National Clinical Lead for TEC

National Clinical Lead for TEC
Home based with occasional travel when required for on-site meetings across the country 

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £51,000

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking care provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field! 

Join us as our new National Clinical Lead for TEC at Medequip Connect and let us empower you to truly make a difference.

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred care.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values and ways.

Who are Medequip Connect?

Medequip Connect provide services to over 10,000 people nationwide with the objective of providing reassurance and support to older, disabled or vulnerable people allowing them to remain safely in their own home. 

We help people to maintain people’s independence by providing Technology Enabled Care (TEC) and a range of associated equipment that gives them the confidence of knowing that assistance is available at any time, 24 hours a day.  Our care technology services provide peace of mind to you, your family, and your friends.

About the role

As the National Clinical Lead for TEC for Medequip Connect, you will be the clinical lead for Medequip Connect and provide expert advice and support to help deliver the organisation’s strategic objectives and the development and expansion of TEC services. You will oversee and support the development of assessment processes and functions for Connect, undertaking assessments for complex TEC cases, and provide expert advice, supervision and support to the clinical / assessment staff in their roles. You will be Medequip Connect’s Safeguarding Lead (and be a deputy Safeguarding Lead for Medequip) and support operational teams to ensure compliance with all national guidance and requirements. You will also oversee the development, review, updating and promotion of clinical governance and prescription criteria, policies and documents, interpreting national policies and guidelines relevant to the speciality.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• To provide clinical leadership for Medequip Connect and provide support to the Head of Clinical Services and Head of Connect.
• To support strategic workforce development, structures, and competencies utilising a robust approach to clinical governance and oversight and driving continuous improvement.
• Lead on specific projects as directed by the Head of Connect.
• To be a subject matter expert in TEC to support and develop best practice policies, protocols and quality risk assessment frameworks, ensuring good clinical governance and safe working practices.
• Working collaboratively with health & social care professionals and commissioners in the development of best practice for the future provision of TEC, interpreting national policies and guidelines relevant to the speciality.
• To be the Safeguarding lead for Connect, liaising with Medequip’s DSL and all relevant external bodies as required.
• To provide supervision, advice, and support to clinical staff in their roles and support safeguarding systems and processes.
• Keep updated with developments in TEC, utilising best practice, new product innovations, and evidenced based practice to ensure Connect is at the forefront of best practice in relation to industry standards.
• Utilises supervision, training opportunities and reflective practice to ensure own professional development and accreditation.
• Joint working with procurement to ensure best quality product information is available to prescribers and customers to support selection and understanding of equipment.
• Support and facilitate equipment review groups for contracts and partners as required.
• Oversee and lead development of assessment processes and functions for Connect, providing audit and review of assessment process to ensure best practice.
• Play a leading role in developing and reporting on Benefits realisation to demonstrate the impact of TEC for contracts and wider Health and Social care systems.
• To undertake assessments for complex TEC cases, and provide expert assessment advice, and support to the clinical / assessment staff in their roles.
• Supporting the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) with clinical oversight, development of risk assessments, quality assurance, and improvements in documentation.
• Supporting Installation and Responder Teams to provide safe, compliant, and caring services through developing protocols, guidance, risk assessments and competency frameworks.
• Supporting the development and provision of training to Connect staff in ERC and Responder roles to ensure safe and compliant practice.
• To support Connect improvements to achieve and maintain accreditation and compliance through audit, review and implementation of change.
• Support expansion of TEC services and successful mobilisation of contracts.

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We keep our promises.
• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required.

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Post-qual experience at a specialist level
• Experience of TEC services at an advanced level
• Full UK Driving Licence and have been driving for minimum of 3 years
• Specialised knowledge of Technology Enabled care systems and products

What we offer

• 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test, provided by Specsavers
• 15% Manage At Home discount
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free DBS check 

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes. 

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable