Physiotherapy Clinical Lead

Job summary

Join our team we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. You will be a supported and valued member of a team who always strive to give the quality of service you would like to receive yourself. The team will involve you in development and supervision, team building and support networks.

The teams operate 7 days a week between the hours of 07.30- 18.30 shift times are variable, i.e. 07:30 15.30, 08:30 16:40, 10:30 18.30, You will be supported to work flexibly within these hours.

This post is permanent for 25.5 hours per week.

We can offer you regular CPD and clinical supervision, a comprehensive in-service training programme, support from experienced senior physiotherapists and a structure offering career mobility, coaching and/or mentoring. You will be involved in development and supervision, team building and support networks.

As a Team we offer career progression opportunities, skills training, access to LGBT, BAME, Disability and Carers forums, wellbeing and support programmes. We consider flexible working opportunities to help you get your work/life balance right. The team ethos is to enable and support people to remain in their own home as first alternative to inpatient admission. Collaboration and problem solving is key.

You will be involved in team meetings, clinical audit, staff management and team development. Working with the team leaders, your input is a valuable part of the teams work.

Main duties of the job

What will I be doing?

Your typical working day will include coordinating and supporting the Wyre Forest and your own caseload, you will triage and allocate planned and unplanned visit requests for physiotherapy interventions. You will clinically supervise the Wyre Forest Physiotherapy integrated team and support the clinical overview of the integrated work across the Neighbourhood teams.

This may involve urgent response assessment as part of the teams admission avoidance remit, supporting complex hospital discharges including trauma and orthopaedic brace management and planning domiciliary interventions to facilitate independent living. You will work alongside nursing and OT colleagues in the same team. The role includes clinically supporting the workforce, mentoring new and existing staff, supporting with complex clinical issues and supporting operational delivery of the service.

Also to include mentoring student physios and as we have close links with Worcester and Birmingham universities in support of these student placements.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Gemini House

Stourport Road

Kidderminster

DY11 7QL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Gemini House

Stourport Road

Kidderminster

DY11 7QL

Employer's website

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

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