Come and work with us! We are recruiting to the role of Integrated Therapy Co-ordinator within our Community Health and Integrated Care Division to work alongside our Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Community Rehabilitation. The role will provide support to Quality Improvement projects and the implementation of the Rehabilitation Strategy for Stroke. It's an exciting journey to be a part of!

We are looking for a passionate person who works well in a team environment, is highly motivated and committed, enjoys autonomy within their role and can support the project aims using their initiative and knowhow to move things forward. This role will require frequent travel across all ESHT sites and may require you to attend meetings with our Advanced Clinical Practitioner outside of the organisation.

The ESHT Rehabilitation strategy is focused on improving the quality and performance of our acute and community services to deliver high quality rehabilitation across East Sussex. This is a dynamic and changing environment, and the strategy is working to support our staff, teams and the organisation as a whole to make meaningful changes that bring about improvements in rehabilitation for the benefit of our population living in East Sussex.

Main duties of the job

To work within SQuIRE project team to provide a flexible range of integrated, therapeutic services for the local stroke population to identify and review individual clients' needs, ensuring that they are receiving an effective, equitable and personalised service. To coordinate timely client care by supporting and encouraging integrated working across multiple services and organisations, engaging with a broad range of health and social care providers. As a member of the project leadership team to contribute towards and support the development of quality indicators and metrics to evaluate the impact of the role in supporting service users with complex stroke.

About us

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description, for any further questions or queries please contact the appointed manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to level 5 with a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR other relevant level 5 degree/diploma/certificate/NVQ
• Recognised IT qualification or evidence of equivalent IT training
• Risk assessment training /experience
• Proven CPD in a relevant health/social care context to diploma equivalent

Desirable

• Relevant degree and/or clinical professional experience
• Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a relevant caring or health profession
• Experience of providing care/services to clients/patients
• Experience in prioritising competing demands and planning own work
• Some experience of staff supervision

Desirable

• Experience of staff supervision/recruitment/training/induction and appraisal
• Assessment of patients'/clients' needs
• Experience of delivering postural care or demonstration of aptitude to develop these skills
• Experience of supporting patients with a high level of dependency and complex/multiple needs

Skills

Essential

• Compliance with the standards in line with Health and Care Professions Council code of conduct
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team or work on own
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use initiative and prioritise own and others' workload matching needs and skills
• Able to travel to various locations within the county

Desirable

• Involvement and experience of inter-agency working
• Support learning and development in others

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Eastbourne District General Hospital

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

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