Operational Manager of Children’s Therapy Services

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS provider is seeking an experienced professional for a leadership role in Children’s Therapy Services. The successful candidate will ensure high-quality service delivery across various therapy disciplines, working collaboratively with service users and agencies. This role requires strategic oversight and operational leadership, ensuring compliance with policies and performance targets.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic and operational leadership in therapy services.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to Children's Therapy Services.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based services.
• Oversee reporting requirements to commissioners.

Job description

We Are Recruiting for a Leadership Role in Children’s Therapy Services

We are delighted to offer a unique opportunity for an experienced professional to provide strategic and operational leadership to our Children’s Therapy Services, which currently include:

• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Dietetics

The successful applicant will ensure the continued development and coordinated delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, and integrated services. They will work in partnership with service users and partner agencies within a multi-agency system.

The role involves ensuring services are delivered in accordance with national and local policies, priorities, and regulatory frameworks, and that all performance targets are met. The post holder will oversee reporting requirements to commissioners and provide leadership to a senior team comprising managers and clinicians. They will operate as part of the operational leadership team and participate in the Trust’s out-of-hours on-call system.

About Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas provides a wide range of NHS healthcare services in community and secure settings, including community health, mental health, learning disabilities, and prison health services. Our multidisciplinary teams serve people of all ages across numerous locations in the South of England, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children’s centres, schools, and homes.

We have over 4,300 staff working across more than 125 sites, including in London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and Kent. Our facilities include Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, and the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services in several regions and are committed to providing excellent care.

Our Purpose and Values

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is supported by our core values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Contact for Further Details

For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:

• Name: Logan Watkins
• Job Title: Associate Director
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]