Clinical Lead

AJM Healthcare is a long established provider of wheelchair services to the NHS and private sector. We provide an integrated outsourced wheelchair service to NHS commissioners, designed to improve quality and provide a superior service user experience while reducing costs.

It is an exciting period of growth for the company with a new wheelchair service in Lincoln, which was established on 1st April 2019, providing NHS wheelchair services including clinical assessments, specialist seating, delivery, repairs and maintenance.

Please note: As an Independent Provider (IP) AJM Healthcare have access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) for all of our eligible staff working on NHS clinical contracts and any non-clinical staff who may be covered by a Direction Order.

The role: 
We are pleased to announce an opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Lead to join our Integrated Wheelchair Service (assessment, engineering and approved repairer staff all working in one service). You would be working from our service centre based in Lincoln and will be responsible for developing and maintaining the clinical foundation of the service. This will include compiling clinical policies and procedures and documenting protocols for clinical working practices. Evaluation will be ongoing to ensure that these reflect the needs of the service, the service user population, the commissioners and prescribers. You will ensure clinical competency and high standards of clinical practise within the wheelchair service in line with AJM policy.

The job holder will be responsible for the clinical supervision of therapists in the service. This may include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation engineers and assistants. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal empathetically with service users, relatives and carers are paramount in this position, and you will receive professional guidance from the Clinical and Service Leads.

Who we are looking for: 
Working in a collaborative environment you will have knowledge of a range of medical conditions and physical disabilities. You will have skills in complex assessment, intervention and evaluation, to apply to prescription of wheelchairs, seating and pressure relieving equipment. Using clinical reasoning and problem solving, you will develop specialist skills in the role.

The role allows the opportunity to maintain a manageable caseload whilst providing designated time to support and develop the therapists. You will work closely with the other clinical leads to deliver and evaluate the occupational therapy education and training packages to ensure the maintenance of strong clinical competencies within occupational therapy.

What we offer you:

• A competitive salary in line with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands
• Employer contributions into an NHS pension and existing NHS pension
• Company mobile phone and tablet
• Company sick pay
• Competitive annual leave allocation
• Company vehicles provided for visits

The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop to their maximum potential, in an environment that is supportive and committed to ongoing development. You would benefit from working in a technologically advanced and dynamic environment. Change is coming to NHS wheelchair provision and you could be part of that change.

As an independent company we believe that every member of staff contributes to our continued success. All our employees can expect to receive on-going training and development in the form of new starter inductions, on the job training, in-house training and external training. We believe that equality is key for achieving our mission to provide the best healthcare service for people in their homes and in their community in collaboration with the NHS.

To apply for this position, please send your CV/written application to: HR@ajmhealthcare.org.

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. Proud Member of the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. AJM Healthcare Ltd is an equal opportunities employer that 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.