Therapist Lead - Care Transfer Hub

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https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements, An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced individuals to join our Integrated Discharge Team as a Band 7 Therapist Lead. The position are an ideal opportunity for Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist, to shape this new service for our patients. Are you passionate about supporting patients to discharge home as soon as they are able to. You will be working and leading a team that is motivated to ensure that patients should be returning home as soon as they are able. Ethos of the team is 'Why not home, why not today'
Shropshire Community Health Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals to work within the Care Transfer Hub at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. The team is expanding and this is an ideal opportunity to be involved in the transformation of the service and work with the existing skilled team in the specialist field of Complex Discharge.
The successful applicants will be key members of the Care Transfer Hub with an multidisciplinary of health and social care teams.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment., As a senior clinician within the Care Transfer Hub (CTH) multi-disciplinary team you will work with a "home first" philosophy. You will be an advocate for the patient in determining the right pathway for them as individuals following a discharge to assess model. You will be working in collaboration with other health and social care professionals in an integrated way
providing autonomous clinical, professional decision-making to support the planning of complex discharges. The post holder will develop the ethos of multi-disciplinary and seamless services within Shropshire Telford and Wrekin's acute and or community hospitals ensuring that discharge planning is delivered to the highest possible standard.
The post holder will be working flexibly across both acute hospital sites and may be required to work in community settings as part of their role and participate in 7 day working when appropriate
We are looking for applicants that share our passion for specialist field of complex discharge. The position is an ideal opportunity to be part of shaping the service which is at the forefront of the NHS long term plan agenda. You will be instrumental with the most complex needs from the hospital setting and reviewing the discharge pathway and services including home and bed based reablement services, urgent community response (UCR) services including admission avoidance /Virtual Wards and community teams.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you've been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office., Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.