East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Specialist Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist Team Leader

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Job summary

Are you seeking your next challenge and looking for a Team Leader role withing ECCH? The CFS/ME team are recruiting a Clinical Team Leader, this role is for either a qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.

In this role you will be required to:

1. Provide day to day line management of designated members of the ME/CFS clinical team, deputising for the ME/CFS Service Lead as and when required.

2. To undertake a significant clinical caseload to a high professional standard as an autonomous practitioner.

3. To make an active contribution to the planning, coordination and evaluation the ME/CFS Service provided by ECCH

4. To co-ordinate and deliver, teaching and supervision to Therapy staff and students in relation to ME/CFS

5. To act as a Specialist Therapist in the field of ME/CFS including but not limited to; clinical reasoning, treatments, assessments, Risk Analysis.

The base for this role is to be confirmed.

Main duties of the job

1. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care ensuring high standards of clinical care.

2. To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate clinical opinion and recommend the best course of intervention, developing comprehensive patient management strategies.

3. To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with complex presentation, to formulate individualised management/treatment plans, and specialised programmes of care.

4. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities.

5. To act as team leader in a designated clinical area this will include initial stages of grievance/discipline, reporting and monitoring of sickness and return to work interviews.

6. Delegation of tasks to other staff members in the department.

7. Actively involved in conjunction with the HR department in recruitment and selection of junior clinical staff.

8. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation, and ensure others do likewise

About us

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

Date posted

01 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9849-035-25

Job locations

Hamilton House

Battery Green Road

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR32 1DE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

1. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure high standards of clinical care for the patients under your management and support others to do likewise.

2. To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate clinical opinion (including prognosis) in ME/CFS, some highly complex/severely affected, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive management strategies for the patient's presenting condition.

3. To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.

4. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

5. Ensure the implementation of ME/CFS service policies and any service development changes.

6. To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching, and instruction to relatives, carers and other professions to promote understanding of the aims of treatment in ME/CFS and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

7. To train and supervise more junior staff, including Specialist Therapists. This will include the performance of their appraisals and PDPs.

8. To provide specialist clinical supervision in the management of ME/CFS for Therapy students at both MSc and BSc level.

9. To plan and organise student placement programmes for experience in ME/CFS for both MSc and BSc student placements.

10. To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise the rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of the condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation will be used with a variety of patients.

11. Communicate effectively with all members of the MDT, GPs, consultants, health and social care professionals and other related statutory, private and voluntary organisations professions to ensure a collaborative approach to the management of the patient's condition.

12. To respect the views and wishes of service users and their carers within organisation constraints.

13. To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Professional

1. To act as team leader (in the ME/CFS Service Leads absence) in a designated clinical area this will include initial stages of grievance/discipline, reporting and monitoring of sickness and return to work interviews. Delegation of tasks to other staff members in the department. Actively involved in conjunction with the HR department in recruitment and selection of junior clinical staff.

2. To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments and incorporate them as necessary into your work and to be an active member of the in-service training programme by the attendance, facilitation and presentation at staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions, external courses and reflective practice.

3. To keep up to date with developments within your field, disseminate information, and ensure that practice is based on best available evidence.

4. Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.

5. To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with MDT colleagues across health and social care economy to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated service.

6. Identify objectives for personal development together with the ME/CFS Service Lead.

7. Participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development Programme (PDP).

8. Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and the services current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures, and lead others in doing so. Make recommendations for and lead change.

9. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation, and ensure others do likewise

Organisational:

1. Responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed with the ME/CFS Service Lead.

2. Plan and organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time.

3. Decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the section as a whole.

4. Responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available in the department and be an authorised signatory for travel claims.

5. Be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.

6.Be aware of the Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including the prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring that equipment used is safe.

7. To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.

8. Any other duties which might be considered appropriate by the ME/CFS Service Lead.

All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.

Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.