Total 268 Manager job vacancies in Lancaster/Barrow-in-Furness, LA9 7RG

• Provide administrative, technical, and training support in one or more of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
• Help assist the DEIA/EEO manager with the implementation of the agency's DEIA strategic plan.
• Work with the DEIA/EEO manager to assist in planning, administering, and evaluating overall EEO policies, practices, and programs to ensure nondiscrimination in employment and in other programs provided by the agency.
• Provide pre-complaint counseling in accordance with applicable federal regulations and EEOC. Provide information to applicants, employees, former employees, supervisors, managers, regarding their rights and obligations.
• Provide briefings, training presentations to agency employees around DEIA and EEO.
• Assist with obtaining data requirements for reporting on behalf of the agency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Starting at $82,764 Per Year (GS 11-13)

Psychology Program Manager (Quality Assurance Officer) works within the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), Quality, Training and Risk Management. Responsibilities are complex in scope and have a nationwide impact including the ability to ensure implementation of an effective enterprise quality management system that includes monitoring and evaluating the quality of clinical and administrative processes throughout the Veterans Crisis Line.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as a subject matter expert in the areas of quality management and enterprise risk management for the Veterans Crisis Line and is responsible to ensure the effective implementation of an enterprise quality management system.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high quality services, including planning, developing, and implementing short and long-term goals and objectives consistent with the VCL's strategic plan.
• Ensures the program is meeting regulatory/accreditation standards, including Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), American Association for Suicidality (AAS), and VHA policies.
• Responsible for clinical quality indicators including analysis of data from Silent Monitored phone calls, end of call satisfaction question, and complaint/compliment tracking. Following data analysis the incumbent will provide applicable recommendations to improve processes.
• Develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements, and monitor outcomes using data-driven quality assurance processes, and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis.
• Ability to balance responsibilities in a complex environment and to work with great autonomy; ability to set priorities and delegate tasks, meet multiple deadlines, analyze complex organizational problems; and ability to develop and implement effective solutions for those problems.
• Serves as a member of VCL's Executive Leadership Council and works closely with the VCL's Clinical Advisory Board (CAB), Member Services, Suicide Prevention Office, Office of Mental Health Operations, Mental Health Services, and key stakeholders to ensure the quality of service delivery.
• Plans initiatives in a myriad of assignments that cross multiple organizational lines as well as federal and state agencies and develops national policy and procedures related to delivery of care including VHA directives, handbooks, manuals, training guides, information letters, clinical practice guidelines, standards and criteria for the VCL Quality Assurance Program.
• Develop education to be disseminated nationwide via webinar and other technological platforms.
• Consults with members of the Suicide Prevention Office and Suicide Prevention Researchers within and external to VA to determine effective clinical interventions and public health strategies for crisis intervention and suicide prevention among Veterans and Service Members.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Tour of Duty is typically Administrative Hours. Tour is subject to change based on program needs.
Compressed/Flexible work schedule: May be authorized upon supervisor approval after training per Agency policy.
Remote: This is a remote position. Selectees will work 100% of the time in a non-VA-owned space that may be within or outside the commuting area of the agency. The employee's workspace must be suitable for conducting business and as such, remote employees are expected to provide a secure, distraction-free home-based worksite with reliable high speed internet connectivity. The employee will be required to travel to the closest VA Medical Center or VA Outpatient Clinic for issuance of equipment, and as needed for technical support. Selectees will be required to self-certify that their remote workplace meets all safety, privacy, and internet speed requirements.
Functional Statement #: 068530
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Bargaining Unit Information: This position is not a bargaining unit Position.

Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)

• Pathways Program Management: Manage daily administrative activities and requirements for student employees. Monitors academic progress for specific educational and program degree requirements and provided advisement towards degree completion, including continued verification of enrollment and academic standing. Manage and maintain reports on student training and development progress.
• Recruitment and Retention: Support nation-wide recruitment to broaden participation of students enrolled in diverse accredited universities and colleges. Provide expertise on creative approaches to assess, plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate recruitment and retention efforts.
• Reporting and Other Support: Collect and analyze various program and student demographic data and information to support repetitive and consistent data gathering, analysis, tracking and reporting capabilities.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

