Head of Therapy Services

Transformationunitgm; Stafford; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an interim Head of Therapies at a prominent NHS Trust in Stafford. This role involves providing strategic leadership to a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality patient-focused services. The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of integrated therapy services, working closely with senior management. With a commitment to continuous improvement and staff engagement, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare sector. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to excellence in patient care and staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Health and Wellbeing Programs

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level with higher level study at Masters Level.
• Experience in Organisational Development and Quality Improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team of clinical staff.
• Deliver an integrated Therapy Service across the County site.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Quality Improvement

Education

Degree Level Education

Masters Level Education

Job description

Main area Therapies Grade Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 3 months (secondment cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (& participation in the Trust's silver on-call rota) Job ref 205-7085974

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site County Hospital Town Stafford Salary £62,215 - £72,293 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2025 23:59

Head of Therapy Services

Band 8b

Job overview

The exciting opportunity has arisen for an interim Head of Therapies at County Hospital 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 across the County site and externally through SLA’s and lead on the continued development and delivery of an integrated service. 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. The post holder will work closely with the Divisional Therapy Manager for Medicine.

Main duties of the job

• To 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 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 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 organisation

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description/person specification for more details on the main duties and responsibilities of the role

Person specification

Qualifications

• • Educated to degree level.
• • Evidence of higher level study at Masters Level; Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level
• • Experience and/or qualifications in the specific area Organisational Development
• • Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas
• • Quality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS lavel 1a

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

• • Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
• • Experience of managing a diverse team utilising the full spectrum of HR practices
• • Broad experience of project work and managing projects in a complex multi system environment
• • Experience of facilitating staff engagement interventions with groups of staff or teams
• • Experience of delivering a quality improvement project

Personal Qualities

• • Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• • Works with patients and people at the fore – operates to a customer service ethos
• • Demonstrates the leadership behaviours for improvements

Important 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.
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• 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
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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.

Name Jane Teasdale Job title Divisional Therapy Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01782 6575437 Additional information

Clare Johnson - Therapy Services Manager

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01782 675341