Clinical Lead Stafford CAT

Job description

Job responsibilities

1

To adhere to and apply the Health and Care Professions Councils (HCPC) standards of proficiency and/or the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Code of Members Professional Values and Behaviour/Royal College of Occupational Therapists Professional standards for occupational therapy practice, conduct and ethics and all relevant guidance/policy from MPFT.

To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work.

2

To establish and maintain effective working relationships both within Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust and with external organisations across the integrated care system in order to meet service requirements, population and support and demonstrate the Trusts equality values.

3

To assess new service users and develop clear individualised reablement care and support plans to meet identified needs. This includes assessing service users with specialist knowledge and skills, formulating, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans. This role would be expected to take a lead in specialist and complex cases and to provide advice and support to others who may be working with the same caseload.

The specialist care/support plans may include the following:

Promoting independence/self management and maintaining safety

Increased functional ability

Improvement in health and wellbeing including mental health

Interventions in disease/condition management

Prevention and reducing of health inequalities

Admission avoidance

Early supported discharge

Case management/ treatment /care plans

Palliative and end of life care

4

To use expert knowledge and judgement to take into account the range of care/support packages and treatment options available. To consider each service users personal circumstances and preferences in order to implement and adjust programmes of care and intervention.

5

To maintain and develop skills and knowledge to deliver a range of evidence based interventions and sets an example of good practice to other team members including skill sharing. Provides teaching/training in specialist area to the wider workforce.

6

To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of the service user and their carers/family offering reassurance and empathy, in particular when imparting

potentially distressing information. This may be in regard to the nature/prognosis of their condition and implications of the same including managing any conflict that may arise.

7

To work with individuals and carers who may find it difficult to engage with the service or aspects of the service resulting in uncooperative or challenging behaviour that requires managing.

8

To use expert professional knowledge, skills and expertise when working in changing environments and across professional boundaries.

9

To maintain contemporaneous and accurate records as required by MPFT, legislation and in line with professional standards (HCPC and CSP/RCOT). Support identified team members giving guidance and direction where appropriate.

10

To take responsibility for the safe use and transportation of equipment between locations. To work in non-purpose built rooms involving the necessity to move furniture, therapy equipment etc.

11

To ensure that the skills of identified team members are appropriately deployed and that care is delivered by staff with the relevant education, expertise and competence.

12

To deliver a high standard of evidence based interventions, whilst managing the demands of unplanned aspects of the role using innovative problem solving techniques and solution focused approaches.

13

To provide advice, education and training to service users, carers, families and other professionals regarding the treatment, management and care/support of service users.

14

To provide professional and clinical leadership and support to identified team members. Responsible for identifying training needs of staff and encouraging practitioners to develop skills in:

Critical thinking and reflective practice

Excellence in practice

Specialist knowledge and research based practice

Risk assessing and manual handling plans

15

To take accountability for allocated assessments, planning and implementation of care packages/ reablement programmes of support, within their caseload and the caseload of reablement support workers that are working to specialist care and treatment plans.

16

To demonstrate a high level of clinical judgment, acting autonomously in a variety of contexts, including acute and or primary care settings. This post holder is expected to lone work alongside the multi-disciplinary team.

17

To manage clinical risk within the service and that of staff for whom you are responsible.

18

Facilitate the safe and timely discharge or transfer of the service user to other services where appropriate.

Leadership

1

To undertake agreed and delegated operational activities concerning the day to day organisation and operation of the team working with the team leader as required.

2

To develop and demonstrate have people management and leadership skills incorporating compassionate and appreciative leadership.

3

To set priorities to achieve a balance between service user needs, supervisory duties, (may include staff work allocation, sickness cover and annual leave) and staff training within resource limitations.

4

In collaboration with the operational lead establish clear goals and standards for the team/service in order to maintain and improve the quality of care/support and service delivery.

5

To work with the Operational Lead/ Clinical Leads/ Specialists / Professional Leads to identify clinical levels of expert knowledge, skills and competence within the team, in order that talents, training and competences are identified and can be fully utilised.

6

To provide clinical leadership across professional specialist area where agreed and identified.

Supervision, training and development

1

To provide, receive and encourage regular clinical and professional supervision in order to support the continuous professional development of self and others. Maintains a high standard of quality evidence based practice.

2

To contribute to the process of induction for new team members and other disciplines, as appropriate.

3

To identify own and others training/educational needs as part of the supervision and appraisal process. Develop and maintain high levels of expertise through ongoing training and development of self and others. Where appropriate train and develop others utilising own specialist skills, experience and knowledge.

4

To set workload priorities for self, and oversee the workload of junior team members and students as required.

5

To provide training, undertake work based assessments and supervision of pre- registration students, typically for periods of 4-12 weeks as required. Acts as preceptor to newly appointed staff, and staff undergoing a supervised return to practice.

Performance & Quality

1

To collect, correlate and input agreed statistical information/service data as required within agreed timescales.

2

To take the lead in clinical audit/research for specialist area and participate in and support the team in undertaking clinical audit.

3

To contribute to, and actively promote the implementation, development and upholding of policies, procedures, guidelines and directives, along with relevant statutory measures and governmental directives.

To contribute to and where appropriate lead service/policy development through active membership on working parties or professional forums.

To be aware of national and local policy that impacts upon the health and wellbeing of service users with complex care/support needs e.g. long-term conditions, Discharge to assess requirements, NICE guidance, and Profession specific guidance, social care legislation.

Physical demands of the job

The post holder will be expected on a daily basis to implement highly developed physical skills pertinent to the area of specialism, for example, manual handling, de-escalation skills and driving.

Standard keyboard skills required for inputting data onto RiO.

The post holder will be frequently exposed to emotional or distressing circumstances.

Person Specification

Application form

Essential

• Professional Qualification - Physio or OT
• Registered with HCPC

Desirable

• Experience of working with staff in a managerial position
• Experience of working in a reablement / D2A environment
• Experience of working in a n integrated team

Application form

Essential

• Car use

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greyfriars Therapy Centre. Frank Foley Way. Stafford

Greyfriars Therapy Centre. Frank Foley Way. Stafford

Stafford

ST16 2ST

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)