The Professional Head of Therapy Services provides strategic, professional and operational leadership for the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Teams. They will support the Care Group with the delivery of all areas/objectives that fall within the operational and professional portfolio of work for Therapy services as agreed with the Care Group Operations Director. The Professional Head of Therapy Services will provide strong leadership & professional management across all of the areas of responsibility within the Therapies Directorate and provide leadership to the Heads of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. . The Professional Head of Therapy Services will optimise operational effectiveness of the Services and contribute to fulfilment of the Trust’s vision supporting high quality patient care, excellent education, and world class research identifying opportunities for improvement and ensuring Trust wide understanding of the opportunities and challenges.
- Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of all Therapy Services and the Care Group; therefore, in turn contributing to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
- Proactively, meaningfully and consistently demonstrate the Trust Values in your everyday practice, decision making and interactions with patients and colleagues. (See the section in this document on the Trust’s values and promises).
- Deliver excellent levels of customer service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
- Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the government’s policies on Health.
- Develop an organisational culture that fosters collaborative working among all staff groups, to ensure a focused commitment to delivering high quality services and outcomes within own portfolio of work / Therapy Services and more broadly across the Care Group and Trust.
- Act as an advocate for Therapy Services, the Care Group and the Trust, and its contribution to the Health Service arena, through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Care Group and the Trust.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
- Engage with a range of external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of the portfolio including system, regional and national stakeholders.
- Undertake proactive horizon scanning for developments relating to Therapy Services and broader Care Group work, identifying opportunities for directorate, Care Group, and trust involvement.
- Increase the level of knowledge and skills within the portfolio of work for Therapy Services through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities.
- Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing, and reviewing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination.
- Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the directorate and Care Group and form working partnerships with government departments, national agencies, regional Therapy Services networks and key stakeholders.
Develop structures, systems, ways of working and personal values that will support the Trusts sustainable development objectives with regard to issues such as carbon reduction and waste minimisation; and to encourage all stakeholders of the directorate and Care Group to act as enthusiastic agents of change.
