Job Overview
We are excited to advertise this secondment to Farnham Hospital Therapy Team to cover maternity leave. We have embedded a culture of continuous improvement in our service and are keen to continue improving networks across the Trust and internal processes, viewing this secondment as a huge opportunity for both the successful candidate and the team itself.
Working alongside the Physio Team Lead, you will, together, lead the therapy team both clinically and operationally undertaking line management, service improvement and direct patient treatment. You will also work collaboratively with the community OT and PT Team Leads, building on existing relationships and processes to actively support the Trust's strategy to be compassionate, effective and modern in all that we do.
Main duties of the job
* To provide skilled team leadership, ensuring an effective, high quality service is delivered within the inpatient therapy team
* To use highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills to manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner
* To act as a specialist resource for the multi-disciplinary team both on the ward and the wider community services
* To work with the MDT to develop, monitor and evaluate the service, including organising and implementing service development and change as appropriate
* To plan and prioritise the service’s delivery to ensure appropriate management of patients
* Ensure supervision of staff members within the team is being undertaken as per policy
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical workload and using clinical reasoning skills to utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options in order to formulate a specialised programme of care
* To prioritise work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities, using effective organisational skills and highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions
* To be responsible in conjunction with the Service Manager and clinical leads for the setting and monitoring of standards and policies of clinical practice and evaluating their outcomes
* To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe management of all patients receiving therapy in the community inpatient setting
* Oversee planning and prioritisation within the team to ensure appropriate management of patients
* To be responsible for the coordination and undertaking of complex clinical procedures specific to speciality
* To use recognised outcome measures to evaluate the effect of therapy interventions and ensure the treatment programmes are progressing appropriately
* To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk, knowledge of indications and precautions of chosen techniques in the line with national and trust clinical guidelines, protocols and pathways where they exist
* To participate in the advice, guidance and teaching of junior staff and students in the management of patients
* To develop profession specific practices and local guidelines, and to keep abreast of new treatments in relation to the management of patients relevant to this role
* To establish good relationships with patients promoting and empowering a life long model of self care and appropriate activity to maintain good health
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Occupational Therapy Degree
* HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
* Clinical Educator / Student Educator qualification
* NHS Leadership Training
* Educated to Masters level
Experience
Essential criteria
* Highly developed professional knowledge base, supported by educational development and different work environments
* Knowledge of current political drivers in relation to health and social care issues
Desirable criteria
* Hospital discharge policies and processes
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Significant relevant B6 experience
* Highly specialist clinical and technical skills in recovery and rehabilitation
* Supervisory and appraisal skills
* Teaching skills
Desirable criteria
* Community experience
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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