Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist Team Lead
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Job overview
This is an exciting time to join the Lincolnshire Stroke Service (LSS) as we have an opportunity for dynamic, ambitious, and forward-thinking OT or Physiotherapist to work within the Stroke pathway, predominately in community settings. We are seeking an experienced OT / Physiotherapist with demonstrable experience in Neurological field and passion for improving lives of people who have recently had a stroke.
With recent service developments to widen our scope, the focus is on working together across the Stroke Pathway, with acute, in-patient rehabilitation and community services, to provide a seamless pathway putting patients at the centre.
You will work in close partnership with all professional team leads to provide expert knowledge, professional advice and clinical leadership to teams across the stroke pathway, ensuring a coordinated and cohesive approach to deliver quality therapy service.It will involve elements of Professional / Team Leadership and management of complex therapy caseload and is open to an experienced OT or Physiotherapist.
We work closely with the Acute Trust, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) and LSS is integrated across the Trusts, working together, through a period of transformation and innovation, to ensure Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition for people to live healthier lives, provide care closer to where people live and deliver a service that is 'fit for our families'.
Main duties of the job
LSS prides itself on delivering the highest quality of care to patients in the right setting, at the right time, by the right clinician. You will play a key role in delivering patient-centred rehabilitation and be afforded opportunities to work with patients at different stages of their stroke recovery.You will be a core member of the wider multi-disciplinary team which include consultants, nurses, neuropsychologist, specialist physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking specialist assessment and treatment which is evidence-based, and delivering this efficiently and effectively with regards to clinical priorities and the use of time.
This role will include countywide professional leadership and locality lead responsibilities for one of the four locality teams. The role will also have a focus on developing and maintaining close working links across acute, community hospitals, stroke association, mental health and social care services.
Your post will require the ability to travel across Lincolnshire therefore you must have effective travel arrangements.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The right candidate will have good analytical and judgement skills and be able to build relationships with team members, senior leadership and other stakeholders to influence and impact on service development.
Deliver high quality patient centred care and rehabilitation to people who have recently experienced a stroke at a highly specialist clinical level. This high level of clinical expertise and knowledge is key in working with all other professional leads to bring service improvement to fruition.
Be a leader within the Stroke Service in operational delivery making service level decisions daily, providing clinical supervision and development opportunities to ensure that teams have the appropriate levels of knowledge and skills
Ensure the effective running of the locality team, understanding the dynamics of the team interactions, managing conflict and ensure that effective feedback systems facilitate team working while working in close partnership with other Leads to provide expert knowledge, professional advice and clinical leadership to all teams.
To work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking specialist assessment of those who have complex needs using analytical and investigative approaches
To ensure a high standard of care for all patients by effective communication and collaboration with patients, carers, GPs and other health professionals and system partners.
Please see attached Job Description and person specification for more details.
Please note this position will not commence before May 2025
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria- Degree or equivalent postgraduate diploma in Occupational Therapy OR Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of postgraduate training in specialty to masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of skills in the management of complex conditions following a stroke
- Member of relevant specialist group
- Post graduate modules in LTC management
- Standardised Psychometric Testing
- Member of Professional body
Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrable in-depth experience in specialist area
- Knowledge of clinical governance activities
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of independent working and caseload management
- Experience of supervision and team leadership
- Experience of managing highly complex cases.
- Building partnerships with outside agencies/ volunteers
- Evidence of some management experience
- Leading in clinical issues
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