Clinical Lead Interim Care Team

We are pleased to announce an opportunity for either a 1 year fixed term contract or " Acting-up" / Secondment as a Band 7 therapy team lead to join our Interim Care Assessment Team working across Christchurch and Bournemouth hospitals. We are looking for a dynamic and autonomous therapist to jointly lead the interim care assessment team on a job share basis.
The Interim Care Assessment Team is a multidisciplinary community team consisting of therapists, social workers and support staff; working from the acute hospital providing a discharge to assess/early supported discharge service. This is an opportunity to gain valuable experience of a "end to end" pathway for patients leaving hospital,
This post is an opportunity to personally/ professionally develop in line with the national agenda for quality hospital discharge and integrated working with key community and local authority partners, enhance your leadership and team management skills and experience. The hospital discharge landscape is changing and there will be an opportunity to get involved in transformational work. This role will also involve community assessment and treatment of patients recently discharged from hospital focusing on promotion of independence and reducing reliance on domiciliary care.
Please note: It is essential that applicants have UK NHS experience

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes., Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.