Flow Rehabilitation Coordinator - Lanarkshire, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role:

The post holder will be aligned to the frailty clinical network and will work as an expert clinical practitioner responsible for coordinating the transfer of frail patients to community beds for ongoing rehabilitation, HBCCC and interim care.

As part of a multi-disciplinary/ multi-agency team, in line with local processes, will aim to prioritise the right person for the right beds to improve patient outcomes and journey.

The post holder will be an experienced practitioner, who will act within their professional boundaries and provide expert advice and coordination support to multidisciplinary teams (clinical and non-clinical) across acute and community settings within both the health and social care partnerships and other agencies.

The practitioner must demonstrate competence within all four pillars of practice and make professional, autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable relating to the seamless transfer of patients to off-site facilities to help maintain patient flow.

NHS Lanarkshire:

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring:

Educated to degree level with a willingness to undertake a Masters degree, if not already in procession of this
Demonstrable experience at a senior level in health care
The post holder must be a registered practitioner with HCPC or NMC
Experience in a management role proven leadership skills and experience are essential
Use quality improvement methodology to progress service improvements and evaluate the impact on the length of inpatient stay and acute flow
Development and management of a single pathway for the movement of frail patients to community hospitals to improve patient safety and communication
To work alongside existing MDT teams, to provide expert advice and recommended solutions regarding the different options for ongoing rehabilitation including community sites and home first approaches

It would be great if you also have:

Experience of the rehabilitation environments and processes
Experience of planning and delivering rehabilitation and its processes

Contract type:

Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months

Full time

37.5 hours

Location:

This role will be based in Frailty Clinical Network within NHS Lanarkshire.

Looking to find out more?:

If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?:

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Worklife Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information:

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description.

If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society.

A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure uni