Therapy Service Lead

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Therapy Service Lead to oversee Neurosciences and Major Trauma therapy services. You will lead the therapy teams and work with the current Clinical Leads to drive clinical excellence.

You will be supported by the Core Therapies senior leadership, develop a culture of learning, and drive service improvements, governance, and workforce development across acute medicine, frailty and admission avoidance.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required and maintained.
• Demonstrated leadership/management experience in healthcare.
• Experience in clinical governance and service delivery.
• Experience in workforce management, recruitment and development.
• Experience leading audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience implementing national, local and professional health agendas.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Therapy Services alongside Therapy Lead colleagues.
• Ensure high standards of governance and competency frameworks.
• Collaborate with senior therapy leadership to provide cohesive services.
• Implement innovative models of service delivery with stakeholders.
• Provide regular supervision to clinical lead therapists.
• Ensure compliance with local and national standards and policies.
• Drive learning and development opportunities for therapists and assistants.
• Support strategic workforce planning and service improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Workforce mgmt

Audit

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Budget management

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy/OT

HCPC registered

Leadership training

CPD

Professional body member

Job description

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Are you passionate about the provision of excellent Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services that are fit for the future? Do you want to join the leadership team & support fellow therapy teams to achieve their potential and provide a great place to work? Do you want to be part of ongoing transformation and improvement in our therapy services?

If you answered yes, then this could be the opportunity for you! An exciting opportunity has become available for a suitably experienced therapist to join Core Therapies as a Therapy Service Lead with a portfolio in Neurosciences and Major Trauma.

You will be well-supported by the Core Therapies senior leadership team and will be provided with opportunity to develop and grow into a senior leader of the future.

You will lead the delivery of our Neurosciences and Major Trauma services. You will work closely with the current Clinical Leads to drive clinical excellence and develop a supportive culture where learning is encouraged and research can flourish.

You will have strong links with other Therapy Service leads within Core Therapies as well as the Head of Occupational Therapy and Head of Physiotherapy , working seamlessly to drive the therapy vision forwards in the Trust.

Main duties of the job

As a Therapy Service Lead you will work across professional and organisational boundaries to expand and develop the therapy services and act as a point of contact for advice on professional and operational issues.

In this role you will be responsible for the assurance of high standards of clinical governance and demonstrable best practice across the therapy services, ensuring high quality therapy for patients. You will also promote a culture of continuous improvement using local and national data to enhance clinical practice, service delivery, efficiency and performance.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity within a large NHS organisation, delivering specialist therapy services both locally and regionally. If you feel ready to influence the future of our therapy services within acute medicine, frailty and admission avoidance this is the role for you.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties to include but not be limited to:

• You will be responsible for leading the delivery of our Therapy Services alongside your Therapy Lead colleagues.
• To lead the therapy teams ensuring all members are practicing effectively within agreed standards and competency frameworks.
• To work closely alongside the senior therapy leadership team to provide cohesive and efficient therapy services.
• To implement innovative models of service delivery in partnership with key stakeholders and community partners utilising continuous Improvement methodology.
• To actively participate in meetings in regard to a number of aspects of service delivery and professional support.
• To provide regular supervision to clinical lead therapists.
• To ensure the service meets local and national standards as well as clinical governance requirements.
• To identify professional and operational issues that need to be addressed at a strategic level.
• To successfully use advanced communication and change management skills to implement changes in work structure.
• To support learning and development opportunities for therapists and therapy assistants to support service delivery and provide professional development opportunities.
• To ensure that professional, departmental and trust standards, policies and procedures are adhered to.

• Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Leadership/Management training
• Recent relevant Continuous Professional Development
• Member of professional body

Knowledge

• Significant and varied experience in Leadership
• Significant and varied experience in clinical governance and application to practice and service delivery
• Significant and varied experience in workforce management including: recruitment and selection, staff development and performance management
• Significant and varied experience in leading audit activity
• Significant and varied experience in implementing national, local and professional health service agendas
• Significant and varied experience in clinical settings
• Experience working in a therapy setting
• Integrated clinical working
• Multi-professional team leadership
• Knowledge of budgetary management
• Participation in business planning/ contribution to business case development
• Participation in strategic workforce planning
• Knowledge of commissioning and procurement processes

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