Job summary
Based on its award-winning Rehabilitation Model, Cardiff and Vale UHB is developing a 'Live Well Service' to meet the needs of people with long term medical conditions. This service will develop our long-Covid service widening access to people with other medical and long-term conditions with similar symptoms and needs including ME and CFS for example.
We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and experienced allied health professional to provide clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team developing and delivering recovery focused interventions across the four tiers of the rehabilitation model.
This is a highly collaborative post - working with our population to co-produce and deliver services; working with professional colleagues within the UHB; and ensuring we demonstrate the impact of recovery focused approaches in the management of long-term medical conditions. This post is a unique opportunity to deliver a truly biopsychosocial approach and innovate in clinical practice.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Lead will provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team developing and delivering recovery focused interventions across the four tiers of the rehabilitation model to meet the needs of people with long term medical conditions including individual work, group work, consultation to others, and supervision of colleagues.
The post holder will foster recovery focussed practice utilising the full range of resources to promote personal wellbeing and self-management.
Partnership working is essential through co-production, fostering multidisciplinary and multi-agency relationships and drawing upon community assets.
The post holder will line manage and develop team members in close collaboration with professional service leads. The role involves training and education supporting colleagues beyond the 'Live Well' team in developing the way we deliver our services. The role will actively support practice-based education.
There is a significant service development aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit. Demonstrating value and benefits realisation is crucial.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised qualification degree / equivalent in therapy
- H.C.P.C. Registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- MSc or relevant higher level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a therapy position at senior level
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Evidence of Leading a clinical team and assisting in the planning and developing of an existing service.
- Experience of teaching other disciplines
- Experience of presenting to a range of audiences
Desirable
- Involvement in change management
- Published work
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate advanced level of relevant clinical skills
- Coaching and training skills
- Ability to communicate with healthcare professionals and the public
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to communicate with people with communication difficulties
- Adaptive team player
- Effective organisational skills
- Self-directed learning
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records and statistical information
- Evidence of involvement in audit and research
Desirable
- Experience of research and publication
- Competent IMT skill
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Specialist therapy knowledge in long term conditions
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Professional confidence
- Ability cope under pressure
- Reliable
Desirable
OTHER
Essential
- Membership of relevant special interest groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised qualification degree / equivalent in therapy
- H.C.P.C. Registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- MSc or relevant higher level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a therapy position at senior level
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Evidence of Leading a clinical team and assisting in the planning and developing of an existing service.
- Experience of teaching other disciplines
- Experience of presenting to a range of audiences
Desirable
- Involvement in change management
- Published work
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate advanced level of relevant clinical skills
- Coaching and training skills
- Ability to communicate with healthcare professionals and the public
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to communicate with people with communication difficulties
- Adaptive team player
- Effective organisational skills
- Self-directed learning
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records and statistical information
- Evidence of involvement in audit and research
Desirable
- Experience of research and publication
- Competent IMT skill
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Specialist therapy knowledge in long term conditions
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Professional confidence
- Ability cope under pressure
- Reliable
Desirable
OTHER
Essential
- Membership of relevant special interest groups
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).
