Band 7 Lead Prosthetist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you looking for a new, exciting challenge?

Would you like to maintain your clinical role alongside utilising your operational leadership skills? This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Prosthetist to have clinical and operational oversight for a group of Third-Party Provider Prosthetists, working closely with the Service Clinical Manager Prosthetics & Orthotics, and the Amputee Rehabilitation Multidisciplinary Team, whilst maintaining a complex clinical caseload in your respective clinical field.

There will also be an expectation that the post holder will provide expert advice and works collaboratively with the preferred third-party contractor, tertiary centres and the WMRC management team to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality care for all service users.

The post holder will be expected to help shape the future for the Prosthetic Service within the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Birmingham and the Satellite Clinics (Nuneaton, Coventry, Leamington, Hereford, and Worcester).

The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness of the Prosthetists overseeing the Service response to Complaints, Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback.

This information will be used by the post holder, in parallel with Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, clinical harms and the outcomes from clinical forum, to ensure the service delivers high quality and effective care.

Be the lead for the Prosthetics Service; providing expert advice and working collaboratively with the preferred third-party contractor, tertiary centres and the WMRC management team to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality care for all service users

To initiate and lead the development of new ways of working, including service redesign, working in partnership with service leads, the appropriate Trust corporate teams, third party contractors, commissioners, patients, and others.

Liaise with manufacturers, NHS teams, industry, commerce and collaborative sources to ensure that the most current knowledge of technological development is applied to project solutions.

Work closely with third parties and internal management team to effectively co-ordinate the delivery of the Prosthetics service to all clients

Lead monthly team meetings and manage issues that arise.

Have an understanding of the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of health to ensure that staff in your team/s are fully aware of the implications and can contribute effectively to service improvement.

Develop and empower all members of your team to perform to high standards and innovate.

Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities both in employment and service delivery.

IMPORTANT

Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles.

BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities.

We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals and services for people with learning disabilities.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities.

We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description/ person specification.