Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community Physical Health Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 277-7331895-CPH
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Memorial Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 pro rata inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Therapist - Physiotherapy
Band 8a
Job overview
Are you a passionate and experienced clinician looking for a new challenge in neurological rehabilitation? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Advanced Specialist Therapist to lead our dynamic Community Neurorehabilitation Team.
As the Lead Clinician, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred rehabilitation across a variety of community settings. This is a dual-role position where you will not only lead the operational and clinical delivery of the service, but also maintain your own caseload of highly complex patients, using advanced clinical reasoning and specialist knowledge in neurorehabilitation.
Join us in shaping the future of neurological rehabilitation and making a real difference to people’s lives in their own homes and communities.
Main duties of the job
To act as the lead therapy clinician for the Neurological rehabilitation team
Responsible for operational management and clinical leadership of therapists in delivery of high quality, client-focused, multi-disciplinary therapy
Works in conjunction with the service Lead and contributes to strategic planning and modernisation of services to clients
Endeavours to promote a learning culture of excellence across the Neurological rehabilitation team
Provides a highly specialist standard of therapy using highly developed clinical reasoning skills in the management of a clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner
Act as a specialist resource providing support, advice, clinical expertise to other professionals, clinical and non-clinical staff with regards to client care
To be responsible for own personal professional development and keep abreast of new clinical practices in neurological rehabilitation and ensure that own CPD portfolio is maintained within Health professions council (HPC) guidelines
To ensure confidentiality in all matters relating to clients and information obtained during the course of employment
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide clinical daily operational management to the neurological rehabilitation team being responsible to the Service Lead.
To deputise for Service Lead as required
To coordinate staff activity to meet the demands of the service e.g. waiting list, clinical prioritisation
Demonstrate effective team management taking into account equal opportunities
To be responsible for and provide induction, daily supervision and coordination of locum staff, junior staff, therapy assistants and students within the neurological rehabilitation team as required
To ensure that appropriate skill mix within the team is regularly evaluated and maintained in consultation with the Service Lead
To be aware of the role of the neurological rehabilitation team in achieving local and national targets
To support the Service Lead in ensuring that staff implement policy and service development changes
To participate in policy and procedure development and develop care protocols for clients with a neurological condition
To be responsible for coordinating smooth running of the neurological rehabilitation team including cover arrangements for staff in conjunction with the Service Lead
To ensure the operation of the team reflects an agreed joint strategy with other services/agencies
To have responsibility for health, safety and welfare of self and others in the working environment , to follow safe working practices and to comply at all times with the organisation’s Health and Safety and Risk management policies and procedures
To be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post
To ensure that all organisational policies and procedures are followed
To advise the Service Lead of service delivery issues including demand and capacity data, service and cost pressures
To deliver the operational standards and service outcomes agreed with service lead within the allocated financial budget
Maintain budgetary control and ensure astute and flexible utilisation of allocated financial resources to demonstrate value for money and high-quality patient care.
Ensure that Cost Improvement/Cash Releasing Efficiency measures as dictated by financial policies and standing financial instructions are met.
Act as an authorising signatory for the Neuro- rehabilitation team within limits agreed with the Service Lead; ensure that the Trust Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to.
Manage resource utilisation whilst maintaining financial balance particularly in respect of Bank & Agency expenditure.
- To identify and request purchase of physical assets within designated limit, ensuring budgetary limits are not exceeded
For full JD and PS please see attachments
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses relevant to neurology, up to Master’s degree equivalent
- Evidence of management skills obtained through experience or Qualification
- Recognised Physiotherapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Evidence of working at level commensurate with masters level
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescriber / Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable/significant experience working with adult client group in neurorehabilitation / stroke
- Experience of developing case-management skills in less experienced staff.
- Experience of planning, organising and delivering training programmes to an organisation
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of multi-disciplinary diagnostic assessment
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional/ Clinical knowledge acquired through training and practical experience
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills – clinical reasoning
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing service policies / procedures / clinical pathways
- Highly developed Negotiation and Problem solving Skills in complex situations and ability to facilitate these skills in others
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Car owner/driver
- Agree to participate in weekend work as rostered, if required
Desirable criteria
- Experience of applying research and audit techniques reflecting health economics
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Raj Masina / Linda Hammett
- Job title
- Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088368631
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