Job summary
- Main area
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-GM1483-UPC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley Hospital
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you an experienced Physiotherapist seeking a new challenge? Do you want to stay in a clinical role while also developing your leadership skills and contributing to the management of a therapy service? If so, SCFT Intermediate Care Units (ICUs) could be the ideal opportunity for you!
We are looking to complete our Band 7 Team with a dedicated Physiotherapist Clinical Lead to assist in managing and developing the Therapy Service for our ICUs based at Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the service we provide to the community through our bedded units.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 7 Clinical Lead, you will:
• Deliver complex clinical care to patients in the ICU settings.
• Provide clinical leadership and support for staff, helping them manage their caseloads and personal development.
• Take the lead on In-Service Training programmes, not only for our team but also for colleagues across inpatient settings.
• Play a key role in service development, promoting a culture of rehabilitation across the units.
• Work closely with a Band 8 and Operational team lead who will offer support in your professional growth, providing regular supervision and helping you progress within your career.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+ and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are seeking someone who:
• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Brings a positive and innovative approach to service development.
• Is committed to multi-disciplinary teamwork and sharing skills across teams.
• Has a genuine passion for improving patient care and service delivery.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career, influence service development, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, we encourage you to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop your leadership abilities while maintaining a strong clinical focus.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/ post graduate diploma/ or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC Registration
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration qualification/ training to masters level in a relevant field or equivalent post graduate training or experience
- Evidence of leadership education/ development or a willingness to undertake this
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience providing clinical leadership to a team
- Significant experience of working in the specialist clinical setting
- Significant experience of supervision provision
- Experience of leading within a multi-professional team/ collaborative working
- Experience of delivering quality improvement, innovation and productivity
Desirable criteria
- Minimum of 4 years post graduate experience
- Evidence of active participation in audit and clinically relevant research
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable expertise within clinical area underpinned by theory and significant experience
- Demonstrates excellent leadership and ability to empower others in practice
- Demonstrates ability to delegate to others
- Demonstrates excellence in communication skills with an ability to negotiate and manage conflict
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- Demonstrate an ability to identify and manage difficult situations and act appropriately to obtain support
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice
- Knowledge of Clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Claire Anderson
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07884828361
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