Wheelchair Team Lead

**Wheelchair Team Lead**:
**Band 7**:
**Main area**
- Wheelchair Therapist
- **Grade**
- Band 7
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-1135**Site**
- Camborne and Redruth Community Hospital
- **Town**
- Redruth
- **Salary**
- £41,659 - £47,672 Pro rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic forward thinking team dedicated to meeting the mobility and postural needs of people in Cornwall.

As the Wheelchair Team Lead for Cornwall Wheelchair Service you will be part of a team of experienced therapists providing assessment, triage and prescription of specialist and bespoke equipment.

Located on the beautiful Southwest Peninsula Cornwall is a wonderful place to live with superb beaches and activities. Staff in our service regularly attend the National Posture and Mobility Group Conference and the European Seating Symposium. With Exeter and Plymouth both neighbouring Cornwall and London being only a 50 minute flight from Newquay you’re never far from a larger city and all the facilities they offer.

**Main duties of the job**:
Responsible for management and development of the Wheelchair Team. The role includes planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the wheelchair service.

Manage performance, quality and workforce within the Wheelchair service. Implement improvements that increase service effectiveness, efficiency and quality of care.

Work with team to deliver clinical and other performance outcomes, with patients at the heart of decision making.

Be responsible for developing and implementing a systematic approach to monitoring, review and evaluation of the Service.

Oversee supervision, education and training activity is taking place to ensure clinical competencies of staff.

Be able to undertake assessments and supervise staff who assess and prescribe, and have an understanding of technical solutions.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a