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.