Job summary
- Main area
- 205045 Carlisle Network ICC
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (Possibility of a permanent post at completion of 12 month contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The rehab and UCR service covers 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week so working pattern and shifts will fit around these hours.)
- Job ref
- 262-A-24-6215725
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hilltop Heights
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
What's your work life balance like?
Do you enjoy the great outdoors, the wild mountains or even wild swimming, we have it all in Cumbria. A work life balance that is close to the Lake District but also close enough to have the city experience if you want.
This opportunity doesn't come round very often.
We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to undertake a secondment role, are you looking for an innovative role in a multidisciplinary team? This fantastic opportunity awaits a dynamic, motivated Physiotherapist looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills.
As a Clinical lead Physiotherapist you will work closely with other clinical leads within the team. Within this role you be expected to provide clinical leadership and operational management to the team and manage the clinical caseload of patients to ensure safe patient flow. This is a multidisciplinary team that consists of nurses and AHPs to support the clinical need of the patients and involves working closely with our partner organisations.
This is a secondment opportunity covering 12 months with the potential for a permanent role thereafter.
At interview you will be expected to demonstrated how you meet the essential and desirable criteria the job Specification.
Main duties of the job
- Providing clinical input, demonstrating advanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and management of clinical needs of a complex caseload.
- Supporting the development of individuals and the team through appraisal, personal development planning, coaching and mentoring.
- Provide assurance and governance for the service.
- Lead the implementation of clinical protocols/pathways in the service.
- Work with the Professional Lead to implement the AHP strategic plan.
- Develop rehabilitation & recovery focused services to enabling people to be independent for longer, manage their health needs & lead healthy, active lives in their community.
- Supporting the service to implement clinical effectiveness programs by taking part in any agreed research/audit projects, leading key aspects as appropriate.
- Provide strategic clinical leadership using the most up to date evidence based theory.
- Work as a key member of the wider Carlisle and District ICC Leadership Team
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience
- • Evidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
- • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy recognised Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- • Membership of relevant professional body
- • Registered with Health Professional Council
Desirable criteria
- • Post registration qualification in teaching/ assessing (ENB 998/NST 307)
- • Training and/or qualification relating to clinical supervision
- • Independent non-medical prescribing qualification
- • Post graduate teaching qualification
- • Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience post qualification
- • Experience of providing supervision.
- • Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Community rehabilitation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
- • Evidence of continuing professional development.
- • 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
- • Computer literate
- • Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
- • Knowledge of up to date practice using research and evidence based learning
Desirable criteria
- • Conference presentations of publications in this area (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters)
Skills & aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • Skills in the use of methods of assessment, diagnosing, formulation / interventions, and evaluation
- • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service user, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- • Well-developed skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings
- • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and potentially challenging behaviour
- • Ability to work sensitively and supportively with staff who are retraining and/or changing their way of working
- • Leadership skills
- • Ability to develop staff and their levels of skills and expertise
- • Ability to understand the NICE guidelines and the role of such guidelines in the NHS
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Able to travel independently.
- Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
- The resilience necessary to overcome obstacles and resistance.
- Sensitivity towards organisational and political complexities.
- Evidence of being a team player.
- Ability to work flexibly inside and outside of office hours.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Wills
- Job title
- Service Managers
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 077811714268
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