Job summary
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust MY Therapy service are
looking for a dynamic leader to ensure an effective and quality therapy service
within Adult Community Services.
MY Therapy is an Integrated therapy service providing rehabilitation in
the community preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital / residential
settings and facilitating discharge.
We deliver community therapy to patients in their own homes or in short term care placements, inpatient rehabilitation within an intermediate care setting and specialist therapy services which includes Neurology, Early supported discharge for Stroke, Cardio-respiratory and post Covid services.
The successful candidate will be a flexible, hard-working physiotherapist or occupational therapist who will be able to successfully lead and operationally manage our large team of therapists across Wakefield.
In return we will offer: -
Regular supervision.
A friendly and supportive environment.
Induction programme.
Annual appraisal
Commitment to learning and progression.
Main duties of the job
The therapy team leader will work with the therapy service
lead and the clinical specialists for the respective services to ensure the
delivery of a high quality, patient centred and outcome focused therapy service
within the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust.The team leader
will be a role model for the team sharing and developing good practice,
clinical expertise, providing team leadership, participating in service
developments and ensuring key performance targets are being achieved.
The team leader will manage and lead the team, offering clinical
and management support and advice. The role includes but is not limited to;
- sickness management
- Train, supervise and performance manage staff
- dealing with incidents and complaints
- assisting in the planning, development and evaluation of the
service
- deputising for the therapy service lead as required in
their absence
- Being responsible for the high delivery of high-quality therapy services.
The post holder must uphold the Trusts values and behaviours (available on the Trust web
site) and behave in a manner fitting with the responsible position of the post
holder, maintaining the public confidence.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. Its important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Non-Clinical Duties
-
To assist the therapy service lead in the delivering
of service strategy and objectives on a day to day basis, planning, co-ordinating,
delivering and evaluating the therapy service provided.
-
To manage and lead the designated team, offering
clinical and management support and advice.
-
To provide, leadership, supervision, training
and appraisal for the designated team of staff.
-
To assist in the planning, development and
evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects to
develop services for patients using the service as set by the service lead.
-
To work closely with members of the hospital
team to provide a co-ordinated and timely discharge service for patients within
the Trust.
-
To contribute to the Trust and therapy service
clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and
monitoring of practice standards.
-
To lead on clinical governance issues within
relevant areas.
-
To investigate incidents recorded in designated
team / area of work. To take responsibility as lead investigator to action
plans as a result of incidents. To escalate outcomes of incident investigation
to the therapy service lead.
-
To input risks to the risk register for
designated team / area of work, formulate action plans and escalate to therapy
service lead as and when required.
-
To investigate and formulate first draft responses
to complaints in designated team / area of work with support from the therapy
service lead, governance manger and head of therapies.
-
Ensure as team leader that their designated
staff implement policy and service development changes.
-
To be responsible for the sickness management of
designated staff in line with the trusts policy and procedures. To escalate to
therapy service lead as per trust policy and assist the therapy service lead
and HR manager in the management of sickness for the designated team.
-
To lead the teams annual audit plan and assist
the therapy service lead and clinical specialists in the delivery of audits in
line with the service strategy and objectives. To ensure staff participation
and completion of actions in a timely manner in the designated team.
-
To deputise for the therapy service lead as
required in their absence.
Clinical Duties/Patient Contact
-
Be professionally and legally responsible and
accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in
your care. Working to professional standards
to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your
management and support staff within the designated team to do likewise.
-
Interpret
and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis
and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the
best course of intervention and develop comprehensive treatment & discharge
plans.
-
Undertake the comprehensive assessment of
patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative,
analytical & advanced skills and devise individualised management and
treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range or
treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
-
Ensure quality and standards of clinical care of
patients treated within designated team, and to organise the team to deliver
this effective and efficient care with regard to clinical priorities and use of
time.
-
Demonstrate highly developed advanced skills for
assessment and treatment of patients.
-
Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching
and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding
of the aims of interventions e.g., therapy, nutrition, and to ensure a
consistent approach to patient care.
-
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
to maximise outcomes and / or rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding
of condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation to
encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme.
-
Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills
to gain informed consent with patients where there will often be barriers to
effective communication e.g., loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive
or receptive dysphasia, pain, fear, confusion, critical illness, pain, memory
loss.
-
Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and
have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack
capacity to consent to treatment.
-
Undertake clinical decision making and practice
as an autonomous clinician.
-
Be responsible for the risk assessment of each clinical
intervention and minimise each potential risk.