Performance Management

• Leads, manages, and facilitates the strategic planning process at the start of each presidential administration, in alignment with OMB policy.
• Develops and manages the project plan, identifies 2 resource needs, develops schedules, coordinates the planning team and working group meetings, progress reviews, communications, and reporting requirements.
• Leads the strategic planning team in the agency analysis of the operating environment, Administration priorities or other emerging factors.
• Integrates strategic foresight (i.e., SWOT analysis, environmental scanning, trend analysis, and scenario planning, etc.) into the strategic planning and review process to guide the planning team in considering a longer time horizon and broader scope of issues.
• Identifies risk and develops mitigation plan to keep the project on track. Identifies and prioritizes strategic imperatives and develops long-range goals and, strategic objectives.
• Develops, tracks and reports key performance indicators and metrics to monitor AmeriCorps' strategic plan progress.
• Collaborates with enterprise risk management and other agency offices to develop and mature monitoring tools and mitigations to support achieving agency performance targets.
• Serves as the first point-of-contact for data requests. Reviews data request from internal and external entities including OMB and Congress. Consult, collaborate, and coordinate with offices across the agency to obtain, gather, analyze, and validate information, and ensure timely response.
• Produces a comprehensive Annual Report Addendum, or dashboard equivalent, to support the agency's Congressional Justification and required documents, with the intent to mature into Annual Performance Plans and Reports. Implement and adapt to new mandates and administration priorities, for example M-23-15 on Organizational Health and Performance.
• Identifies ways to implement what is being asked with support from the Director. Data and

Performance Integrity

• Serves as a thought partner and subject-matter expert to agency staff on performance management best practices.
• Develops and maintains agency resources and tools, including SharePoint sites, guides, standard operating procedures, and policies.
• Coordinates with AmeriCorps' Budget Office to meet the reporting requirements outlined in OMB Circular A-11, Part 6.
• Consolidates, validates, and facilitates the interpretation the performance data for key reporting documents: The Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ), The Annual Performance Report (APR), The Annual Performance Plan (APP). Present to agency board and translates performance data for board-appropriate decision making.

Performance Capacity

• Serves as a consultant to offices in designing performance strategies required to meet strategic objectives, helping agency staff identify their needs to advance the work, create systems and processes to ensure agency wide-alignment and support centralized reporting, and to build agency-wide performance capacity.
• Coordinates with the Budget Office and related parties to mature the processes and products defined in the Performance Budgeting model. Consults with offices across the agency to identify emerging performance management needs across the agency.
• Provides support to offices with time-limited performance improvement projects, as needed.
• Prepares various reports, presentations and or briefings to deliver results on key agency initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Starting at $150,000 Per Year (NY 4)

The role was originally allocated to one Tier 4 post from April 2023, but the development of the waste change programme and the plans for mobilisation require dedicated resource and expertise, which is not currently available in house.

The plan is to recruit an interim Head of Waste for a period of 6 months, and review the waste team structure to employ a permanent position at the end of the 6 month period.

Geographical area required to cover	Westmorland and Furness
Car Driver required	Yes
Caseload information (how big, complexity)	Waste collection services
Hybrid working (how many hours in the office)	14
Option for condensed hours	Yes

Performs highly complex managerial work administering the daily operations and activities for the Program Review Branch, utilizing the Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards (GAGAS) or other auditing standards adopted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Manages the activities of staff auditors, ensuring the collection, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of information is sufficient to support audit results through reviewing and approving audit programs, priorities, scope, and methodologies for accomplishment of audit objectives; oversees audit activities to ensure all audit program steps are completed as planned; and monitors performance of audit activities to ensure accuracy of results in conformance with professional auditing standards.

Evaluates the results of audit findings and management responses to recommendations, timing, and extent of follow-up activities; oversees follow-up activities to ascertain if appropriate action is taken on reported audit findings; conducts quality assurance reviews of completed audits to ensure compliance with applicable standards; evaluates quality assurance reviews to identify potential improvements in operations; and identifies staff development needs and prepares and presents training to improve staff performance in conformance with professional auditing standards.

Develops training materials and presents training to internal auditors, field staff, and agency leadership.

Oversee the development of technical data, estimates, statistics, suggestion, and other information useful to higher level managers in determining which goals and objectives to emphasize.

Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)

• Senior project manager with responsibility for overall project management of prospectus level or equally complex or precedent setting projects. Leads the development of the most major, politically sensitive and complex project plans including methodology, resource requirements, timelines, priorities and budget impact. Directs and performs budget planning. Establishes evaluation criteria and measurements to assess projects. Prepares timelines for project completion, implementing a system for review, control, and reporting on project status.
• Ensures that projects delivered meet agreed to customer requirements. Manages all aspects of the of the project's finances. Ensures the latest trends and state of the art technologies in facility design, construction, alterations, space management, contracting, negotiations, and knowledge management are applied. Independently develops innovative solutions to address unanticipated project complications.
• Ensures the completion of project documents and makes certain they are uploaded into all necessary systems of record in order to track established performance metrics and historical trends. Conducts and documents lessons learned analysis.
• Negotiates and coordinates project plans, budget objectives and schedules with customer agencies to establish and/or manage customer expectations. Informs customer officials of project status and any requirements for additional agency initiated action.
• Works with stakeholders and key leadership in various Federal agencies, State and local governments, non-profits, community organizations, special interest groups, and environmentalists. Maintains and/or oversees continuous contact with Federal, State and local officials, and the media (in coordination with Public Affairs) with regard to project issues and status. Briefs key leadership on costs, impact, feasibility, alternatives, issues, recommendations and status of project development and implementation.
• Leads and facilitates the efforts and expertise of a wide range of disciplines. Serves as a mentor for team members and others.
• Directs the acquisition and management of large numbers and types of contracts supporting all aspects of leasing and/or Federal construction projects. Monitors progress and evaluates performance against contract requirements.
• Prepares or assists the Contracting Officer and/or the COR in the preparation of statements of work, determinations, findings and solicitation documents.
• Negotiates the business transaction with customer agencies, including utilization rates and financial obligations; develops complex, accurate requests for funding and tracks financial obligations and expenses throughout the planning, execution and close-out of projects.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

These positions are located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Business Operations, Data Resource Branch. This position is 100% virtual and the US location is negotiable after selection. Work sites outside of the U.S. are prohibited. Your salary will be based upon the locality pay of your work site after selection.

To view the salary range including locality pay for your particular location, please visit this link to the OPM 2024 Salary Tables.

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.

As an IT Specialist (Project Manager), you will be responsible for planning and managing a wide variety of IT Projects.

Your major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Working with end users and stakeholders to elicit, clearly define, and prioritize business, functional, technical, security, user interface design, and data requirement for IT projects.
• Communicating clearly and collaborating with both technical and non-technical customers to troubleshoot and resolve issues and to identify practical solutions.
• Analyzing and developing solutions or providing assessments of critical IT issues, such as integration/interoperability issues, emerging technologies and their application/business processes, and optimization of existing architecture.
• Planning and managing IT projects involving interrelated technology specialty areas and multiple stages of the systems development lifecycle.
• Identifying and tracking project risks and taking action to mitigate, close, or avoid risks.
• Creating charters, project plans, business cases, requirements documents, statements of work, risk management plans, cost estimates, and other documentation to support the project and describe overall project scope, work schedule, and business benefits/value.

NOTE: Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Starting at $88,520 Per Year (GS 13)

Performance Management

• Leads, manages, and facilitates the strategic planning process at the start of each presidential administration, in alignment with OMB policy.
• Develops and manages the project plan, identifies 2 resource needs, develops schedules, coordinates the planning team and working group meetings, progress reviews, communications, and reporting requirements.
• Leads the strategic planning team in the agency analysis of the operating environment, Administration priorities or other emerging factors.
• Integrates strategic foresight (i.e., SWOT analysis, environmental scanning, trend analysis, and scenario planning, etc.) into the strategic planning and review process to guide the planning team in considering a longer time horizon and broader scope of issues.
• Identifies risk and develops mitigation plan to keep the project on track. Identifies and prioritizes strategic imperatives and develops long-range goals and, strategic objectives.
• Develops, tracks and reports key performance indicators and metrics to monitor AmeriCorps' strategic plan progress.
• Collaborates with enterprise risk management and other agency offices to develop and mature monitoring tools and mitigations to support achieving agency performance targets.
• Serves as the first point-of-contact for data requests. Reviews data request from internal and external entities including OMB and Congress. Consult, collaborate, and coordinate with offices across the agency to obtain, gather, analyze, and validate information, and ensure timely response.
• Produces a comprehensive Annual Report Addendum, or dashboard equivalent, to support the agency's Congressional Justification and required documents, with the intent to mature into Annual Performance Plans and Reports. Implement and adapt to new mandates and administration priorities, for example M-23-15 on Organizational Health and Performance.
• Identifies ways to implement what is being asked with support from the Director. Data and

