescribingwheelchairs and specialist seating solutions taking a lead role in the advancedand specialist assessment and treatment of clients who have complex,progressive and/or chronic presentations. The Halton-based service covers awide age range, from 30 months (andyounger in special circumstances) upwards, so a broad knowledge ofmedical conditions and associated physical, sensory, learning disabilities,psychological and mental health issues is essential.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide care, advice and guidance in the treatment ofothers, when dealing with complex highly specialist conditions.
2. Responsible for the delivery of identified specialisttraining.
3. Work in partnership with the otherservices/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to betreated in the appropriate setting.
4. Ensure that the team provides a high-quality serviceto its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.
5. Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliveranticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patientswith both planned and unplanned care needs.
6. Develop partnerships and joint working with serviceusers and stakeholders to improve patient/client care.
7. Work in partnership with other organisations tosupport the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social careservices.
8. Participate in the development of caseload managementacross the local health economy.
9. Provide leadership and mentoring to those staffdeveloping into a caseload management role.
10. Challenge professional and organisational boundariesto ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users.
11. Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clientsin a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes andbehaviour.
12. Act as a role model to others ensuring that patientsreceive the most effective care possible.
13. Contribute to the development of policy and servicesto reflect the needs of the target population.
14. Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence basedclinical decision making.
15. Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to otherswhen managing complex and highly complex situations.
16. Assess patient conditions and consider a range ofoptions when delivering complex and highly complex care, drawing on specialistservices as required.
17. Undertake chronic disease management reviews of thehousebound patient/client, where appropriate.
18. Provide support in managing patients/clients withchronic diseases.
19. Following holistic assessment of need, developindividualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement ofpatients and carers.
20. Implement and evaluate care delivery forpatients/clients with identified needs.
21. Direct and support the management of complex andhighly complex, continuing care packages.
22. Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the teamdirectly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self-care,disease specific management, management of long-term conditions and end oflife/palliative care.
23. Set objectives, by which performance will bemonitored.
24. Work with the Service Lead to deliver local basedservices, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes toothers.
25. Provide reports to the service lead on activity asrequested.
26. Actively participate in policy and service developmentauthoring protocols as required.
27. Undertake clinical/service improvement audits.
28. The post holder will utilise data and data tools(including databases) to produce appropriate monitoring reports on both patientcare and service outcomes and produce appropriate communication for patients.
29. Communicate at all levels of the organisation to avariety of health and social care professionals to provide best outcomes forpatients/clients.
30. Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in linewith professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking,decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.
1. Create an environment in which learning and practicedevelopment is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
2. Facilitate effective learning within the area ofpractice for all students and practitioners.
3. Provide support to team members holding responsibilityfor mentoring students.
4. Undertake the training and development of otherclinicians.
5. Monitor and maintain standards of patient/client caredelivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency andstandards of record keeping.
6. In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systemsare in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision anddelivery.
7. Deliver clinical training and supported experience,identified via Personal Development Plan (PDP) and Knowledge and SkillsFramework (KSF).
8. Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk,reporting identified risks to the service lead.
9. Report any incidents as per Trust policies and supportor undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead.
10. Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patientcare delivered by those to whom training is provided is evidenced based andsupported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinicalsupervision.
11. Participate in patient satisfaction reporting toimprove patient care.
12. The post holder shall as necessary provide cover forand undertake duties of absent colleagues.
13. The post holder shall follow all the policies andprocedures of the organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree, or equivalent,
* Relevant work based experience.
* Registration with relevant professional body.
* Appropriate prescriber.
* Evidence of CPD/short courses.
Relationships
* If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship
Skills & Knowledge
* 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
* 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.
Job Specific Requirements
* The ability to travel independently across the Trust
* The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Experience
* Experience of management and clinical leadership.
* Experience of successful multi-agency working.
* Experience in the chosen field of practice
Sponsorship
* 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.
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