Therapy Lead

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Malton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Therapy Lead to provide clinical leadership for community services. This role involves supporting clinical teams and ensuring high standards of care across various locations in Scarborough and Ryedale. The ideal candidate will have AHP registration, a Master's level education, and proven leadership experience. Flexible working arrangements are available to meet the needs of applicants. Join us to make a positive impact on patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Current AHP registration and on the NMC/HCPC live register.
• Educated to Masters Level or equivalent with advanced knowledge/experience.
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in community AHP services.
• Monitor and maintain high professional standards.
• Deliver high-quality patient care.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Leadership and motivation

Knowledge of Trust policies

Ability to commute

Education

Current AHP registration

Master's Level education

Teaching qualification

Job description

We are looking for an AHP with a passion for AHP services to join us as Therapy Lead for community services in community. Our services are delivered across Scarborough / Ryedale / Whitby and Pocklington. We are open to considering a flexible base for the post.

Main duties of the job

The therapy lead will provide clinical leadership to the aligned clinical services including urgent community response, intermediate care and community AHP services. The post holder will report to the divisional clinical lead and provide visible leadership across a range of service settings, monitoring and maintaining high professional standards.

The post holder needs to be an innovative and dynamic practitioner committed to improving the patient experience, improving standards of care and services, supporting the leadership team in delivering the trust strategy whilst upholding the trust strategy and values.

The post holder will be an integral member of the senior leadership team providing support to implement and monitor progress on delivery of strategic objectives to ensure the provision of high-quality care.

They will provide clinical advice and link with the trust AHP professional leads for advice as required. Actively contributing to innovative solutions driving forwards quality improvement work and ensuring that high standards of care are maintained and delivered. They will ensure that services are using evidence to support safe and effective service delivery and contribute to the delivery of the patient safety and quality agenda.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further details with regards to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Education and training

• Current AHP registration and be on the NMC/HCPC live register
• Educated to Masters Level or Masters level/Post Graduate modules plus significant advanced knowledge/ experience
• Be on the live register of mentors if required for the service area
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if required
• Successful completion of non-medical prescribing course if required
• Teaching qualification

Skills Competecnies and peronsonal qualities

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
• Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
• Sound experience/knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others oAbility to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites

Knowledge and Experience

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area,
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• Standard IT skills with working knowledge of IT systems relevant to own area of work oEvidence of leadership and organisational development issues that have had a positive impact on service delivery
• Experience of successful clinical policy implementation and change
• Evidence of professional development work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change, that impacts beyond own area of work
• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the service area
• Proven leadership experience at an advanced level which has had a positive impact/created change within service delivery/practice
• Organisational networking locally, regionally, nationally
• Be able to effectively Chair meetings
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries, developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
• Member of organisational group/network, locally/regionally/nationally
• A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held

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.

Malton Community Hospital, Middlecave Road

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