Therapist Lead - Care Transfer Hub

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Shrewsbury is seeking a Band 7 Therapist Lead to join its expanding Integrated Discharge Team. The ideal candidate will advocate for patients during their discharge process, ensuring a smooth transition home. Applicants must possess a therapy-based degree and have experience managing complex cases. This role offers the chance to shape service delivery and work with a committed multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level with post-registration qualifications.
• Experience in complex case management and as senior clinician.
• Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work with a 'home first' philosophy.
• Advocate for patients in discharge planning.
• Develop seamless services for discharge planning.

Skills

Complex case management

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Leadership

Patient advocacy

Education

Therapy based Degree/Diploma

Registered with Health Professional Council

Evidence of post registration qualifications

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join our Integrated Discharge Team as a Band 7 Therapist Lead. The 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 to? You will be working and leading a team that is motivated to ensure that patients should be returning home as soon as they are able. 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 applicant will be a key member of the Care Transfer Hub with a multidisciplinary team of health and social care teams.

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 be working in collaboration with other health and social care professionals in an integrated way providing autonomous clinical, 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 or community hospitals ensuring that discharge planning is delivered to the highest possible standard.

The post holder will be working flexibly across both acute hospital sites and may be required to work in community settings as part of their role and participate in 7 day working, 8 am to 8pm.

We are looking for applicants that share our passion for specialist field of complex discharge. The 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 with 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 through 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 people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications Essential:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
• Therapy based Degree/Diploma
• Membership of relevant professional body
• Registered with Health Professional Council
• To have 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 Essential:

• Have a proven ability of complex case management
• Have extensive experience as a senior clinician/practitioner
• Have evidence of effective staff and resource management
• To have an 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 organisation and monitoring of staff workload
• Multi-disciplinary team working

Knowledge and Skills Essential:

• Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development and a drive towards continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
• Ability to manage complex caseload
• Ability to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
• Ability to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
• Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to 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
• To have good understanding of aims and priorities of Intermediate Care and hospital discharge

Other Essential:

• Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.