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Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration relevant experience

Desirable

• Management and leadership experience
• Completed portfolio of supervised practice in stroke

Knowledge/skills/aptitudes

Essential

• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Qualifications

Essential

• Current Professional registration within area of practice
• NIHSS qualification
• Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality [Degree]
• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
• Dysphagia Assessment Skills
• Evidence of teaching, supervision & assessment skills
• ALS Provider
• First degree ie BSc in appropriate field of healthcare to carry out job role such as Nursing, Paramedic, Physio etc. Exclusion OT and Social Work

Desirable

• Mentor/assessor qualification
• Instructor on ALS

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
• Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
• Participation in research or audit projects
• Active involvement in departmental operational development
• Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments
• Able to identify learning opportunities
• Able to organise own learning and development
• Ability to provide education, complete research and audit
• Able to undertake required clinical duties/procedures
• Ability to manoeuvre patients and perform clinical examinations as required
• Ability to undertake computer and other equipment skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Inpatients

The inpatient element of this role is based primarily within the Ashby Rehabilitation Unit, which provides 18 specialist rehabilitation beds (15 Level 2a and 3 Level 2b). The unit accepts referrals from major trauma centres and acute hospitals across the region for patients requiring specialist neurorehabilitation following conditions such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumour surgery and disorders of consciousness.

The post holder will review referrals presented through the weekly Specialised Rehabilitation Patient Categorisation (PCAT) meeting and undertake assessments of patients requiring specialist rehabilitation at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital and Grantham Hospital. They will also contribute to the Rehabilitation Unit on-call rota.

The successful candidate will deliver specialist Neurorehabilitation, Brain Injury and Spasticity clinics across multiple hospital and community locations, including Louth, Gainsborough and Spalding.

The role also includes undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate, ensuring patients with complex needs or mobility challenges can access specialist rehabilitation support.

The post holder will be responsible for managing their clinical and non-clinical workload effectively, providing high-quality, patient-centred care and making informed clinical decisions within a multidisciplinary team environment.

They will maintain strong working relationships with colleagues across the Trust, General Practitioners, regional trauma centres and partner organisations to support coordinated patient care. The successful candidate will also contribute to service development, operational policy implementation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the clinical care of patients under their supervision.
• Undertaking associated administrative and service management duties.
• Participating in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities.
• Supporting service evaluation and the ongoing development of rehabilitation services.
• Attending departmental, multidisciplinary and organisational meetings.
• Contributing to the teaching, training and supervision of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.

This varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to work across inpatient, outpatient and community settings while helping to shape and develop specialist rehabilitation services across Lincolnshire.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current valid GMC registration
• MRCP or equivalent
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine, Neurology or Stroke medicine via one of the following: a) Certificate of Completion of Training (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c) European Community Rights

Desirable

• Advanced Life Support certificate
• Higher research qualification

Clinical Experience and Management

Essential

• Broad clinical experience in Rehabilitation Medicine, including inpatient, outpatient and community rehabilitation services.
• Demonstrable ability to manage complex rehabilitation patients independently and provide senior clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in the assessment and management of patients with acquired brain injury, neurological disabilities and spasticity, including the use of specialist rehabilitation interventions
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures

Desirable

• Evidence of developing a high quality, high-performance service

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Desirable

• A record of quality improvement or clinical audit relating to the care of older patients

Teaching, Traning and Research

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

• Teaching qualification/ diploma
• Evidence of original research/ peer reviewed publications

Skills and Personal Attributes

Essential

• An enquiring and critical approach to work
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and be open to new ways of working to provide the highest possible standard of care to patients
• Basic keyboard skills/knowledge of Microsoft packages

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)