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Job Description
Job Title: Clinical Scientist or Occupational or Physiotherapist or Clinical Scientist – Band 7
Salary: Band 7 - £37,570- £43,772pa plus London Weighting relevant to the area you are working in.
Hours:40 hours a week
Reporting to: Wheelchair Clinical Lead (Band - 8a)
Based: North West London (Barnet / Westminster / Brent & Ealing / Fulham / Hammersmith / Chelsea)
Who we are:
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.
Please note: As an official, approved NHS Independent Provider (IP),*AJM Healthcare is able to continue payments into to your NHS Pension Scheme*(should you have one) giving you the advantage of retaining your NHS benefits while working in the exciting and dynamic private sector.
The role:
It is an exciting period of growth for the company and we are pleased to announce an opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Scientist or Occupational or Physiotherapist to our Integrated Wheelchair Services (assessment, engineering and approved repairer staff all working in one service). You would be working from our clinics based in North West London and conduct assessments in clinic, people’s homes, day centres or schools within the area. You will provide a high quality, service user focused assessment and prescription of manual and powered wheelchairs to maximise function and independence by modifying standard equipment and prescribing appropriate pressure relief.
You will manage your own caseload of clients who have permanent wheelchair mobility needs and postural management requirements, and will require knowledge of a range of medical conditions and physical disabilities. You will work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. Building and maintaining key relationships with referring services, facilitating appropriate referrals and prescriptions to the service is key to this role.
You will be supported in gaining skills in advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving, complex assessment, intervention and prescription of wheelchairs, seating and pressure relieving equipment. 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.
Post holders will engage in the supervision process, be responsible for their ongoing Continuing Professional Development, and have responsibilities in communicating their learning to colleagues. If you are enthusiastic, dynamic and a team player, this could be the position for you.
What we offer you:
A competitive salary in line with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands as well as offering London Weighting.
Employer contributions into a NHS pension and existing NHS pension
Company mobile phone and tablet
Free on-site parking
Company sick pay
Competitive annual leave allocation
Company vehicles provided for visits
Inhouse clinical training specific to the field of wheelchairs and special seating
The successful candidate will receive professional guidance from the Clinical Leads, Clinical Manager and Service Operations Manager and will be encouraged to develop to their maximum potential, in an env
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