Advanced Clinician (Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist)

AJM Healthcare is a leading provider of wheelchair and community equipment services to the NHS and the Private Sector. We have over 35 years’ experience in these sectors and see ourselves as innovators helping increase independence, offering choice and personalisation, while delivering better outcomes. Our team provides a caring, user-centric and holistic approach that is tailored to each individual.

What we are looking for:

We are seeking to recruit a qualified, registered Clinician to join our brand new Integrated Wheelchair Service clinical team. You will be conducting assessments with our NHS Wheelchair users in various settings within the surrounding areas ensuring outstanding customer experience is maintained throughout. You will showcase an empathic and resilient approach when faced with challenging situations with the ability to work collaboratively with our customer service, logistics, and the wider clinical teams. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload of patients with a range of permanent wheelchair mobility, postural, and pressure relief needs. You will ensure best practice is maintained throughout whilst receiving professional guidance from the Clinical and Service Leads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hold, prioritise, plan and organise your own caseload of service users, some of whom will have complex needs.
• Provide high quality, service user focused assessment and prescription of manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs, buggies and seating.
• Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promoting best practice and undertaking all aspects of clinical duties.
• Provide highly advanced clinical advice to other members of the team; may act as lead for a specialism.
• Possess highly developed expertise within the specialism of wheelchair services, underpinned by highly developed theoretical knowledge and experience.
• Supervise and allocate work to rehabilitation assistants, rehabilitation engineering technicians, and foundation level clinicians.
• Plan training sessions for internal staff and external healthcare professionals whilst coordinating a multi-disciplined team and manage projects when required.

Please note that to be considered for this role, you must hold a qualification in either Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Clinical Scientist, hold a HCPC registration and hold a valid UK driving license with no more than 6 valid points for insurance purposes.

This position is working in a regulated environment and will therefore be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Cost will be covered by the Company.

*Continuation of the NHS Pension Scheme is only available to the successful candidates who have been a member of this scheme within the last 12 months and subject to NHS Pensions T&Cs.

AJM Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to equality in the workplace and does not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, marital status, age, physical or mental disabilities, medical condition. AJM will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. Please note, during certain high volume recruitment times, AJM may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

Reference: VA1031