Types of Roles

These roles fall into areas of speciality and grades, which, in turn, are based on experience and skills. Consultant Psychiatrists head the multi-disciplinary clinical teams in our Mental Health Hospitals, under the leadership of the Medical Director for each hospital. They act as Responsible Clinicians (RCs) for their patients, as well as developing research and evidence-based medical care, which is shared across our other hospitals.

Consultants in Neurological Rehabilitation and Consultant Neuropsychiatrists work, in both a full or part-time capacity, in our brain injury and neurorehabilitation centres. They lead a clinical multi-disciplinary team, which develops appropriate evidence-based treatment programmes, and also conduct research.

Key to our multi-disciplinary teams and our patients are our nursing staff and support workers.

We employ Registered Nurses who have qualifications in general, mental health, children’s nursing and learning disabilities dependent upon the services that they work in within the Group. All also undertake the role of the “named nurse”.

Within a number of our services we also have nurses that have experience in caring for people who may be minimally conscious and/or ventilator dependant. We also recruit nurses who have particular experience in the specialism of intensive care.

Working within our mental health hospitals, we employ nurses with experience of working with adolescents and/ or adult patients. As the conditions treated within these hospitals vary from eating disorders to other complex and treatment-resistant conditions, our mental health nurses will have worked within either medium or low secure environments and/or psychiatric intensive care. We also have Children’s nurses employed within the adolescent mental health services.

We have also have roles for Nurse Managers and Leadership and Development Nurses who have the responsibility for the effective management and leadership of nurses and care assistants and who encourage personal and professional development. They also oversee the quality of patient care.

Healthcare Support Workers support our nurses in providing care to patients. They report upon any changes in a patient’s physical or mental well-being, provide practical assistance to patients where needed, encourage daily living skills and have active involvement in patients’ individual and group activities.

Our team of therapists work with patients and form an essential part of our multi-disciplinary teams. Therapist roles include:

• Psychologists
• Physiotherapists
• Neuropsychologists
• Speech and Language Therapists
• Art Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Dieticians
• Family Therapists
• Social Workers

The grades of our therapy team are based upon individual qualifications and experience gained. Senior Physiotherapists, for example, will be expected to deliver exceptional patient care and manage a small team of physiotherapists and in some cases Support Technicians. In all cases we would expect to see chartered membership status within their field of discipline to ensure the best possible care and outcomes for our patients.

Each of our hospitals and centres depend upon administrative support to ensure that these key back office functions contribute fully to the clinical and commercial processes that efficiently and effectively help to drive the business. This can range from in depth data analysis or involve filing, archive maintenance, patient and personnel records, invoicing and typing of correspondence.

We offer a variety of administration roles which vary in their focus. These roles can be full-time or part-time depending upon the needs of each individual hospital or centre. Examples of roles include:

• Medical Administrators who ensure patient records are up-to-date
• Finance Administrators who maintain invoicing records and support the business from a financial perspective
• Business Assistant work in supporting the Centre or Hospital Manager in developing new business and monitoring referrals and enquiries made to the Centre.
• Personal Assistants
• Medical Secretaries
• Ward Clerks
• Receptionists

Our Hospitals and Centres are reliant on their housekeeping and catering services.

An excellent catering team makes an essential contribution to the comfort and well-being of a patient’s or client’s stay in one of our facilities. We rely on our chefs and their teams to devise menus that provide the vital nutrients and variety needed to aid recovery and the rehabilitation process and to make an individual’s stay with us as comfortable as possible.

We depend upon our maintenance and housekeeping staff to ensure that the environment within which people are cared for are safe, comfortable, appropriate and more than acceptable. We seek always to ensure that our bedrooms, communal areas and corridors remain free of contamination.

Within this category are employment opportunities not covered elsewhere. There is a diverse range of roles that fall within this category, each of which is vital to the smooth running of our centres and hospitals. These roles are usually based within a particular hospital or centre and include:

• Teachers
• Rehab Technicians working in high dependency neuro-rehabilitation units
• Activity co-ordinator who plan entertainment and excursions for our patients/clients