Falls Specialist Team Lead

Due to retirement, the Falls service is seeking an experienced registered general nurse, physiotherapist or occupational therapist to join our team as a Falls Specialist Team Lead. Significant experience and qualifications in the field of falls prevention and frailty are essential to this role. Informal visits and contact with the recruiting manager or existing team lead are encouraged to find out more about this unique service. The Falls service is commissioned to deliver single multifactorial assessments for persons over 65 years following a fall. This may be in a clinic or in the patient's own home if housebound and operates on two pathways - urgent and routine based on clinical triage. Patients can be referred by multiple sources or self-referrals. This post is 37.5 hours per week and you will be expected to work predominantly weekdays, with the occasional weekend or bank holiday shifts based on service need. There is an expectation that you will also need to travel to other sites across Oxfordshire and carry equipment for clinics and home visits; therefore, a driving license and suitable vehicle is essential. You will be expected to use your expertise and skills to provide first-line clinical leadership and operational management of the Falls service and the team members, including direct line management of the team and the waiting list. This will include working autonomously to undertake specialist assessments in a patient's own home or clinic setting and be able to support the development of team members in becoming autonomous practitioners. You will be core to the continuous service development in a changing healthcare system, following NICE guidance and working alongside the senior leadership team. You will be essential for the future service transformation, including the implementation of local initiatives and wider directorate level transformation workstreams. You will represent the Falls service and work collaboratively with other services both internally to Oxford Health and externally. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible. We work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team". Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent". At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include: Excellent opportunities for career progression Individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount Pension scheme Lease car scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups

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