Therapy Team Lead
Job overview
Excellent opportunity for anyone interested and committed to providing therapy leadership and care in the community.
The role brings a number of exciting factors together, these include excellent MDT working across all therapy services coupled with a beautiful location. The team although small is friendly and welcoming and warmly supports colleagues.
There is an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to step into a Band 7 Therapy team lead post for the Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home Team, Northallerton. They will be responsible for operational leadership for the Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistant Practitioners.The team provides 2 hour and 2 day response for patients requiring urgent support in their locality of Hambleton & Richmondshire.
Main duties of the job
Based at the Friarage Hospital Northallerton the role brings a number of exciting factors together. These include excellent MDT working across all therapy services coupled with a beautiful location. The team although small is friendly and welcoming and warmly supports colleagues.
This post holder will work closely alongside the existing Therapy Team for the UCR and H@H team Hambleton and Richmondshire. The Therapy Lead will lead an effective and efficient service providing support to the patients in remaining in their own home/ usual place of residence and maintaining their independence.The service will maintain and support the independence our ageing population.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
- Your Leadership Impact
- Leading your Team to Success
- Leading Into the Future
- Service Improvement for Beginners
- Developing your Service Improvement Skills
- Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria- To hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body, e.g. OT/Physio
- Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development
- To hold or be working towards MSc or relevant post-graduation qualification
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential criteria- Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to therapy provision in the community
- Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Demonstrates an ability to motivate staff by providing a positive role model.
- Effective people management skills
- Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly.
- Able to respond and adapt appropriately to changing needs of the service.
- Demonstrates competent IT and system skills.
- Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals
- Member of specialist interest group
Key Skills
Essential criteria- Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Demonstrates competent IT and system skills
- Effective people management skills.
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of leading /managing staff within a health /social care operational environment.
- Experience of working within a community therapy service
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
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The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form.Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.