Therapy Team Lead Rapid Access Service

Job overview

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Here at Camden Rapid Access service, patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Camden Rapid Access Service is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service, which encompasses collaborative working by health and social care, along with other local providers, to support Camden residents. Providing admission avoidance, supported discharge and Hospital at Home. This role will require organisational leadership at a dynamic pace.

Main duties of the job

• To provide strategic and operational management to Camden Rapid Access Service : Discharge to assess, Urgent community response and Hospital at home.
• To provide transformational, integrated leadership and service modernisation to the teams
• To enhance the development of evidence based clinical practice and Allied Health Professional roles
• To provide clinical and professional leadership to the team
• To be aware of the national and local agendas for intermediate care services and Allied Health Professions
• To work with the Rapid Access Service Operational Lead and the wider health service stake holders, to develop strategies in line with the National Agenda and in particular around admission avoidance and supported discharge
• To have oversight of the work of the Therapy Team
• To work with the AHP Professional Leads for CNWL to develop Therapy roles within CNWL and promote the professions

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical duties

• Develop and contribute to the development of clinical pathways in conjunction with the ICB and other stakeholders and providers.
• To promote an integrated working culture across Therapy, Medical and Nursing teams to enhance rehabilitation outcomes and the patient experience.
• To support the team in the implementation of treatment plans to ensure that patients receive a high quality of care at all times, liaising with partnership organisations to risk manage complex cases.
• To be actively involved in the design and implementation of research and/ or clinical audits/ trials in order to evaluate that aspect of the service and identify areas for development, maintenance and improvement.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships and liaison with colleagues and other health professionals regarding patient care i.e. GPs, LAS and Acute Trust colleagues etc.
• To monitor outcome measure data sets to determine service performance and capacity of complexity.
• To provide oversight monitoring of team capacity, allocation and waiting times to ensure safe service provision and flow across the health and social care system.