Lead Community Therapist

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Cheshire is seeking an inspirational and experienced Lead Community Therapist to provide visible clinical and operational leadership across hospital and community services.

You will lead a large multidisciplinary therapy workforce, work with partners to strengthen integrated care, ensure safe patient flow, and drive service transformation in line with local and national priorities.

Job description

West Cheshire Collaborative is looking for an inspirational and experienced Lead Community Therapist to provide visible clinical and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services. This is an exciting opportunity to influence patient care, develop talented teams and help shape integrated therapy services across hospital and community settings.

We are seeking a credible and collaborative senior therapist with the ambition and skills to lead services in a complex, fast-moving environment. You will bring strong clinical and operational leadership, sound judgement and the ability to inspire others through change. Excellent communication, interpersonal and diplomatic skills are essential, together with a passion for delivering safe, effective and person-centred care.

This is a rare opportunity to join a forward-thinking and dynamic collaborative where your leadership will have a visible impact. The role is challenging, varied and highly rewarding, offering you the chance to shape an outstanding community therapy service for people, families and healthcare colleagues across West Cheshire.

You Will Lead Therapy Teams Supporting Pinetum Beds, The Rehabilitation Wards At Ellesmere Port Hospital, Paediatric Therapy Services And Community Therapy Teams. Working Across The Countess Of Chester Hospital, Ellesmere Port Hospital And Local Community Bases, You Will

• Provide confident, compassionate clinical and operational leadership.
• Lead, support and develop a large multidisciplinary workforce of therapists and support staff.
• Work closely with health, primary care and local authority partners to strengthen integrated working.
• Support safe, timely patient flow and effective discharge through Pathways 1 and 2.
• Ensure high standards of quality, governance, performance and resource management.
• Drive service transformation in line with local, regional and national priorities.
• Maintain a focused clinical caseload to retain professional expertise and clinical credibility.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.