Critical Care Physiotherapist Team Leader

at  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, highly experienced and passionate Physiotherapist to clinically team lead the Critical Care Physiotherapy Team, working alongside the Critical Care Physiotherapist Extended Scope Practitioner. We are looking for an innovative, patient focused therapist with a passion for the management of patients with critically ill conditions, providing highly skilled respiratory care and complex rehabilitation. You will have a wide range of clinical experience and the leadership qualities needed to inspire and support a team of physiotherapists and an integrated therapy assistant to consistently deliver safe, personal and effective care to our patients. You will have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills that will enable you to act as an advocate for patients with complex critically ill patients, and promote the role of therapies within Critical Care and the wider network . The post holder will be required to work across a 7 day period, working weekends on a rota basis. If you are seeking the opportunity to develop both the clinical and leadership aspects of your career and are excited by a dynamic team and working environment then this role is definitely for you.
Provide operational and line management to a designated team in the delivery of a highly effective, safe and personal service, delivered around the needs of individual patients/carers as described by agreed goals/outcome measures and within defined clinical pathways.
Working within the multidisciplinary teams, act as the Clinical Lead for the designated service area providing a high level of clinical expertise with regard to highly specialist assessment skills and interactions within a defined patient group.
An active member of the leadership structure, the postholder will contribute toward the strategic operational and clinical development of the service.
Provide teaching and highly specialist support in the management of complex conditions, educating other healthcare professionals and wider stakeholders.
To manage individual care in the area of critical care. Within this area the Physiotherapist will require a broad knowledge of conditions relating to critical care including an in-depth knowledge and understanding of surgical procedures (post op CCU). They will also be required to have highly developed respiratory and rehabilitation skills to treat the group of patients and also to support the delivery of on-call training/competencies to more junior staff.
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
The Therapies and Orthotics directorate is driven by the trusts strategic objectives and values, alongside the new ELHT AHP Strategy and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.

ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Work closely with the operational service lead, Head of Service and clinical leads to interpret and implement Trust and Directorate targets, national guidelines and AHP strategies within your specialist area.
Actively contribute to the development and delivery of the Therapies Directorate and service level business and improvement plans.
Undertake line management duties including rostering, job planning, appraisals, clinical supervision, approval of travel expenses, sickness monitoring and support etc.
Undertake a team leader role in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluation of the designated clinical service.
Identify areas for, lead and implement, continual improvement, underpinned by evidence-based practice.
Lead on the performance management of the designated clinical team across a range of Quality, Delivery, Finance and People measures.
Lead on the recruitment and retention of staff, ensuring competency frameworks are in place, supporting staff through probationary and preceptorship with training and feedback. Facilitate the ongoing development of your team and facilitate rotations of clinical staff where appropriate,
Assist the service in involving service users, their families and carers in service evaluation and associated developments.
Be responsible for deputising for the Clinical and Operational Service leads and 8a Critical Care Extended Scope Practitioner.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure you and your team adhere to the HCPC standards of conduct and professional proficiency.
Understand and demonstrate the need to respect and uphold the rights dignity and values and autonomy of every service user.
Understand your role, and that of your team’s, in the process of promoting and maintaining health and wellbeing for patients, self and others.
Ensure you and your team operate within the codes of practice outlined in the Trust Behavioural Framework.
Undertake the measurement and evaluation of the work of you and your team and current practices through the use of evidence-based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with colleagues. This will include leading on and participating in research and development.
Support staff and patients with protected characteristics, to be a role model and ally in challenging and eliminating discrimination of all forms.
Undertake as directed the collection of data for use in service audit and research projects. To manage and undertake research into specific areas of clinical practice and service delivery using a range of research methodologies as part of multi-disciplinary team audit and departmental research initiatives.
Be actively involved in professional clinical groups, clinical interest groups, peer review, ICS wide review and standardisation of services and professional development initiatives.
Promote awareness of the professional role within the Trust and externally.