Community Rehabilitation Nurse/ Allied Health Professional (AHP)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Rehabilitation Nurse/ Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join The Childrens Trust community service provision on a 12 month fixed term contract. You will lead on the design and delivery of virtual/ Telehealth Hub advice, consultation and brain injury education.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Community rehabilitation Nurse/ Allied Health Professional (AHP) is to provide high quality, evidence based services, offering virtual advice, consultation and brain injury education to children, young people and families across the UK.
You will support community service provision and lead on the design and delivery of virtual/ Telehealth Hub advice, consultation and brain injury education. You will work closely with external partners such as major trauma centres, schools and charities to develop a service which offers responsive and effective advice to children and young people with acquired brain injury. The offer will work together with the new launch of The Childrens Trust digital transformation resources and the Childrens Trust strategic ambition to reach every child in the UK with a brain injury.
About us
About Us
The Childrens Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of:Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Lead a virtual offer of advice, consultation and brain injury education for children and young people with acquired brain injuries, across the UK.
Explore digital platforms e.g. Telehealth to deliver services in an accessible way across the UK.
Provide leadership across the community virtual services offer.
Be a positive and inspirational role model for all team members.
Work closely with all members of the Multi-professional Team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child.
Provide clinical cover across the service during episodes of staff shortage/heavy workload, to ensure effective service delivery.
Represent the Therapy Team and The Childrens Trust when appropriate, deputising for the Head of Therapies as required.
Work closely with the placements & commissioning team to identify children and young people who may benefit from The Childrens Trust community services rehabilitation packages.
Monitor data and enquiries to the service from digital platforms e.g. the brain injury hub, chatbot, TCT website.
Develop and maintain a single point of access and virtual service provision offering advice, signposting and brain injury education to families and professionals across the UK.
Demonstrate impact of virtual advice-based services and support the community therapy team to manage demand and throughput of requests.
Support the operationalisation of a virtual offer for children and young people across the UK.
Collate data to demonstrate meaningful outcomes when offering a virtual advice based service e.g. improving information sharing across multi-agency teams, improved access to community services, school engagement etc.
Maintain overview of the community rehabilitation services long term register and follow up.
Deputise for the Head of Therapies at TCT admission and discharge meetings.
Devise and deliver advice based virtual packages of support and brain injury education.
Work collaboratively across multi-professional teams, fostering positive working relationships, communication and coordination to achieve meaningful outcomes for children and their families.
Management of Self and Others
Provide support and clinical supervision for junior team members and students, within area of responsibility, providing direction, motivation and support to achieve key objectives.
Participate in the annual Performance Development Review and monthly supervision sessions, as required by The Childrens Trust, both as Appraiser and Appraisee.
Manage time effectively, prioritising and delegating work appropriately.
Communication
Communicate effectively with children/young people and families (applying the principles of consistent communication).
Facilitate effective communication with families and members of the Multi-professional Team.
Recognise barriers to effective communication and be able to reduce these as appropriate.
Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional and all other requirements of The Childrens Trust.
Ensure documents are managed confidentially at all times.
Manage informal complaints, in line with The Childrens Trust policies and contribute to the resolution of written complaints, and as they occur taking immediate action where necessary.
Governance
Read and implement all policies, procedures and risk assessments, pertinent to working practice and keep up to date with changes as and when they occur.
Critically evaluate practice through clinical audits and by appraisal of the information gained, in combination with current knowledge of evidence-based practice; identify opportunities for service improvement and development, with support from Highly Specialist Therapists/ Head of Therapies.
Continue the audit cycle by evaluating any changes implemented as a result. This should include the adoption of evidence-informed practice, the trial of emerging interventions and the cessation of interventions, where evidence is insufficient and other approaches are indicated.
Recognise and critically appraise situations where the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the service are compromised and take appropriate action to resolve the situation, with support from Highly Specialist Therapists/ Head of Therapies.
Critically reflect on own performance and that of other staff; and use this evaluation to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of future practice.
Actively participate in local clinical governance and service improvement activities.
Career Long Learning, Education and Research
Undertake all mandatory training, in line with The Childrens Trust policy.
Advance personal knowledge, understanding and skills in line with identified learning needs, by making appropriate use of a variety of learning and development resources and opportunities, e.g. by attending courses/ lectures, contact and involvement with relevant special interest groups and visiting other departments/ organisations and by conducting Literature Reviews.
Prepare for Performance Development Reviews, identifying learning objectives and setting targets; identify opportunities for professional development in order to meet continuing professional development requirements.
Participate in in-service competency training programmes and teaching sessions, as appropriate.
Limits of Authority and Problem Solving
Make day-to-day decisions regarding virtual offer for children and young people, based on case load.
Responsible for day-to-day time management and prioritisation of workload, taking into account the needs of the whole service.
Monthly formal supervision.
Provide formal supervision monthly to junior Therapists and/or Multidisciplinary Technicians.
Any other duties as required.
Professionalism
Take action and raise concerns.
Adhere to the policies and procedures of The Childrens Trust.
Maintain professional boundaries and professionalism at all times.
Committed to demonstrating the organisation's values and behaviours at all times.
Health and Safety
Adhere to all Health and Safety guidelines, principles, and regulations to perform your role and comply with The Childrens Trust policies and procedures.
Provide evidence of all vaccinations (or medical exemption) required for the post.
Adhere to manual handling procedures and complete mandatory manual handling training.
Promote the health and safety of others.
Use the incident reporting and risk assessment system (IRAR) to identify and report risks and incidents/actions if directed.
Responsible for identifying and mitigating risk within the work environment.
Wellbeing and Emotional Resilience
Maintain a positive approach and outlook when dealing with change and overcoming challenges and problems.
Recognise own limitations, develop realistic goals, and use support network when or if necessary.
Treat challenges and problems as a learning experience.
Remain organised and focused when under pressure.
Respond appropriately and effectively to all constructive feedback.
Motivate oneself and others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree / Diploma in Nursing / Speech and Language Therapy / Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy
* HCPC registration
* Member of a Professional Body
* Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards
* Willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties including extended role activities
* Post graduate Diploma or Masters or currently enrolled in Masters
Personal Qualities
* Commitment to the vision and values of The Childrens Trust.
* Flexible and can do attitude to competing commitments in workload.
* Highly motivated and reliable.
* Ability to cope working in a demanding environment.
Skills & Abilities
* Clinical assessment and intervention skills relevant to children and young people with neuro-disability / acquired brain injury
* Analytical and creative problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations, synthesising a variety of evidence and presenting this in a relevant format e.g. report; presentation
* Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership
* Supervisory and leadership skills
* Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports and compile presentations in a range of contexts
* Advanced verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to parents/carers and managing conflict when appropriate
* Reflective practice skills able to give clear and effective feedback and support others to develop
* Ability to lead clinical areas of practice
* Develop and lead clinical audit within specialist clinical area
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and young people with complex disabilities
* Competent skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
* Understanding of complex disability
* Knowledge of current research, clinical audit and service evaluation methods
Experience
* Minimum of five years clinical experience post basic qualification
* Experience of working with children/young people and/or acquired brain injury/ neuro-disability
* Experience of working as part of a multi-professional team
* Experience of working with children, young people and families
* Experience of service development and quality improvement
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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