An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced individuals to join our Integrated Discharge Team as a Band 7 Therapist Lead. This position is an ideal opportunity for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to shape this new service for our patients. Are you passionate about supporting patients to discharge home as soon as they are able? You will be working and leading a team that is motivated to ensure that patients return home as soon as they are able. The ethos of the team is 'Why not home, why not today?'
Shropshire Community Health Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to work within the Care Transfer Hub at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. The team is expanding, and this is an ideal opportunity to be involved in the transformation of the service and work with the existing skilled team in the specialist field of Complex Discharge.
The successful applicants will be key members of the Care Transfer Hub with a multidisciplinary team of health and social care professionals.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received; we advise you to submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
As a senior clinician within the Care Transfer Hub (CTH) multi-disciplinary team, you will work with a "home first" philosophy. You will be an advocate for the patient in determining the right pathway for them as individuals following a discharge to assess model. You will collaborate with other health and social care professionals in an integrated way, providing autonomous clinical and professional decision-making to support the planning of complex discharges. The post holder will develop the ethos of multi-disciplinary and seamless services within Shropshire Telford and Wrekin's acute and community hospitals, ensuring that discharge planning is delivered to the highest possible standard. The post holder will work flexibly across both acute hospital sites and may be required to work in community settings as part of their role, participating in 7-day working when appropriate.
We are looking for applicants that share our passion for the specialist field of complex discharge. This position is an ideal opportunity to be part of shaping the service, which is at the forefront of the NHS long-term plan agenda. You will be instrumental in managing the most complex needs from the hospital setting and reviewing the discharge pathway and services, including home and bed-based reablement services, urgent community response (UCR) services, including admission avoidance/Virtual Wards and community teams.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting, and running four community hospitals, to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers, and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services, and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients, and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring that people who work for the community trust have a good working life and a good work-life/home-life balance.
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* Qualified to degree level or equivalent; evidence of post-registration qualifications/professional development in a related health field.
* Therapy-based Degree/Diploma.
* Membership of relevant professional body.
* Registered with Health Professional Council.
* Experience of working with occupational therapy/physiotherapy client groups plus further theoretical study and experience within a community environment to master's level equivalent.
Experience
* Proven ability in complex case management.
* Extensive experience as a senior clinician/practitioner.
* Evidence of effective staff and resource management.
* Understanding of common medical and surgical conditions, care of the elderly, neurology, trauma, and orthopaedics.
* Previous experience in a physical setting.
* Post-registration experience across either Community or Acute or Social Care settings in a Senior Therapist level post.
* Management or supervision experience, such as appraisals of staff and day-to-day organization and monitoring of staff workload.
* Multi-disciplinary team working.
Knowledge and Skills
* Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development and a drive towards continuing to develop knowledge and skills in area specialism.
* Ability to manage complex caseloads.
* Ability to drive high-level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential.
* Ability to engage in audit/research processes in order to influence care according to best practice.
* Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to the profession.
* Knowledge of up-to-date practice using research and evidence-based learning.
* Thorough knowledge of Discharge To Assess Pathways and The Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model.
* Good understanding of aims and priorities of Intermediate Care and hospital discharge.
Other
* Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
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.
Care Transfer Hub Copthorne Building Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Mytton Oak Road Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ
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