Job overview This post is for internal candidates to University Hospitals Tees Group (South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust/NTH Solutions). If you are not currently working within these trusts your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
An exciting opportunity to be part of something new and innovative in Community.
We are recruiting a band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the Urgent Community Response Therapy team within South Tees and help support some of the initiatives being implemented in the community, on a secondment basis.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust Community Collaborative are working hard to improve the offer of community services ensuring that the local population across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland receive support in their own homes. As a result there has been changes to service provision recently meaning that services can be delivered by the right member of staff in the right place at the right time.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals and community services. Therapy services at South Tees NHS trust are also part of the wider Integrated Therapy service in Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role If you are applying for a secondment post, you must seek authorisation from your manager who will go through the secondment policy with you.
. Main duties of the job You will also work closely with the Hospital at Home and HomeFirst teams to help step up and step down patients to help prevent deconditioning and unnecessary admissions to hospital.
The post holder will be expected to have experience in both acute and community care, and have gained experience across a variety of specialities to help manage patients with various acute and long term conditions. As services are delivered across the Redcar and Cleveland Locality there is an expectation that you will have an ability to work flexibly and travel independently within the community.
Support and in-service training will be provided to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of the role. This post offers development in clinical and leadership skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses.
We have an established and comprehensive training programme and our staff have £1000 allocated funding each to support in their CPD. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research and the Hospital has close links with both the University of Teesside and Durham University. Working for our organisation South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria To hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body
Registered as fit to practice by professional body, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development
To have completed the physical assessment and disease management skills course (level 6) or be working towards this within the first 12 months.
Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level. Knowledge and skills Essential criteria Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management
Participate in regular clinical supervision
Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly
Demonstrates competent IT and system skills.
Effective people management skills Experience Essential criteria Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role
Able to evidence team leadership experience
To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
Demonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality
Demonstrates excellent organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills Desirable criteria Evidence of post graduate training/ experience in leadership.
Experience of Change Management. Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
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