Job summary
- Main area
- Community, Rapid Response, Intermediate Care, Admission avoidance, Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6308233
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Squad High Wycombe
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Response Practitioner - Nurse/PT/OT
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Are you a registered PT/OT/Paramedic or Nurse ?
Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Urgent Community Response North and/or South Squad.
- Your mission: To provide triage expert clinical interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit squad that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
- Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You’ll also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
- Your role: Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
- Who are we? We’re part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in William Rathbone House, Aylesbury (North Squad) and Chichester House, High Wycombe (South Squad) covering 7 locations across the county. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
- Who are you? If you’re committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of our UCR North Squad (including Thame, Aylesbury and Buckingham) / UCR South Squad (including Amersham, Wycombe, Marlow and Chalfont St Peter)
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Your main duties include:
- Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
- Being responsible for undertaking an urgent community response to people in their own homes to prevent hospital conveyances and keeping patient safe at home with the appropriate clinical interventions.
- Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the UCR Squad.
- Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
- Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
Support the development of clinical pathways
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you will benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We are committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
Person specification
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
- Ability to motivate staff
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Presentation skills
- Self-Awareness
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity.
- Ability to develop and maintain partnership working.
- Ability to manage complex cases
- Report writing skills.
- Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues
- IT Skills
- Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care.
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
- Experience of working within multi agency / multi disciplinary team
- In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration.
- Experience of electronic clinical systems.
- Experience participating in research or audit project.
- Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistant
- Experience of working with single assessment process.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Valid and current driving licence and able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire
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
- Gemma Stanley-Davies
- Job title
- Clinical Lead UCR and South
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929046122
- Additional information
Helen Hallett
Clinical Lead North
07816174032
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