Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join our Integrated Discharge Team as a Band 7 Therapist Lead. The position is an ideal opportunity for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to shape this new service for our patients.
Are you passionate about supporting patients to discharge home as soon as they are able to? You will be working and leading a team that is motivated to ensure that patients should be returning home as soon as they are able. Ethos of the team is 'Why not home, why not today'.
Shropshire Community Health Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to work within the Care Transfer Hub at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. The team is expanding and this is an ideal opportunity to be involved in the transformation of the service and work with the existing skilled team in the specialist field of Complex Discharge.
The successful applicant will be a key member of the Care Transfer Hub with an multidisciplinary of health and social care teams.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
As a senior clinician within the Care Transfer Hub (CTH) multi-disciplinary team you will work with a "home first" philosophy. You will be an advocate for the patient in determining the right pathwayfor them as individuals following a discharge to assess model. You will be working in collaboration with other health and social care professionals in an integrated wayproviding autonomous clinical, professional decision-making to support the planning of complex discharges.
The post holder will develop the ethos of multi-disciplinary and seamless services within Shropshire Telford and Wrekin's acute and or community hospitals ensuring that discharge planning is delivered to the highest possible standard.
The post holder will be working flexibly across both acute hospital sites and may be required to work in community settings as part of their role and participate in 7 day working, 8 am to 8pm.
We are looking for applicants that share our passion for specialist field of complex discharge. The position is an ideal opportunity to be part of shaping the service which is at the forefront of the NHS long term plan agenda. You will be instrumental with the most complex needs from the hospital setting and reviewing the discharge pathway and services including home and bed based reablement services, urgent community response (UCR) services including admission avoidance /Virtual Wards and community teams.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
- Therapy based Degree/Diploma
- Membership of relevant professional body
- Registered with Health Professional Council
- To have experience of working with occupational therapy /physiotherapy client groups plus further theoretical study and experience within a community environment to master's level equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Have a proven ability of complex case management
- Have extensive experience as a senior clinician/practitioner
- Have evidence of effective staff and resource management
- To have an understanding of common medical, and surgical conditions, care of the elderly, neurology, trauma and orthopaedics
- Previous experience in a physical setting.
- Post registration experience across either Community or Acute or Social Care settings in a Senior Therapist level post.
- Management or supervision experience such as appraisals of staff and day to organisation and monitoring of staff workload
- Multi-disciplinary team working
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development and a drive towards continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
- Ability to manage complex caseload
- Ability to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
- Ability to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
- Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
- Knowledge of up-to-date practice using research and evidence-based learning
- Thorough knowledge of Discharge To Assess Pathways and The Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model
- To have good understanding of aims and priorities of Intermediate Care and hospital discharge
Other
Essential
- Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
- Therapy based Degree/Diploma
- Membership of relevant professional body
- Registered with Health Professional Council
- To have experience of working with occupational therapy /physiotherapy client groups plus further theoretical study and experience within a community environment to master's level equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Have a proven ability of complex case management
- Have extensive experience as a senior clinician/practitioner
- Have evidence of effective staff and resource management
- To have an understanding of common medical, and surgical conditions, care of the elderly, neurology, trauma and orthopaedics
- Previous experience in a physical setting.
- Post registration experience across either Community or Acute or Social Care settings in a Senior Therapist level post.
- Management or supervision experience such as appraisals of staff and day to organisation and monitoring of staff workload
- Multi-disciplinary team working
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development and a drive towards continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
- Ability to manage complex caseload
- Ability to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
- Ability to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
- Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
- Knowledge of up-to-date practice using research and evidence-based learning
- Thorough knowledge of Discharge To Assess Pathways and The Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model
- To have good understanding of aims and priorities of Intermediate Care and hospital discharge
Other
Essential
- Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
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
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Sites
Care Transfer Hub, Copthorne Building, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XQ
Shrewsbury and Telford
SY3 8XQ
Employer's website
https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
