Job summary
Clinical Lead: Discharge to access - Secondment: 12 months (37.5 hours)

The Discharge to Assess (D2A) service is an innovative and expanding team supporting timely and safe transfers of care for residents of Stockport and surrounding areas. We are seeking a highly motivated and forward-thinking Clinical Lead Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in frailty to lead our multidisciplinary therapy team.

The post holder will work within a lively, dynamic community bed-based service, facilitating safe discharges, delivering holistic assessments, and supporting individuals who are medically optimised to return home. You will embody our Trust values, working collaboratively across health and social care sectors while also demonstrating autonomy, strong clinical reasoning and excellent communication skills.

You will lead a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, trusted assessors, therapy instructors, community support workers, and therapy assistants, supporting the development of the D2A model and ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care.

Main duties of the job

• Facilitate safe and timely discharge from acute hospital for individuals who are medically optimised.
• Provide advanced specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention with a frailty focus.
• Lead and coordinate a therapy team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, therapy instructors and therapy assistants.
• Plan, implement and evaluate individualised treatment plans that support independence and maximise function.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-professional team to deliver holistic care and support planning.
• Liaise with colleagues across acute, community, social care and voluntary sector services to ensure smooth discharge and continuity of care.
• Deliver therapy input within a 7-day service, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Travel independently to community locations as required.

About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Details
Band: Band 7
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 362-AHP7DIS-10-26

Essential qualifications and experience

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Registration with Health and Care Professional Council
• Evidence of continuous and clinical professional leadership relevant to clinical field
• 'M' level or equivalent courses in relevant speciality
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
• Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
• Membership of appropriate professional body
• Recent experience of working in NHS as band 7 or at least 2 years experience as band 6
• Broad base of clinical experiences
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of student education within the workplace up to graduate level
• Supervision of senior and junior staff and students
• Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation
• Experience of research and/or project management/service development
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
• Experience of effective team working across setting

Desirable

• Registered for MSc
• Membership of professional special interest group
• Management and leadership skills training
• Wheelchair assessment accreditation
• Previous band 7 experience
• Leadership in a uni-professional or multiprofessional team
• Experience in managing change
• Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication

Essential skills and abilities

• Advanced clinical reasoning skills
• High level problem solving skills
• Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
• Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff
• Ability to expertly use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches to the management of conditions relevant to the speciality
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
• Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet differing patient needs
• Effective presentation skills
• Ability to establish good working relationships
• Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others
• Ability to command confidence of other health professionals
• Ability to support others, patients and staff
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively
• Ability to prepare reports
• Computer skills
• Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role

Employer contact
D2A Operational Lead: Heather Hough, heather.hough@stockport.nhs.uk, 01618356694

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Enhanced DBS check cost of £54.90 will be deducted from your first Trust salary, and joining the DBS update service at £16 per year is a condition of employment. Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome to apply.