Operational Therapy Lead Paediatrics

UHDB; England; Presencial; GBP 52.000 - 66.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working options

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Descripción de la vacante

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 8a Operational Lead Therapist to lead our Paediatric Therapy Services, delivering high-quality, child-centred care across inpatient and outpatient settings.

As an experienced clinician and leader you will provide operational and professional leadership to a team of paediatric therapists, drive transformation, ensure responsive services and equality of access for children, young people and families.

Formación

• Qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Leadership Programme completed (internal or external).
• Experience in paediatric therapy leadership roles.

Responsabilidades

• Plan, coordinate and manage paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Provide operational leadership for paediatric therapy services and ensure safe, child-centred care.
• Lead service performance, workforce, quality improvement and governance initiatives.

Educación

Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist degree

Leadership Programme

HCPC registration

Descripción del empleo

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff, you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats or you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

Are you passionate about leading high-quality services for children and young people?

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and forward-thinking Band 8a Operational Lead Therapist to lead our Paediatric Therapy Services

As an experienced clinician and leader, you will provide operational and professional leadership to a team of paediatric therapists, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and key partners, you will ensure the delivery of responsive, high-quality services that place children, young people, and families at the heart of care.

This is a unique opportunity to shape service delivery, support transformational change, and make a lasting impact on the lives of children and their families.

Main duties of the job

• To plan, coordinate, deliver, evaluate and manage Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services across inpatient and outpatient settings, working with the Business Unit General Manager and Professional Leads to achieve service delivery targets and strategic objectives.
• The post holder will provide operational leadership for paediatric therapy services, ensuring the provision of safe, effective, responsive and child-centred care for children and young people. The post holder will be responsible for service performance, workforce management, quality improvement, governance and service development whilst promoting integrated working across children's services and partner organisations.
• The post holder will act as a visible leader and role model, creating a culture that promotes innovation, service improvement, staff engagement and professional excellence.
• To ensure that Registered Health Professionals and relevant support staff are led, managed and developed in order that they deliver the highest standards of patient care.
• The Operational Team Leader is accountable through their teams for overseeing and monitoring quality and performance against professional and Trust standards.
• The Operational Team Leader will be required to represent their teams in a professional or managerial capacity.

Closing date of applications: 24 November 2026

Interview date: 08 December 2026

Working for our organization

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Important visa information: Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

• Qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist Degree qualification
• Completion of Leadership Programme – internal or external course
• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Experience and Knowledge

• Knowledge of paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy services
• Experience working as part of a Registered profession team and/or multi-disciplinary team in a senior role.
• Knowledge of safeguarding children legislation and responsibilities.

Skills and Ability

• Ability to recognise competing demands; to prioritise and manage these effectively
• Able to analyse and evaluate service information to develop responsive provision
• Understanding of budget management and evidence of robust financial and other resource management

Communications and interpersonal skills

• Highly skilled in communication at all levels, with excellent people skills
• Able to communicate service related information to Senior Managers in different settings

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position, we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

During the course of its employment activities, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust collects, stores and processes personal information about prospective, current and former staff.

Our Privacy Notice includes applicants, employees (and former employees), workers (including agency, casual, honorary and contracted staff), volunteers, trainees and those carrying out work experience – please refer to our Privacy Notice available on our Trust website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/information-governance

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Please ensure that you had read the Job Description and Person Spec and that you meet the criteria before applying.