Performance Integrity

• Serves as a thought partner and subject-matter expert to agency staff on performance management best practices.
• Develops and maintains agency resources and tools, including SharePoint sites, guides, standard operating procedures, and policies.
• Coordinates with AmeriCorps' Budget Office to meet the reporting requirements outlined in OMB Circular A-11, Part 6.
• Consolidates, validates, and facilitates the interpretation the performance data for key reporting documents: The Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ), The Annual Performance Report (APR), The Annual Performance Plan (APP). Present to agency board and translates performance data for board-appropriate decision making.

Performance Capacity

• Serves as a consultant to offices in designing performance strategies required to meet strategic objectives, helping agency staff identify their needs to advance the work, create systems and processes to ensure agency wide-alignment and support centralized reporting, and to build agency-wide performance capacity.
• Coordinates with the Budget Office and related parties to mature the processes and products defined in the Performance Budgeting model. Consults with offices across the agency to identify emerging performance management needs across the agency.
• Provides support to offices with time-limited performance improvement projects, as needed.
• Prepares various reports, presentations and or briefings to deliver results on key agency initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Starting at $150,000 Per Year (NY 4)

Celebrating 30 Years – Extra Care Manager at PROGRESS HOUSING GROUPJoin Our Legacy of Change and Community For three decades, Progress Housing Group has been more than a housing provider; we've been a catalyst for positive change. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we reflect on the countless lives we've impacted—providing safe homes and supporting independence. We're proud of our journey, standing by our communities through every season of life. Our dedicated team of 900 colleagues is the heartbeat of our service, delivering high-quality homes and related services that make a real difference to tens of thousands of people. Together, we are committed to making a positive difference every day. Why Join Progress Housing Group? Pride in Our Purpose: Be part of a team where your work is valued, purposeful, and contributes to our legacy of progress.Empowering Work Environment: Thrive in a culture that inspires you to be your best.Recognised Employer Excellence: With a Glassdoor rating of 4.2, our commitment to our employees is clear.Teamwork and Trust: Our staff survey results speak volumes about the supportive and collaborative environment we cultivate. Your Role as Extra Care Manager: In this pivotal year, as an Extra Care Manager, you will play a vital role in delivering and managing the Group’s first purpose built Extra Care scheme. As the scheme is scheduled for handover in early Summer 2025 you will have an exciting opportunity to shape the delivery of the extra care offer and key services at the scheme. Following handover, you will ensure that the scheme is managed to the highest possible standards and our Tenant’s feel supported and valued. Join us in our mission to cultivate thriving communities where every Tenant feels truly at home. This is a full time position working 36.25 per week between the hours of 08:30am to 04:30pm or 09:00am to 05:00pm Monday to Friday on a permanent contract. What You Will Bring: An experience of managing services that ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of customers.An ability to develop and manage relationships with partner organisations.Able to work with minimal supervision and be self-motivatedYou will be highly organised and able to effectively manage competing priorities.Experience of leading, developing and motivating a team. What We Offer: A competitive salary of £39,247 - £40,632 in recognition of your skill and dedication.A Full time contract with 36.25 hours to provide stability and security.A role within an established organization celebrating 30 years of community building. Be Part of Our Next Chapter: As we honour our past and look forward to the future, we invite you to bring your talents to Progress Housing Group. Apply now to join us in continuing to make a significant impact in the lives of many. Application Closing Date 13th November 2024: Interview Date 21st November 2024: Progress Housing Group is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds to join our team.

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

The role was originally allocated to one Tier 4 post from April 2023, but the development of the waste change programme and the plans for mobilisation require dedicated resource and expertise, which is not currently available in house.

The plan is to recruit an interim Head of Waste for a period of 6 months, and review the waste team structure to employ a permanent position at the end of the 6 month period.

