Clinical Lead AHP Rapid Access Acute Rehab (RAAR)

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a candidate for clinical leadership in the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR) pathway. The role involves managing patient assessments and care, ensuring operational efficiency, and leading multidisciplinary discussions. Ideal candidates will have experience in neurorehabilitation and demonstrate strong leadership skills. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in a patient-centered environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical leadership in neurorehabilitation.
• Skills in operational management for patient care pathways.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and manage their care on the RAAR pathway.
• Ensure safe patient flow and meet key performance indicators.
• Lead complex clinical decision-making discussions.

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Royal London multidisciplinary neurotrauma and rehabilitation team to provide clinical and operational leadership to the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR) pathway. The RAAR pathway is funded by NHSE, in each of the 4 Major Trauma Centres in London. This pathway has been developed to provide hyperacute neurorehabilitation for adults with neurological and traumatic injuries including traumatic brain injury.

You will be directly supported by the 8b AHP Clinical Lead for Neurosciences, Trauma and Neurological Rehabilitation. You will provide expert clinical leadership and work closely with speciality lead clinicians and the Emergency Care and Trauma Divisional Triumvirates. You will also work closely with the other Clinical Therapy Leads and Therapy leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients for the RAAR pathway and review them on weekly ward rounds in collaboration with the RAAR Neurological Rehab consultant
• Provide daily operational management of the RAAR pathway to ensure safe patient flow and delivery of NHSE Key Performance Indicators
• Deliver excellent evidence-based clinical care and improvements in patient experience and clinical outcomes through collaboration with the neurotrauma clinical leads and RAAR multidisciplinary team
• Take responsibility for the assessment and admission of patients onto the RAAR pathway, coordinate patient care, and optimize flow to enable timely discharge
• Lead on complex case discussions and clinical decision making for patients with neurological and traumatic injuries regarding appropriate intervention and discharge destinations
• Work with the 8b AHP clinical lead for Neurosciences, Trauma and Rehabilitation to ensure the RAAR pathway evolves into a high-quality, evidence-based service

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Vision and Values

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

How to apply

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tara Hughes Job title: AHP Lead Neurosciences, Trauma and Neuro Rehab Email address: [e-mail]