Team Leader Stroke Services - South Petherton, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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South Petherton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Stroke Services Team Leader (East)

We are looking for a dynamic motivated and experienced AHP or Nurse individual to join our Stroke ESD & ABI service.

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day operational leadership and management of Stroke teams, providing services to patients in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls, and resource constraints

The team consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Assistants jointly providing seamless services to patients within their homes and along the whole stroke pathway.

Ensure a high standard of care and treatment for patients and to work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the patients' health and social needs.

Play an active role in the development of services in line with the Trust's Strategy and Business Plan.

Provide clinical support and supervision to staff within the team and to provide clinical leadership.

You will maintain a clinical caseload of 30% of contractual hours, for which you are personally accountable and professionally responsible

See attached Job description for further details

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust we share a mission to deliver outstanding care through a culture of listening, learning and continuous improvement.

Our vision is to be an organisation that gets it right for out patients, carers, colleagues and communities through an inclusive culture of partnership, learning and continuous improvement.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.

You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone

To be responsible for the operational management of the staff in the Team.

To deputise for the Neurological Rehabilitation and Stroke Services manager as necessary.

To be responsible for recruitment, appointment and supervision of staff.

To take delegated responsibility for the day to day management of the team budget.

To monitor expenditure in order to maintain financial balance. To be an authorised signatory for the team budget.

To manage staff attendance at training, performance, setting objectives and clear expectations of staff behaviour.

To manage and support staff through change using the appropriate human resource processes.

See attached JD for further information