Job summary
- Main area
- WCH and CIC OT - 200031
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 262-A-24-6433933
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide - Base TBC
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Occupational Therapy
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new leadership opportunity in a beautiful part of the UK? With the Lake District National Park, the coast and the historic city of Carlisle on your doorstep alongside a clinically-led and diverse organisation spanning acute and community care, a work-life balance is guaranteed.
As the Head of Occupational Therapy you will provide operational / professional leadership and governance for Occupational Therapists in North Cumbria across two acute hospitals and community / speciality services. Alongside the Associate Director of AHPs and other AHP/ service leads you will play an integral role in the fulfilment of NCIC's focus and vision of moving care closer to home. The emphasis on emerging pathways of care such as frailty and Hospital at Home and the development of an elective care hub will call upon your leadership skills and clinical experience as you review and develop service provision. You will also lead on workforce development with an emphasis on recruitment, retention and role development and lead on developing research and education within the profession and with academic partners.
You will be supported with dedicated supervision and and encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge across the four pillars of practice.
Main duties of the job
- To provide leadership to the professional staff group within the System ensuring that professional standards are set, implemented, monitored and maintained.
- To manage the service specific staff within Occupational Therapy Services to include recruitment, retention through career development and appraisal, management of poor performance and sickness absence.
- To represent The Profession within the System and externally participating in professional and multi- agency forums across the region and nationally as required ensuring the wider contribution from the profession.
- To work closely with the ADAHP to develop an environment of flexibility and interdisciplinary co-operation leading to the provision of a comprehensive and responsive professional service to patients and carers.
- To provide professional advice to Collaboratives and Partnership Organisations based upon evidence and good practice.
- To take a lead role in workforce planning and career structure design for the profession within the System to inform recruitment and retention within the service.
- To ensure that the service is provided within designated budget, identifying and delivering efficiency measures as appropriate.
- To oversee the education of the professions’ students, co-ordinating practice placements and liaising with University and Colleges
- To be responsible for own continued professional development
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Profession specific degree or equivalent diploma.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Evidence of CPD and relevant post-graduate courses and/or significant relevant experience to Masters Level or equivalent
- Masters qualification in Occupational Therapy or willing to undertake / working towards
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification
- Member of Professional Body
- Leadership Qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive profession specific knowledge, application of theory, best practice and procedures.
- Extensive experience in managing and developing specialist occupational therapy services e.g. Paediatrics, wheelchair services etc
- In depth knowledge and understanding of current NHS policy and their implication for professional practice.
- Have experience of working in a leadership/managerial role
- Proven record of achieving service development, managing change and performance
- Have knowledge and understanding of the principles of business planning and other management processes in the NHS and their application in practice
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, organisation, time management problem solving and prioritisation skills.
- Appropriate clinical skills
- IT Skills
- Motivational and change management skills
- Teaching and presentation skills
Desirable criteria
- Proven skills in research
- Experience of Workforce strategy development.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience, knowledge and proven track record of delivery in managing a range of diverse and complex operational services
- Experience of managing people and financial resources at a senior level
- Experience of developing services through facilitating change and innovation in a multi-disciplinary team(s)
- Experience of facilitating high level HR processes including leading investigations, chairing pan
- Experience of Business Planning to include developing & producing business plans/cases and Budgetary Management.
- Experience in writing policies and procedures
- Project Management
- Experience of working in NHS Therapy services.
- Experience of working across departmental and organisational boundaries to deliver specific targets and to improve services for patients
- Evidence of organisational, regional and national healthcare awareness
- Comprehensive knowledge of all Local and National Performance Indicators.
- Evidence of adopting national or international benchmarking to improve quality and efficiency.
- Evidence of working with senior staff/executives to develop initiatives that will support the organisations values
Personality/Disposition
Essential criteria
- Confident, highly motivated
- Leadership qualities, enthusiastic with ability to motivate others.
- Ability to manage conflict and difficult situations.
- Ability to use own initiative, make decisions, work under pressure and to tight timescales when necessary
Personal Circumstances & other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope with the physical demands of the post which may include driving, manual handling of patients and regular travel to all the sites of the System and to other venues across the region
- Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3)
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4)
- Participate in any on-call arrangement or shift system on site which is associated with this role, in order to fulfil the requirements of the base service and also the wider Trust
- These arrangements may vary from time to time depending upon Trust requirements in the best interests in service delivery.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sarah Elliott
- Job title
- Associate Director of Allied Health Professions
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855172517
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