Clinical Lead Therapist (Medical Rehabilitation)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be the therapy services expert clinician for the acute care and downstream ward areas.

To be responsible for the day to day operational management Medical Rehabilitation and Frailty team.

1. To be responsible for the supervision, teaching and day to day line management of more junior staff within a dedicated clinical area.
2. To provide structured appraisals, formal meetings and informal support in order to manage and supervise the senior staff regarding clinical issues.
3. To include regular managerial and clinical problem-solving and supervision of band 7 clinicians within dedicated teams.
4. To be responsible, with the other Inpatient Therapy Clinical Leads, for leadership in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance inpatient therapy services.
5. Contributes to strategic planning and service development of the Inpatient Therapy Service and deputises for other Inpatient Therapy Clinical Leads when required.
6. To work alongside the Inpatient Therapy Clinical Leads to initiate and manage clinical service development initiatives, implementing and sustaining change where necessary.
7. To utilise expert clinical reasoning and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in your dedicated clinical area and to provide specialist support and advice to other therapy staff whilst maintaining a caseload as an autonomous practitioner which includes highly complex patients.
8. To utilise evidence based principles and current best practise guidelines and ensure that all members of your team do likewise.
9. To participate in CPD and other developmental activities and encourage all members of your team to do likewise.
10. Have the opportunity to participate in, facilitate or lead research projects within therapies and designated clinical areas.
11. To educate the multi-disciplinary team, therapists in the Trust and therapists nationally (as appropriate) on elements of therapy in your designated clinical area, and raise the profile of the therapy service in your designated clinical area within the service and Trust.
12. To lead on the student, preceptorship and apprenticeship work streams within the trust, and to act as a central point of reference for stakeholders both internal and external to the trust.
13. To ensure that the therapy service in the designated clinical area is responsive to user requirements within the available resources and in accordance with directorate and departmental plans.
14. To be responsible for the supervision and teaching of students and more junior therapy staff, and to take an active role in multi-disciplinary teaching sessions within the orthopaedic unit.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

1. Significant post registration experience as a Band 7/8a in relevant clinical area.
2. Post registration experience in a range of areas.
3. Experience of team management in an NHS healthcare setting at band 7 / 8 level.
4. Evidence of supervision of more junior staff.
5. Leadership and participation of teaching/in-service programmes.
6. Operational management skills.
7. Evidence of managing and supervising other professions.

Desirable criteria

1. Liaising with external stakeholders and influencing decision making of senior leaders.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

1. Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner where no support or advice may be available.
2. Advanced clinical reasoning skills and awareness of current developments in relevant clinical area / national picture.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of contribution to business planning.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

1. To be able to motivate a team and work well within a team setting.
2. High level of resilience and ability to cope with difficult conversations / situations.
3. Ability to build close working relationships with all members of the MDT.

Important

1. The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
2. Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
3. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
4. In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
5. During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
6. Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

1. Clinical Lead Therapist - Medical Rehabilitation JD (PDF, 1008.2KB)
2. Functional Requirements (PDF, 528.6KB)
3. Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
4. Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
5. Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
6. Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)