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Job summary

Main area
Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Job ref
357-LN-979-24-A
Employer
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln/Boston
Town
Lincoln/Boston
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/11/2024 23:59

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Therapy Advanced Practitioner – Front Door

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

Therapy Advanced Practitioner – Front Door 

Band 8a (option for a Trainee Band 7 Advanced Practitioner)

Full time 37.5 hpw

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Therapist to be based at either  Lincoln County Hospital  or Pilgrim Hospital. The role will  have a Trust wide contract to Lead and work as an Advanced Practitioner at the front door.

The post holder will have experience of successfully leading others. We are looking for someone who enjoys the pace of life in a busy acute hospital and has the energy to drive change and service improvements and who will be prepared to invest their energy into supporting the leadership team in the development of the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation services. 

The Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinical Business Unit is made up of a fantastic team  who work on the wards, in out-patients and in the community settings across Lincolnshire.  Our aim being to provide high quality and efficient care for the Lincolnshire population who require support from acute therapy and rehabilitation services.

You will be fully supported in this role by the Professional Lead Occupational and Physio Therapists. You will integrate with a well-respected Therapy leadership group.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for service delivery as an Advanced Practitioner. 

The post holder will at all times, demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making in the speciality of emergency care and frailty, in the emergency departments.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership for the therapy team and frailty team working at the front door.

The post holder will be an expert therapy practitioner and leader in the field of frailty and front door therapy services.

The Advanced Practitioner (AP) will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their specialty area. 

The post holder will be a registered therapy professional and hold an MSc appropriate to their Clinical Practice, or equivalent at MSc level (as confirmed by HEI) to be agreed as part of the application process or already be on an AP MSc pathway e.g. trainee AP. 

The post holder will have a Trust-wide responsibility to promote clinical excellence.

The post holder will lead on service transformation with the emphasis on delivering services fit for the future in frailty and front door therapy and in the reduction in hospital admission.

To act as the lead clinical representative on agreed clinical and service development groups and boards

To work collaboratively with (all stakeholders) across the hospital and community, ensuring the delivery of the clinical KPI’s.

Working for our organisation

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

 

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

 

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

 

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment.  From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

 

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

 

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!!!

Person specification

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Can effectively demonstrate delivery of the 4 pillars of advanced practice through a portfolio
  • Experience of working across organisational boundaries
  • Effective working at an advanced level of practice.
  • Evidence of working in a complex, challenging and changing environments
  • Evidence of managing complex, sensitive information and adjusting mode of communication to enable patient needs to be met
  • Evidence of working under pressure and to deal with emergency situations safely and effectively
  • Substantial post registration relevant experience working autonomously at an advanced level and can demonstrate transferrable skills.
  • Experience of clinical leadership.
  • Experience of leading evidenced service improvement and innovation through service/practice development initiatives, audit or research.
  • Evidence of service improvement or changes to practice through practice development initiatives, audit or research.
  • Effective leadership and management skills.
  • Experience of working within multi professional settings with consolidated clinical practice and contributing to effective team working.
  • Evidence of skilled written, verbal ad presentation communication skills.
  • Able to deal with the challenge of developing and embedding advanced roles in existing multi- professional teams.
  • Can demonstrate multi-professional working and working across organisational boundaries.
  • Evidence of professional and clinical accountability in relation to advance level, autonomous practice.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of work in Virtual Wards
  • Experience of work using telephone/remote triage

Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of local and national healthcare agendas/strategy and policies and how they relate to the specific service.
  • In depth service specific knowledge which underpins advanced level practice.
  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
  • Understand the legal, ethical and professional responsibilities and accountability concerning advanced level, autonomous practice.
  • Awareness and knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner, using clinical decision-making skills through prioritising and analysing complex health conditions.
  • Ability to undertake computer and other equipment skills.
  • Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments
  • Be able to travel in the Lincolnshire community and hospitals
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current Professional registration within area of practice
  • Evidence of level 7 study, or equivalent experience demonstrated via specialist training, experience and/or short courses.
  • MSc appropriate to Advanced Practice or HEE supported route e-portfolio for Advanced Practice or a requirement to undertake an MSc in Advanced Practice.
  • Safeguarding - level 3 or willingness to undertake.
  • Teaching and Assessing course (e.g. Mentor Preparation, SLIP, Clinical Educator Course, PGCE), SSSA or a willingness to complete.
  • Independent Non-Medical Prescriber (role specific)
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge in a relevant field.

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.

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Name
Sara Blackbourn
Job title
Occupational Therapy Professional Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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