-
Clinical caseload will be determined by the
therapy service lead with the team leader relevant to the service needs and
requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Non-Clinical Duties
-
To assist the therapy service lead in the delivering
of service strategy and objectives on a day to day basis, planning, co-ordinating,
delivering and evaluating the therapy service provided.
-
To manage and lead the designated team, offering
clinical and management support and advice.
-
To provide, leadership, supervision, training
and appraisal for the designated team of staff.
-
To assist in the planning, development and
evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects to
develop services for patients using the service as set by the service lead.
-
To work closely with members of the hospital
team to provide a co-ordinated and timely discharge service for patients within
the Trust.
-
To contribute to the Trust and therapy service
clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and
monitoring of practice standards.
-
To lead on clinical governance issues within
relevant areas.
-
To investigate incidents recorded in designated
team / area of work. To take responsibility as lead investigator to action
plans as a result of incidents. To escalate outcomes of incident investigation
to the therapy service lead.
-
To input risks to the risk register for
designated team / area of work, formulate action plans and escalate to therapy
service lead as and when required.
-
To investigate and formulate first draft responses
to complaints in designated team / area of work with support from the therapy
service lead, governance manger and head of therapies.
-
Ensure as team leader that their designated
staff implement policy and service development changes.
-
To be responsible for the sickness management of
designated staff in line with the trusts policy and procedures. To escalate to
therapy service lead as per trust policy and assist the therapy service lead
and HR manager in the management of sickness for the designated team.
-
To lead the teams annual audit plan and assist
the therapy service lead and clinical specialists in the delivery of audits in
line with the service strategy and objectives. To ensure staff participation
and completion of actions in a timely manner in the designated team.
-
To deputise for the therapy service lead as
required in their absence.
Clinical Duties/Patient Contact
-
Be professionally and legally responsible and
accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in
your care. Working to professional standards
to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your
management and support staff within the designated team to do likewise.
-
Interpret
and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis
and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the
best course of intervention and develop comprehensive treatment & discharge
plans.
-
Undertake the comprehensive assessment of
patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative,
analytical & advanced skills and devise individualised management and
treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range or
treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
-
Ensure quality and standards of clinical care of
patients treated within designated team, and to organise the team to deliver
this effective and efficient care with regard to clinical priorities and use of
time.
-
Demonstrate highly developed advanced skills for
assessment and treatment of patients.
-
Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching
and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding
of the aims of interventions e.g., therapy, nutrition, and to ensure a
consistent approach to patient care.
-
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
to maximise outcomes and / or rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding
of condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation to
encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme.
-
Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills
to gain informed consent with patients where there will often be barriers to
effective communication e.g., loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive
or receptive dysphasia, pain, fear, confusion, critical illness, pain, memory
loss.
-
Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and
have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack
capacity to consent to treatment.
-
Undertake clinical decision making and practice
as an autonomous clinician.
-
Be responsible for the risk assessment of each clinical
intervention and minimise each potential risk.
-
Clinical caseload will be determined by the
therapy service lead with the team leader relevant to the service needs and
requirements.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Promotion of role
- Moving and Handling relevant to role
- Forward thinking
- Ability to pass on knowledge and skills within both formal and informal environments
- Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services in a healthcare setting.
- IT skills
- Goal setting and negotiating skills
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
Desirable
- Teaching/presentation skills
- Report writing
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post grad experience and knowledge
- Experience of and keen interest in team leading
- Comprehensive band 6 or 7 experience in a variety of clinical settings to include community settings.
- Supervision of staff groups, inclusive of diverse skill mix
Desirable
- Audit/Research
- Leading on clinical governance issues
- Evidence of managing change
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in relevant profession
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Associated relevant
- further qualifications or accredited courses
- Post graduate qualification at Masters level or equivalent levels of knowledge
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Promotion of role
- Moving and Handling relevant to role
- Forward thinking
- Ability to pass on knowledge and skills within both formal and informal environments
- Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services in a healthcare setting.
- IT skills
- Goal setting and negotiating skills
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
Desirable
- Teaching/presentation skills
- Report writing
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post grad experience and knowledge
- Experience of and keen interest in team leading
- Comprehensive band 6 or 7 experience in a variety of clinical settings to include community settings.
- Supervision of staff groups, inclusive of diverse skill mix
Desirable
- Audit/Research
- Leading on clinical governance issues
- Evidence of managing change
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification in relevant profession
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Associated relevant
- further qualifications or accredited courses
- Post graduate qualification at Masters level or equivalent levels of knowledge
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).
