Overview
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 28.5 hours per week.
Are you an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with a passion for equipment? Are you looking for a clinical leadership role? This could be the role for you!
We are looking for a motivated Therapist for the post of clinical lead with the Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) in Gloucestershire. This is a small multidisciplinary team providing specialist equipment advice, support and training across the Integrated Care System. ICES has 3 main functions: advice and support, stock line management and review and equipment awareness (training). As clinical lead you will provide professional and clinical leadership, guidance and advice to support care delivery in the Integrated Community Equipment Services. You must be able to work in collaboration with system partners including Commissioners, Gloucester Equipment Loan Service (GELS), Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT), Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) to ensure a high-quality service is delivered operationally and be an expert, role model and mentor to colleagues in your team and the organisation.
There is flexibility in the working hours/pattern as long as the needs of the service can be met.
Responsibilities
* Day to day operational delivery of the service including line management of colleagues
* Budget management
* Support referral prioritisation activity, ensuring triage of incoming workload and suitable response
* Exploring customer (patient, clinician and provider) experiences of services
* Undertaking staff development activity
* Support and promote competency acquisition of staff and clinical colleagues across partner organisations
* Acting as an expert practitioner to inform clinical decision making and clinical reasoning in regard to provision of community equipment
* Providing professional and clinical leadership, guidance and advice to support care delivery in the Integrated Community Equipment Services
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL:
* Current registration with HCPC
* Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy degree or equivalent qualification
* Leadership qualification or ability to demonstrate appropriate experience and knowledge of leadership
* Teaching or training qualification or ability to demonstrate knowledge and experience
DESIRABLE:
* Membership of National Association of Equipment Providers
The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
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