Geographical area required to cover	Westmorland and Furness
Car Driver required	Yes
Caseload information (how big, complexity)	Waste collection services
Hybrid working (how many hours in the office)	14
Option for condensed hours	Yes

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Facility Duty Manager, Renfrewshire, Full Time, 37 hours, Temporary up to 12 months, Grade 05: £29,382.99-£30,694.90 p.a.

Please open the above attachment for the Job Description and Person Specification.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time temporary Facility Duty Manager (FDM).

Reporting to the Area Manager, you will lead your team of staff in the safe and efficient day to day running of a designated leisure facility. You will assist the Area Manager in achieving performance targets and standards in delivering high quality leisure services which reflect OneRen objectives and customer needs.

This role requires an individual who has experience of supervising/leading large operational teams and who can adapt within a dynamic, working environment while driving day to day operations.

You will require to lead change and development in line with the service redesign and support the Area Manager in the effective administration and assistance on all employee related matters including application of company policies/procedures, particularly key areas such as supporting attendance, health and safety, discipline and grievance, financial reporting, as well as facility plant and maintenance procedures.

If you have relevant experience and the skill set required; strong leadership skills, energy and drive then this would be an ideal opportunity for you.

Closing date: 17 November 2024

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure Scotland check.

If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit their website

Applications are welcome from candidates from all backgrounds including those with disabilities and candidates who have ‘care experience’.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Team Leader Children’s Residential

* UK Manual Driving Licence Essential
* Previous experience supporting young people is required for this role
* £500 Welcome Bonus - once you pass probation period of 6 months
* £1000 Refer A Friend reward - £250 when they start and £750 when they pass their probation
* We offer competitive hourly rates PLUS £78 per sleep in rates

We are looking to recruit experienced candidates to lead a team supporting children and young people in a residential home setting. Residential support roles require long day shifts with the ability to do sleep-ins at the home overnight.

ROC Northwest holds an envious reputation offering high quality residential care and education for children and young people with adverse childhood experiences and who may also be living with mental health conditions such as Autism, Social, Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties and complex needs.

What is the role?

Your role as Team Leader is to assist and support the managers where needed, ensuring the smooth running of the shift, assigning specific tasks to the support workers and monitoring their completion. You will support our children to maintain and develop relationships with friends and family, encourage them to integrate with the local community by attending clubs and leisure activities and to support the children in all aspects of their daily living. You will safeguard vulnerable children and report any suspicion or evidence of harm and when the children are not in the service you will undertake housekeeping and maintain standards of hygiene within the home ensuring your team perform their duties to the highest standards.

We are ready and waiting to welcome you to a friendly and supportive team. All you need to do is bring the enthusiasm to help support our service users and to take pride in being part of the family.

What do we look for?

• Level 3 in Children's Residential Care
• Minimum of 2 Years working in a residential setting
• Minimum of 1 Year experience of leading a team
• Full UK Driving Licence (manual, not automatic)
• Able to work long days and complete sleep-ins
• Confidence to ensure your team performs well and are themselves supported by you

ROC Northwest Values we look for in you

Friendly - passionate and caring
Positive - pleasant and approachable
Empowering - others to become stronger and more confident in controlling their lives
Person Centred - allowing our children to explore & utilise their own strengths
Innovative - by using or introducing new engagement methods and ideas

Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive salaries including enhanced rates for qualified applicants
• 2 week mandatory paid induction/training programme
• Ongoing training & development
• Free DBS check
• Free on-site parking
• Free meals on shift
• *Refer A Friend – earn £1000 per referral
• *£500 welcome bonus
• Pension scheme
• Employee recognition schemes
• CareTech Foundation- Opportunity to apply for family & friend’s grants

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the young people we support. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and Regulated Activity, which will include a check against the barred children’s list.

Due to the number of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond directly in some cases. If you have not heard back within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.

