Job Description

Please note this vacancy is for 30 hours per week.North East Drive Mobility (NEDM) is a growing service and we are excited to invite applications from qualified, HCPC registered, healthcare professionals who are interested in the challenge of a role in a specialist clinical service.Assessment of medical fitness to drive and passenger assessment are dynamic and evolving fields which require a commitment to professional excellence, a proven record of continued professional development, as well as an ambition to develop your career within a specialist rehabilitative service.Part of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust, NEDM is jointly funded by the Integrated Care Board and the Department for Transport. NEDM is part of the national coverage of Mobility Centres accredited by Driving Mobility*. Our main centre is based at Walkergate Park Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, with outreach services located in Cumbria and Teesside.*Driving Mobility is the UK wide network of Mobility Centres providing assessment, advice and information on all aspects of personal mobility. Driving Mobility is the umbrella organisation for all Accredited Mobility Centres. It ensures that there are common standards, promotes good practice, offers training and education, and works closely with organisations such as the Department for Transport, the DVLA, Motability, police and varied healthcare professionals.Main duties of the jobYou will have an ability to communicate effectively with service users, health professionals and major stakeholders including DVLA, Motability and the police, as well as having a passion for developing services in line with service user and stakeholder needs.You will be able to apply your clinical expertise to assess practical function during on-road assessment whilst accompanied by an Approved Driving Instructor, and ideally will have experience of working with a range of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions and will be able to deliver critical recommendations to service users related to their driving abilityBased at Walkergate Park Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and working flexibly between our outreach bases in Carlisle and Teesside once per week, this is an opportunity to become part of a busy, specialist clinical assessment team. You will also have the opportunity to train in powered wheelchair/mobility scooter and specialist child car seat assessments as part of your development.An induction period is provided with ongoing workplace training to support your professional development in this specialist role. You will also be required to complete a mandatory Driving Mobility education pathway programme, which will be fully funded as part of your role.Car driver (full licence holder) is essential to the role.About usWe aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.Date posted29 April 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salaryxc2xa346,148 to xc2xa352,809 a year pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternPart-timeReference number263-SCG25-061-EW-AJob locationsWalkergate Park HospitalBenfield RoadNewcastle upon TyneNE6 4QDJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease find attached job description for full details.Advertising date : 29th April 2025Closing date : 13th May 2025We welcome your application. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease find attached job description for full details.Advertising date : 29th April 2025Closing date : 13th May 2025We welcome your application.Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationsEssential

• Degree or equivalent in either Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Relevant health care professional council registration
• Academic ability to study towards Masters level
• Audit experience with an ability take a lead role
• Evidence of continuing professional development/post registration education and training

Desirable

• Experience of supervision and supporting the professional development of staff
• Working knowledge of research process
• Knowledge of services offered by external agencies relating to the speciality, eg DVLA, Motability and voluntary agencies such as AgeUK

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• A broad knowledge of disability, health conditions and impairments affecting physical, sensory, cognitive and emotional functioning.
• Working knowledge and application of IT skills in the areas of report writing, e-mail, data recording, internet research

Desirable

• Knowledge of adaptations and technology to assist passengers with disabilities

Skills and CompetenciesEssential

• Highly developed communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal, including the ability to deliver unwelcome news.
• Advanced knowledge, application and analysis of models of practice, assessment and treatment techniques and outcome measurers.
• Advanced clinical reasoning skills and critical reflection.
• Highly developed personal, organisational and planning skills
• Ability to make decisions and set priorities.
• Ability to undertake complex risk assessments
• Ability to deliver unwelcome news.
• Ability to act autonomously and flexibly within the role.

Role/Team Specific RequirementsEssential

• The ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
• Enthusiastic and motivated to develop within the speciality

Personal Characteristics/Additional RequirementsEssential

• Empathetic, reliable, self aware, approachable, confident and mature attitude
• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
• Car driver with current driving license

Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationsEssential

• Degree or equivalent in either Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Relevant health care professional council registration
• Academic ability to study towards Masters level
• Audit experience with an ability take a lead role
• Evidence of continuing professional development/post registration education and training

Desirable

• Experience of supervision and supporting the professional development of staff
• Working knowledge of research process
• Knowledge of services offered by external agencies relating to the speciality, eg DVLA, Motability and voluntary agencies such as AgeUK

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• A broad knowledge of disability, health conditions and impairments affecting physical, sensory, cognitive and emotional functioning.
• Working knowledge and application of IT skills in the areas of report writing, e-mail, data recording, internet research

Desirable

• Knowledge of adaptations and technology to assist passengers with disabilities

Skills and CompetenciesEssential

• Highly developed communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal, including the ability to deliver unwelcome news.
• Advanced knowledge, application and analysis of models of practice, assessment and treatment techniques and outcome measurers.
• Advanced clinical reasoning skills and critical reflection.
• Highly developed personal, organisational and planning skills
• Ability to make decisions and set priorities.
• Ability to undertake complex risk assessments
• Ability to deliver unwelcome news.
• Ability to act autonomously and flexibly within the role.

Role/Team Specific RequirementsEssential

• The ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
• Enthusiastic and motivated to develop within the speciality

Personal Characteristics/Additional RequirementsEssential

• Empathetic, reliable, self aware, approachable, confident and mature attitude
• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
• Car driver with current driving license

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