Therapy and Quality Liaison (qualified)

NHS; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Herne Bay is offering a full-time, temporary position for a Therapy & Quality Liaison. In this role, you will be responsible for liaising with community therapy teams, ensuring high-quality care for residents. The ideal candidate is a qualified Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving the quality of life. Competitive salary of £41,000 per annum, pro rata, is offered alongside various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Rates of Pay

Meals Provided

Paid Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Free Flu Jab

Free Parking

Refer a friend bonus

Strode Lottery

Flexible Hours

Cycle to Work Scheme

Staff Newsletter and updates

Staff Awards

Qualifications

• Passionate about helping people improve their quality of life.
• Ability to clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide a liaison service to external therapy provision.
• Coordinate and participate in assessments for admissions and discharges.
• Adapt and support activity timetables creatively.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Job description

Overview

Are you a qualified Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist? We are offering a wonderful opportunity to provide maternity cover in our Foundation as a full-time (35 hours per week) temporary Therapy & Quality Liaison (qualified) with a salary of £41,000 per annum, pro rata.

Are you passionate about ensuring that our delivery of care to our disabled residents is of the highest quality? Are you committed to leading and supporting all people who use our service to have the equipment, and any additional kit required to ensure the utmost quality of life? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Reporting to the Strode Park House Registered Manager, you will provide an important liaison service to external therapy provision for the nursing home.

This role is being offered for 9 months, with a possibility of up to a year.

Main duties of the job

As Therapy and Quality Liaison (qualified) you will also:

• Be responsible for the liaison of referrals to community therapy teams, where appropriate, acting as a lead point of contact
• Support (alongside Deputy Managers/Lead Nurses) to view, co-ordinate and if appropriate, participate in assessments for admissions and discharges
• Liaise and link with external agencies where people use our services are referred to or engaged with
• Work alongside the wider team to adapt and support our current activity timetable with innovation and creativity

Our ideal candidate

• Be passionate about helping people improve their quality of life.
• Be highly organised with own workload
• Have the ability to clearly and appropriately communicate both orally and in written form, with both internal and external stakeholders
• Work as part of a team and with other stakeholders in a collaborative and engaging way

About us

Strode Park House is a 19th Century Victorian Manor House set in 14 acres of beautiful grounds in the picturesque village of Herne, Kent.

As a Strode Park Foundation colleague you\'ll get support from day one, receiving training and development opportunities to develop your skills.

SPH is a residential home with nursing care for 55 adults with physical disabilities and complex needs. We\'ve been delivering care since 1946, and this residential home is where it all started.

The team at SPH ensures our residents live in a safe and secure environment; each person\'s individual wellbeing, dignity and choice is vitally important within the community of residents who live at or come for a short break.

SPF is fully committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation.

Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Strode Park will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values meritocracy, openness, fairness and transparency.

Job responsibilities

Please see advert and attached Job Description.

Benefits

• Competitive Rates of Pay
• Meals Provided
• Paid Disclosure and Barring Service Check
• Free Flu Jab
• Free Parking
• Refer a friend bonus
• Strode Lottery
• Flexible Hours
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Staff Newsletter and updates
• Staff Awards

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential Criteria 1. Qualified Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
• Be passionate about helping people improve their quality of life.
• Ability to clearly and appropriately communicate both orally and in written form with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work as part of a team and with other stakeholders in a collaborative and engaging way.
• Demonstrable understanding and commitment to SPF\'s aims, values and objectives.
• Commitment to your own continuing professional and personal development.

Experience

• See Job Description.
• Not applicable.

See Job Description

• See advert and Job Description.
• Not applicable.

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.