Rehabilitation & Enablement Team Leader

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

Glasgow City HCSP has a diverse population of approximately 590,000 people and employs around 3000 WTE staff and has approximately 561 independent contractors. The Services delivered by Older People & Primary Care (OPPC) include, Community Nursing (DN & Treatment Room), Social Work (inc. SW Occupational Therapy Services), Rehabilitation & Enablement, Respiratory and Older Peoples Mental Health.

The rehabilitation and enablement team delivers a service that enables, adults and older people with highly complex needs to maximise their health and independence through a coordinated approach by all disciplines. This also includes provision of equipment and major adaptations for children with complex needs. The broad aims of the service are:-

• To provide a single point of entry to access inter disciplinary rehabilitation and enablement services.

To prioritise need using relevant screening/triage systems

To prevent hospital admissions by ensuring agreed response times are met in relation to GP, SAS and A/E referrals.

To provide services that address all levels of need, complexity and vulnerability.

To shift service delivery towards local community provision and facilitate early hospital discharge.

To develop and improve client centred pathways.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Fixed Term - 8 months

Base location - Castlemilk Social Work Office

Shift Pattern - Monday – Friday, 0830 - 1630

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Service Manager with ongoing service redesign, delivery, development and review within the Rehabilitation & Enablement team.
• Implement NHS and GCC terms and conditions, policies and procedures.
• Apply relevant organisational policies consistently across the service.
• Ensure all staff maintain appropriate professional registration.
• Provide effective line management for the interdisciplinary team, including sickness monitoring, complaints, grievance, disciplinary processes and recruitment.

Maintain professional networks and share learning across the team, HSCP and partner agencies.

Participate in coordination of student placements as required.

Ensure delivery of organisational, service and service‑user outcomes.

Promote effective team building and organisational development.

Ensure risk assessments and Health & Safety procedures are implemented, including maintaining a service risk register and contingency plan.

Participate in duty or weekend cover arrangements as required.

Ensure the service meets performance targets (e.g., GP Rapid Response, A&E response) and escalate issues to the Service Manager.

Ensure effective cover arrangements for weekday and weekend service provision.

Ensure compliance with clinical standards and quality indicators, including involvement in co‑producing Anticipatory Care Plans with service users.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

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Essential

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with relevant additional experience.

Post graduate qualification or specialist knowledge gained through experience across a range of areas of work that can be demonstrated.

1st level registered nurse/AHP equivalent qualification.

Registered with a relevant regulatory body.

Management Experience

• Evidence of relevant training, education and experience within the NHS or local authority
• Experience of Interdisciplinary work within organisation, across organisations and with external organisations and service user groups.
• Experience of change management including supporting the design and delivery of new services
  
  

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Proven track record in effective leadership – successful communication, negotiating, persuasion, influencing, challenging behaviours.
• Proven track record in effective management –resolving interpersonal conflict, problem solving, prioritisation, planning and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and awareness of strategic Community, Acute and National Care agendas.
• Ability to interpret National policy and develop complex systems of care through a variety of stakeholders.

Ability to coach, support and deal with conflict and performance issues.

Awareness of budget management.

Report Writing skills

Literate in current IT techniques

Personal Qualities

• Ability to work on complex, broad, dynamic and varied agenda
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Able to work with clinicians and managers at all levels in Community Care, Acute Directorates, as well as partner agencies and groups
• Ability to manage change within a service and work in an environment of change.
• Ability to prioritise work load and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work within non negotiable professional, clinical and National standards.
• Ability to be an effective communicator with employees, peers, service users, managers and partner organisations.
  
  

Desirable

• Full drivers licence
  
  

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays

Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits

Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme

Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses

Enhanced pay for working public holidays

NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services

Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact

Pauline McCulloch, Service Manager - Pauline.mcculloch@nhs.scot - 07887626863

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