Band 7 - Trauma Rehabilitation Coordinator, Inpatient Therapy

Job overview

A vacancy has become available at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust to join our team of Trauma Rehabilitation Co-ordinators.

This post offers the successful candidate the chance to work closely with medical, nursing, and therapy colleagues to coordinate effective pathways of care for Major Trauma patients in one of the busiest trauma units in the region.

We are seeking an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, or Registered Nurse to join the team.

This is a part-time role (0.6 WTE), working three days a week, ideally towards the end of the week.

Weekend working on a Saturday is required as part of a rota, with a maximum of 1 in 4 Saturdays worked, offset by a rest day during the week.

Main duties of the job

You will be working closely with colleagues to identify Major Trauma patients and will be responsible for organising and managing the complex care and rehabilitation pathways for trauma patients.

You will support the team with complex trauma patients with treatment planning, joint clinical sessions and help case manage the patients journey through their hospital stay.

You will lead on coordinate their discharge, including ongoing care or facilitating transfer to an appropriate rehabilitation facility.

You will work collaboratively with the wider MDT to help coordinate patient pathways, including repatriation, complex discharge, referrals to complex rehabilitation and ensure timely completion of rehabilitation prescriptions.

You will act as a single point of contact for liaison with Major Trauma Centres and other Trauma Units and support repatriations, gaining thorough handover of patient status.

You will need to be confident and proactive in your communication skills and complex caseload management with advanced clinical reasoning skills to drive excellent patient care.

You will actively participate in Trauma Network meetings, participate in reviews and trust committees, lead local audit and develop and review procedures, guidelines and protocols.

You will be responsible for ensuring requirements as set out by TARN (Trauma and Rehabilitation Network) are being met through regular training and updates of the therapy and nursing team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be supported by receiving regular supervision and opportunities for course funding.

As well as being busy and varied, the role will enable you to consolidate your clinical knowledge and develop skills as a Band 7 to innovate and implement service development projects.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role.