Home 1st Team Lead Physiotherapist
| Posting date: | 25 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2024 |
| Location: | Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-24-2112 |
Summary
Provide expert clinical advice and support with complex hospital discharges. Responsible for the provision of leadership and clinical supervision of Therapists within the service. Work across health and social care to prevent avoidable, unplanned hospital admission and prevent re admission. Manage a patient caseload advocating good outcmes in a timely manner. Provide professional and personal support for other Home 1st staff and colleagues to work to build and maintain a cohesive team focus. Assess and implement specialist Therapy treatments and programmes. To use analytical and judgment skills on a variety of Therapy related problems. To gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with people who lack capacity to consent to treatment. Encourage participation of peoples families and carers in decision making and planning mutually agreed objectives. Work in collaboration with other Home 1st Leads to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary activity, and organize changes to working practice. Propose and implement team polices/amends team policies, which may impact on other members of the Multidisciplinary team. Provide day to day Management support of the Therapy team, including participation in recruitment, appraisal and performance management. To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all appropriate equipment, to initiate regular audits, including training and competencies for unqualified staff. Updates clients records using an electronic database. Have responsibility for the monitoring and prioritization and allocation of work across the Therapy team. Establish and maintain a high profile and proactive partnership with Milton Keynes University Hospital Foundation Trust (MKUHFT) and Milton Keynes Council (MKC) to support and contribute to the development of improved services for the people of Milton Keynes along with the achievement of organisational strategic objectives. To lead on CQC activity in partnership with the team including NICE guidance. Be responsible to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to ensure that there is effective assessment, care planning and review of people referred to intermediate care services. This will include supporting and implementing the principles of interdisciplinary working and person centred care planning. Acquire an understanding of clinical and HR policy and procedures within CNWL. Ensure Therapists working in the service have personal development plans and annual appraisals. Co-ordinate duty rotas, annual leave and training, in accordance with the relevant leave policy to ensure adequate staffing for the continued effective functioning of the service. To ensure all agreed policies and procedures are met, including Health and Safety