The exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time Head of Therapies interim post to provide professional, operational, and clinical leadership and strategic planning to a multi-disciplinary team of clinical staff inclusive of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of an integrated Therapy Service within the Trust and externally through SLA's and lead on the continued development and delivery of an integrated service across two hospital sites. Sitting in the division of medicine, the candidate will be responsible for the continuous development and delivery of a high-quality patient-focused service within the specialty therapy team.
Main duties of the jobTo promote and communicate the objectives and benefits of an integrated Therapy Service to the Trust, Strategic, Regional and National groups/forums/networks.To be responsible for information sharing via meetings, email, and performance reports and sharing information at Trust, health economy, regional and national levels.To be flexible and adapt to the changing demands and service needs of the Therapies Directorate.To ensure the Divisional Nurse Director & Divisional Operations Director are kept up to date with developments on a regular basis.To be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place to empower and engage frontline staff and ensure that they are involved at all levels to achieve service improvements.Presenting complex, sensitive or contentious information to a large group of staff.Provide and receive highly sensitive information where persuasive motivational negotiating skills are required.To provide expert advice in a professional capacity to senior physiotherapy and occupational therapy staff.To work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, building and maintaining effective working relationships within the Trust and the ICS.Working for our organisationUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesTo be responsible for the delivery of an integrated Therapy Service within the Trust and externally through SLA's.To provide professional, operational, and clinical leadership and strategic planning to a multi-disciplinary team of clinical staff inclusive of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.To lead on the continued development and delivery of an integrated service across two hospital sites.To be responsible for the continuous development and delivery of a high-quality patient-focused service within the specialty therapy team.The post will involve maintenance of a specialist clinical caseload as required.To act in a consultancy capacity and as an educational resource for HEI's and other service providers.To represent the service within the Trust, ICS and Strategic, Regional and National groups/forums/networks.Person specificationQualificationsQualified Occupational Therapist or PhysiotherapistAHP RegistrationDegree3 years senior management experienceExperienceSenior Management ExperienceNHS experienceImportant information about your application All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community. You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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