Job summary
Employer heading
Spinal Cord Injury Practitioner
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring individual to be part of a new Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) team based within the East Midlands region. This post will work alongside the Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Lead and the Spinal Cord Injury specialists based at Princess Royal Spinal Cord Injury Centre based in Sheffield in delivering high quality care to spinal cord injury patients based within Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and the surrounding rehabilitation settings across the Nottinghamshire region.
The role of the Spinal Cord Injury Practitioner is to work alongside a variety of healthcare professionals across multiple specialities supporting the provision of high quality care for those who present with spinal cord injury. Candidates must demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills and ability to confidently liaise with all partners to ensure the safe, timely care of patients in our care.
The successful applicant must be willing, dynamic and motivated to meet the challenges and the needs in the development of this new team and must demonstrate knowledge, expertise and passion in working within the speciality of spinal cord injury.
Are you ready for the next exciting step in your career? If so, we would like to hear from you, this could be just the job for you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder has continuing responsibility and accountability for the management and delivery of specialist care to patients with Spinal Cord injury; the assessment of care needs, the planning, collaborative development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care for spinal cord injured patients throughout Nottinghamshire.
Please see the attached job description and personal specification documents for full detailed description of responsibilities for this post.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Relevant professional degree or equivalent qualification.
- • Relevant experience at band 6 or above in caring for patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).
- • Demonstrate SCI related CPD
- • Evidence/completion of post graduate education/ experience
Desirable criteria
- • Relevant SCI courses
- • Master’s level study in relevant health related subject or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience in managing patients with an acute spinal cord injury and rehabilitation or equivalent
- • Specialist knowledge of clinical area.
- • Effective leadership & teaching skills.
- • Experience in service development
- • Experience of leadership
Desirable criteria
- • Previous experience of similar role.
- • Urology experience
- • Tissue viability experience
- • Experience in developing education packages
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of acute SCI management
- • Knowledge of local SCI pathways and resources
- • Evidence of supporting, teaching and assessing staff over previous 12 months.
- • Effective communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, coaching and mentoring skills.
Desirable criteria
- • Engagement within Spinal / Major Trauma networks / Critical Care Networks
- • Working knowledge of Clinical Governance
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
- Michelle Emsley
- Job title
- Regional Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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