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Job summary

Main area
Intermediate Care Team
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Normal working hours Monday to Friday 0900 - 1700 hours)
Job ref
310-MOPAC-7121755
Employer
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kingfisher House
Town
Huntingdon
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2025 23:59

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Intermediate Care Clinical Team Lead

Band 7

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Lead- Therapist to join our Intermediate Care Team in the North of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. 

The Intermediate Care Service provides care and therapy in patients' own homes and in private provider care home settings, facilitating discharges from hospitals, using a home first care model and admission avoidance.

The post holder will offer therapy focussed leadership and management to ensure the effective delivery of the Intermediate Care Service across the North locality  as part of the countywide Intermediate Care Service.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Clinical Team Lead- Nursing to deliver high quality, patient-centred care within  the  Intermediate Care Service.

The role will directly manage, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, non-registered therapy and care support staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will need to be innovative, decisive and display strong leadership and organisational skills. 

They will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the team, maintaining quality standards and maximising resource within the multidisciplinary team. 

In addition playing a key role within the local system to optimise discharges  and patient flow, working with countywide service colleagues and collaboratively with our partner organisations.   

The post is open to those with a professional qualification in  physiotherapy or occupational therapy.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

  • Providing leadership and management on matters relating to admission avoidance, early supported discharge, transfer of care process.
  • Work closely with the MDT and coordinators, integrating working practices to streamline processes, share knowledge, and benefit patient experience, outcomes and flow.
  • Manage systems to ensure the effective allocation and deployment of staff.
  • Act as a resource for the team and others involved in the patient pathway, providing advice to facilitate timely discharge and flow through the pathway and with the aim of reducing hospital stays, maximising patient independence, enabling patients to receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
  • Ensure systems and processes are in place to receive and prioritise referrals to the team and delegation to staff
  • Ensure own leadership style facilitates effective communication, collaboration and motivation of staff and partners to achieve effective transfer of care.
  • Work collaboratively with the team and professional leads to support professional and practice developments including CPFT Clinical Supervision framework
  • To ensure the effective daily delivery of the service in the community responding to needs identified in the community or following hospital admission

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven record of experience and achievement in the care of adults and older people
  • Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Demonstrate effective liaison with care providers, voluntary and statutory partners
  • Knowledge of the chronic long-term conditions effecting adults and older people
Desirable criteria
  • Budget management
  • Managing across sites

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered physiotherapist or registered occupational therapist.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrate continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
  • Demonstrates leadership ability
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good working relationships with all levels or people
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in training and education

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria
  • Accepts responsibility and professional accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
  • Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
  • Demonstrates professional curiosity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vanessa Bunn
Job title
Operations Manager Intermediate Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07970707190
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