Therapy Clinical Lead - Critical Care

Band 8a

Main area

• Therapy Services - dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy

Grade

• Band 8a

Contract

• Fixed term: 12 months

Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

15 hours per week

Job ref

• 164-5215042-A

Site

• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, cross site at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital

Town

• Nottingham

Salary

• £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata

Salary period

• Yearly

Closing

• 02/08/2023 23:59

Job overview

Therapies and Rehabilitation are seeking an innovative and creative AHP for a Clinical Lead post in Critical Care. This exciting role will offer clinical and strategic leadership to AHPs supporting this clinical area, across dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. The post is part time for one year, and will work jointly with an established part time Clinical Lead.

The Clinical Lead post supports existing AHP services to critical care, which includes in

• and out-patient services across both sites. We are looking for a senior clinician in any of the above AHP professions who can offer advanced-level clinical skills and senior decision-making, quality improvement and service development support, reflecting national best-practice guidelines and local innovation. The post will act as a strategic link between the Therapies and Rehabilitation Directorate and Specialty Management Teams within Critical Care.

The post-holder must be able to offer strong, visible and accessible clinical leadership. They will contribute to teaching and training within the wider team, and will ensure services are developed in line with NUH’s vision, values and behaviours.

The postholder will be supported by Clinical Lead peers across our respective professions and clinical specialties, alongside therapy service managers and our Directorate Leadership Team.

Main duties of the job

This role will provide strategic clinical leadership in the management of patients under the care of NUH across Critical Care, and will contribute to direct patient care in the postholder’s clinical profession. Core responsibilities are spread over the four pillars of AHP practice: leadership; clinical practice; facilitated learning; evidence, research and development.

Please refer to job description and person specification for full details of the job.

As a key leadership role, it is critical that NUH values and behaviours are embedded in everyday practice.

Working for our organisation

As a large acute teaching hospital, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS. Therapies and Rehabilitation is a supportive Directorate with a robust appraisal process and many learning opportunities.

The Therapies and Rehabilitation Directorate sits within the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of over 700 AHPs and business/support staff, working together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to, led strategically by our Chief AHP. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, physiotherapists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. Practice Development Therapists support career development for all.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will be supported by Clinical Lead peers across our respective professions and clinical specialties, alongside therapy service managers and our Directorate Leadership Team.

Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further specific details of this post.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Hons in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy or Dietetics or equivalent
• Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty preferably including research skills to a Master’s level.
• Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
• Knowledge of National, Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Full HCPC registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Require highly advanced / theoretical / practical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills relevant to Critical Care pathways

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a broad range of services

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate highly complex information which may be sensitive or contentious to all concerned where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. psychosocial issues language barriers, speech problems, learning difficulties or where English is not the first language.
• Able to communicate effectively establishing and maintaining relationships
• Able to utilise persuasion, negotiation and reassurance skills to ensure agreement and co-operation.
• To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to communicate and present highly complex inform