Job summary
Therapies and Rehabilitation are seeking an innovative and creative AHP or Registered Nurse for a Clinical Lead post in Amputee Rehabilitation.
This exciting role will offer clinical and strategic leadership to AHPs supporting this clinical area, across Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Nursing.
The Clinical Lead post supports existing AHP services to amputee rehabilitation, which includes primarily out-patient services at the Nottingham Mobility Centre, and newly opened Children's Annexe, as well as outreaching to in-patient areas to support other clinical staff, providing advice regarding care of amputees.
We are looking for a senior clinician who can offer advanced-level clinical skills and senior decision-making, quality improvement and service development support, reflecting national best-practice guidelines and local innovation. The post will act as a strategic link between the Therapies and Rehabilitation Directorate and Specialty Management Teams within Rehabilitation Medicine.
The post-holder must be able to offer strong, visible and accessible clinical leadership. They will contribute to teaching and training within the wider team, and will ensure services are developed in line with NUH's vision, values and behaviours.
The postholder will be supported by Clinical Lead peers across our respective professions and clinical specialties, alongside therapy service managers and our Directorate Leadership Team.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide strategic clinical leadership in the management of patients under the care of NUH across Amputee Rehabilitation, and will contribute to direct patient care in the postholder's clinical profession. Core responsibilities are spread over the four pillars of AHP practice: leadership; clinical practice; facilitated learning; evidence, research and development.
Additionally, the post-holder will be required to lead on AHP or Nurse Led clinics for the assessment and treatment of "simple amputees" (i.e. those who have suffered a transtibial or transfemoral amputation). This will require highly specialist clinical decision making skills, as well as ordering (e.g. blood tests, x-rays) and prescriptions following an agreed formulary.
Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of the job.
As a key leadership role, it is critical that NUH values and behaviours are embedded in everyday practice.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
As a large acute teaching hospital, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS. Therapies and Rehabilitation is a supportive Directorate with a robust appraisal process and many learning opportunities.
The Therapies and Rehabilitation Directorate sits within the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of over 700 AHPs and business/support staff, working together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to, led strategically by our Chief AHP. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, physiotherapists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. Practice Development Therapists support career development for all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will be supported by Clinical Lead peers across our respective professions and clinical specialties, alongside therapy service managers and our Directorate Leadership Team.
Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further specific details of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will be supported by Clinical Lead peers across our respective professions and clinical specialties, alongside therapy service managers and our Directorate Leadership Team.
Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further specific details of this post.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics, Nursing or equivalent
- Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty preferably including research skills to a Master's level.
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
- Knowledge of National, Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Full HCPC or NMC registration
Experience
Essential
- Require highly advanced / theoretical / practical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills relevant to Amputee Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Experience of working within a broad range of services
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex information which may be sensitive or contentious to all concerned where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. psychosocial issues language barriers, speech problems, learning difficulties or where English is not the first language.
- Able to communicate effectively establishing and maintaining relationships
- Able to utilise persuasion, negotiation and reassurance skills to ensure agreement and co-operation.
- To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to communicate and present highly complex information effectively, in written and verbal formats to individuals or groups
- Ability to motivate, train and teach own and other disciplines of staff.
- Able to influence Senior medical consultants, GP's and Commissioners
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse, interpret and compare information e.g. interpreting results of investigations
- Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management, using highly specialist clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of treatment options.
- Ability to provide an expert 'second opinion' to patients with highly complex clinical conditions.
- Ability to assess and manage risk in relation to patient care and working environment.
- Ability to critically appraise research literature and together with the team, implement evidence based practice in order to deliver an effective service.
- To evaluate own clinical interventions and that of the team.
- Provide critical evaluation of service delivery and facilitate necessary change
- Ability to allocate limited resources in accordance with changing needs.
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, by using planning, organisational and time management. This requires flexibility to work over a number of different settings.
- Ability to delegate effectively
- To contribute to the overall service delivery with the multidisciplinary team in own work section/ department/ directorate.
- To develop the Amputee Rehabilitation service in relation to Trust objectives and National guidelines/National Service Specification
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics, Nursing or equivalent
- Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty preferably including research skills to a Master's level.
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
- Knowledge of National, Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Full HCPC or NMC registration
Experience
Essential
- Require highly advanced / theoretical / practical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills relevant to Amputee Rehabilitation
Desirable
- Experience of working within a broad range of services
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex information which may be sensitive or contentious to all concerned where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. psychosocial issues language barriers, speech problems, learning difficulties or where English is not the first language.
- Able to communicate effectively establishing and maintaining relationships
- Able to utilise persuasion, negotiation and reassurance skills to ensure agreement and co-operation.
- To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy.
- Ability to communicate and present highly complex information effectively, in written and verbal formats to individuals or groups
- Ability to motivate, train and teach own and other disciplines of staff.
- Able to influence Senior medical consultants, GP's and Commissioners
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse, interpret and compare information e.g. interpreting results of investigations
- Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management, using highly specialist clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of treatment options.
- Ability to provide an expert 'second opinion' to patients with highly complex clinical conditions.
- Ability to assess and manage risk in relation to patient care and working environment.
- Ability to critically appraise research literature and together with the team, implement evidence based practice in order to deliver an effective service.
- To evaluate own clinical interventions and that of the team.
- Provide critical evaluation of service delivery and facilitate necessary change
- Ability to allocate limited resources in accordance with changing needs.
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload, by using planning, organisational and time management. This requires flexibility to work over a number of different settings.
- Ability to delegate effectively
- To contribute to the overall service delivery with the multidisciplinary team in own work section/ department/ directorate.
- To develop the Amputee Rehabilitation service in relation to Trust objectives and National guidelines/National Service Specification
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, cross site at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital
City Campus
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
Employer's website
https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)