Assistive Technology Clinical Lead (internal applicants only)

What will you be doing?

Responsibilities:

1. Act as the Manager of the Assistive Technology Service in consultation with the Service Manager, ensuring the delivery of the service in line with the requirements of the service specification and national best practice.

2. Manage the staff within the team, creating a performance culture, including direct supervision and conducting annual appraisals of staff, regular audits to highlight areas of development and improvement, Co-ordinate the recruitment, selection, retention, training. The post holder is also responsible for the development of all staff to ensure a high-quality service is provided and to meet service and best practice requirements.

3. Take responsibility for the management of agreed material resources and equipment, to ensure they are maintained in a good state of repair in accordance with appropriate guidelines.

4. Liaise with a full range of professionals and people who receive services in order to assess and monitor the needs of the people to promote a philosophy that is needs led and to ensure an appropriate service can be provided.

5. Develop, implement, and maintain management information systems, including accurate, up to date systems that show service activity and performance against budget, in order to meet service requirements. In addition develop and maintain staff and customer records in accordance with GDPR and record keeping standards.

6. Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

7. To maximise personal productivity, minimise duplication and errors; and manage our information efficiently and securely to reduce risk, though effective use of Office 365 and our internal IT systems and applications.

8. Actively challenge and seek to eliminate any directly or indirectly discriminatory practice or behaviours.

9. Demonstrate awareness and understanding of other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs and ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons.

This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies a level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and circumstances. Such reviews and any consequential changes will be carried out in consultation with the post holder.

About you

Ability to prioritise and manage your workload under pressure.

Ability to lead, supervise and performance manage, complete appraisals with staff.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills and an awareness of complex and sensitive issues with consideration for equality/diversity/rights etc.

Experience of collaborative working across/between agencies to achieve outcomes for individuals and the service. E.g. discharge, rehousing etc., representation of service at meetings

Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development – CPD Portfolio.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)