Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Royal London multidisciplinary neurotrauma and rehabilitation team to provide clinical and operational leadership to our Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR) pathway. The RAAR pathway is funded by NHSe, in each of the 4 Major Trauma Centres in London. This pathway has been developed to provide hyperacute neurorehabilitation for adults with neurological and traumatic injuries including traumatic brain injury.
You will be directly supported by the 8b AHP Clinical Lead for Neurosciences, Trauma and Neurological Rehabilitation. You will provide expert clinical leadership and work closely with speciality lead clinicians and the Emergency Care and Trauma Divisional Triumverates. You will also work closely with the other Clinical Therapy Leads and Therapy leadership team.
In this role, you work closely with the RAAR Neurological Rehab consultant assessing patients for the RAAR pathway and reviewing them on weekly ward round. You will also provide daily operational management of the RAAR pathway, ensuring safe patient flow through the pathway and delivery of the NHSE Key Performance Indicators.
The post holder will work collaboratively, alongside the neurotrauma clinical leads and RAAR multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, improvements within patient experience and clinical outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical and operational leadership to the Rapid access acute rehabilitation service (RAAR). The post holder will take responsibility for the assessment and admission of patients onto the RAAR pathway including coordination of patient care and optimization of flow to ensure timely discharge from the pathway.
The post holder will lead on complex case discussions and clinical decision making for those with neurological and traumatic injuries with regards to appropriate intervention and discharge destinations.
In conjunction with the 8b AHP clinical lead for Neurosciences, Trauma and Rehabilitation they will ensure that the RAAR pathway continues to develop and evolve providing a high quality service that is evidence based.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive experience of assessing and treating neurosurgical, neurological and trauma patients in the acute setting and in a neurorehabilitation setting
- oExperience of managing a therapy team in an acute setting and within neurorehabilitation setting
- oExperience of managing incidents and complaints
- oExperience of completing audit and service improvement projects
- oExperience of leading change management
- oExperience of leading, developing and delivering teaching programmes
- oExperience of working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
Desirable
- oActive interest and participation in research
- oActive interest and participation in workforce transformation or higher education
- oActive pursuit of an area of special interest/advanced practice such as cognition, PDOC, spasticity management , assessment and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, aphasia
- oExperienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences including within HEIs, nationally or internationally
Skills
Essential
- oAble to manage complex neurological presentations within the acute and hyperacute setting e.g those with complex tone, complex cognitive and/or complex communication issues.
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of rehabilitation pathways, discharge pathways, and knowledge of outcome measures including TARN, UKROC.
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in professional discipline e.g PT, OT,SLT, dietetics
- oHPC registration
- oEvidence of relevant post graduate course/training in clinical specialty
- oEvidence of relevant masters level qualification or equivalent specialist experience
Desirable
- oMember of the professional body
- oPost graduate formal qualification relevant to clinical speciality
- oLeadership training
- oInvolvement in relevant professional special interest group
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive experience of assessing and treating neurosurgical, neurological and trauma patients in the acute setting and in a neurorehabilitation setting
- oExperience of managing a therapy team in an acute setting and within neurorehabilitation setting
- oExperience of managing incidents and complaints
- oExperience of completing audit and service improvement projects
- oExperience of leading change management
- oExperience of leading, developing and delivering teaching programmes
- oExperience of working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
Desirable
- oActive interest and participation in research
- oActive interest and participation in workforce transformation or higher education
- oActive pursuit of an area of special interest/advanced practice such as cognition, PDOC, spasticity management , assessment and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, aphasia
- oExperienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences including within HEIs, nationally or internationally
Skills
Essential
- oAble to manage complex neurological presentations within the acute and hyperacute setting e.g those with complex tone, complex cognitive and/or complex communication issues.
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of rehabilitation pathways, discharge pathways, and knowledge of outcome measures including TARN, UKROC.
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree in professional discipline e.g PT, OT,SLT, dietetics
- oHPC registration
- oEvidence of relevant post graduate course/training in clinical specialty
- oEvidence of relevant masters level qualification or equivalent specialist experience
Desirable
- oMember of the professional body
- oPost graduate formal qualification relevant to clinical speciality
- oLeadership training
- oInvolvement in relevant professional special interest group
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).