Children's Residential Team Leader [SYS-13277]

Post – Musculoskeletal Specialist Physiotherapist in Occupational Health
Care Group – corporate Services
Department - Occupational health & Wellbeing service
Contract – Permanent, full time
Salary - £43,742 - £50,056
Location – Royal Lancaster Infirmary, with travel to other sites.
Annual leave – Up to 33 days dependant on NHS Service

A Band 7 Physiotherapist is a highly experienced clinician, with specialist clinical skills they manage a significant caseload of often complex patients, utilising expert clinical reasoning strategies, knowledge of treatment planning and management.
*You will demonstrate clinical expertise to an advanced level for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
*You will deliver MSK specialist clinics providing advice to managers and employees to enable staff with musculoskeletal health conditions to remain at work, or to return to work at the earliest opportunity.
* You will complete health at work assessments providing fitness to work opinion/ recommendations as required for persons starting in a new post.
* You will support where necessary the delivery of the Physio Direct telephone assessment, advice and triage service.
*You will be responsible for mentoring of Band 6 physiotherapists

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
*To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of work in accordance with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Core Standards of Physiotherapy Practice and the Health Professions Council standards of proficiency, conduct performance and ethics.
*To provide highly specialist clinical assessment of patients using expert clinical reasoning strategies, and formulating and implementing appropriate and effective management packages.
* To provide specialist occupational health DSE and work place assessments
* To provide expert advice and second opinions to Physiotherapy colleagues, peers and team members as appropriate.
* To demonstrate expert communication skills with patients, carers, and colleagues. Communication may be with patients who have complex emotional, physical and psychological conditions that will require expert use of a range of verbal and non- verbal communication tools. Other barriers to effective communication may be hearing loss, mental illness, fear, pain, anxiety, unrealistic expectations, etc.
*To communicate sensitive information to patients and carers accessing occupational health regarding diagnosis, prognosis and management options in an empathetic manner.
* To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet the both service and patient priorities.
* To be responsible for maintaining comprehensive, accurate and clear clinical records and recording of activity data in accordance with departmental, Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards.
* To work within Trust/local clinical governance framework and CSP/other national frameworks/guidelines to ensure quality of practice is in accordance with national and local standards.
* To assess capacity for consent with all patients and whenever possible ensure informed consent is agreed. Where patients lack the capacity to consent, to work within the legal framework.
* To manage clinical risk within own caseload

* To provide peer support and clinical advice for colleagues as required.
* To be aware of and work within clinical & professional boundaries within the remit of a dedicated competencies package.
* To work as a musculoskeletal specialist adviser alongside Occupational Health Physicians, providing patient assessment and opinion regarding fitness to work
Managerial
* To undertake immediate line management for Band 6 members of the Occupational Health Physiotherapy team. This includes staff appraisals, performance/capability management, sickness absence return to work interviews, etc.
* To provide induction to new staff members
* To assist the team in ensuring appropriate staffing levels across their sub-speciality, considering issues of service demand and capacity planning.
* To organise and implement changes to working practice and service delivery in conjunction with the team.
* To deal with informal complaints and support the Occupational Health Lead Physiotherapist in the management of formal complaints in line with the Trust guidelines
* To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate service data and statistics for the use of the Physiotherapy service, including completing audits/ peer reviews.
* To set annual objectives for the service with the Occupational Health Lead for physiotherapy; which are relevant to the Partnership objectives.
* To regularly attend team meetings and 1:1 meetings with the Occupational Health Lead for Physiotherapists regarding operational/service issues
*To work with partner Trusts, Health and Safety and Manual Handling Teams to ensure a smooth pathway between services.
Clinical Supervision & Education
*To undertake regular measurement and evaluation of current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit, research, outcome measures and make recommendations for change based on the findings.
*To develop and maintain skills required to practice at an advanced specialist level through
regular CPD activities, complying with a competencies package relevant to that area of work, and maintaining a portfolio which reflects personal development.
* To be an active member of departmental in-service training and other training opportunities as identified through Trust Individual Development Plan.
* To mentor and undertake staff appraisals and Individual Personal Plan meetings with staff as required.
* To provide specialist advice, teaching and training to Physiotherapy colleagues and other members of the MDT regarding the management of patients within their sub- speciality.
* To ensure the integration of evidence based practice within their sub-speciality service.
* To undertake operational audits as appropriate.
Organisational
* To ensure effective communication within the team by cascading information both up and down using IM&T, Internet, Intranet and email to collect and disseminate information.
* To comply with the Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocol standards and guidelines and to be involved in reviewing, updating or writing as appropriate.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024