We have an exciting opportunity for a substantive Major Trauma Rehab Lead (0.6wte Band 8a) within the Regional Major Trauma Rehab Unit.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative AHP or Nurse, with significant rehabilitation experience at a senior level, to co-lead the major trauma rehabilitation team.
The major trauma rehabilitation team provides specialist rehabilitation input to a 10-bedded inpatient unit (7 days a week) and a multi-disciplinary (MDT) out-patient clinic for patients admitted following major trauma. The major trauma rehab leads provide operational day-to-day management and leadership to the major trauma rehab team and work with the trauma coordinators and rehabilitation consultants to support patients through the clinical pathway, providing continuity and advocacy for the patients' rehabilitation needs. The post holder will also initially take a lead in governance and quality assurance for the major trauma rehabilitation team as the governance lead. This element of the role will rotate amongst the three rehab leads.
We welcome candidates with a passion for and experience in the delivery of specialist rehabilitation for patients with complex musculoskeletal and/or neurological injuries, excellent communication skills, and experience in quality and service development.
Interview date: Monday 27 January 2025
Hours: 22 hours 30 minutes/week
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
We are looking for someone who is a dynamic and positive leader with a passion for delivering excellence, quality, and improvement for staff and patients within the major trauma rehabilitation service.
The main dimensions of this role are:
1. Effective communication across a range of individuals and groups on highly complex, potentially stressful topics in a range of situations.
2. Development of own and others' knowledge and practice across professional and organizational boundaries.
3. Work closely with the MDT in managing a caseload of patients who have sustained serious and major trauma to ensure that all patients receive rehabilitation assessment and prescription in a timely manner and facilitate transfers to other services.
Develop links across the Trust and Region with all stakeholders to drive service improvement and review.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
* Freeman Hospital
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
* Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals
Key Responsibilities:
1. Provide operational day-to-day management and leadership to the major trauma rehabilitation team.
2. Work with the trauma coordinators, Rehabilitation Medicine (RM) Consultant, therapy teams, and other medical and nursing staff to support the patient’s discharge home.
3. Liaise with health professionals in other parts of the patient pathway including community therapy teams, GPs, District Nurses, and voluntary and independent sector organisations as needed.
4. Coordinate and lead the trauma rehabilitation team multidisciplinary team meeting.
5. Coordinate the rehabilitation care pathway of patients following serious or major trauma admitted to the Major Trauma Rehabilitation ward who need ongoing rehabilitation as a result of their injuries, working as part of the multi-disciplinary trauma team.
6. Liaise with Therapy, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Medicine staff facilitating engagement in the rehabilitation prescription process, by identifying and coordinating patients for review.
7. Provide specialist advice to support assessment, planning, and implementation of care, as part of the team responsible for programmes of rehabilitation for patients who have sustained Major Trauma and serious trauma.
8. Proactively facilitate transfer to an appropriate rehabilitation setting in a timely manner, where the prescribed programme of care can be delivered.
9. Accountable for own professional actions, not directly supervised.
10. Have specialist knowledge and expertise in the rehabilitation of patients who have sustained major and serious trauma, including the rehabilitation of patients with musculoskeletal trauma, head injury, spinal cord injury, and other neurological injuries.
11. Provide specialist education and training to other staff and learners.
12. Ensure data and outcome measures for all patients are recorded and used appropriately to improve patient care and support service development.
13. Carry a clinical caseload of the most complex patient journeys through the clinical pathway, providing continuity and advocacy of the patients’ rehabilitation needs as they move from one clinical setting to the next.
14. Work with the trauma coordinators and clinical team to identify patients with ISS over 8, who need a rehabilitation prescription and to have input into the Rehabilitation Prescription process with the clinical teams, using knowledge of the patient and their carers and social circumstances to aid assessment of their rehabilitation needs.
15. Provide support for patients with ISS>16 and work with the Rehab Medicine Consultant and clinical teams to identify and address rehabilitation needs in this group. Attend and contribute to (2-3x weekly) RM rounds for this group.
16. Proactively support the patient and clinical team in clarifying ongoing rehabilitation arrangements for those moving on to another service.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Jan 2025.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
#J-18808-Ljbffr