Job summary
Employer heading
Therapy Services Manager - Speech and Language Therapy
Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Therapy Services Manager to join the Therapy and Rehabilitation directorate at NUH, leading on the operational management of a range of specialities across City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre campuses. Specialities include Medicine, Surgery, Stroke (Hyperacute to neurorehabilitation), Neurosciences and Neurology, spanning adults and children's services. The role will involve supporting Speech and Language Therapy teams operationally, planning staffing capacity, and contributing to strategic vision, service improvement, quality and safety.
You will be part of a Leadership Team alongside other Therapy Service Managers, Clinical Leads and Clinical Specialists, reporting directly into the Directorate Leadership Team which comprises of the Head of Service for Therapies and Rehabilitation, the Directorate General Manager and Clinical Director.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic and passionate about service improvement and the contribution of our services to improving patient experience and outcomes. We are looking for applicants with a proven track record of effective leadership, service improvement and supporting a diverse workforce.
This post holder will also have an important role in the transition of some of our rehabilitation services across to the National Rehabilitation Centre (opening Nov 24), along with Therapy workforce developments across all sites at NUH.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
Manage a specialty within the Therapy & Rehabilitation Directorate which could include multiple professions.
Champion and drive change to support the trusts Strategy
Develop specific aspects of the Therapy Service working in partnership with the other managers.
Deputise for the Head of Therapy
Assist with the management of other areas of the Therapy Service during planned or unplanned absence.
Will work flexibly across all NUH campuses.
Working for our organisation
As a large acute teaching Trust, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers. NUH Therapy and Rehabilitation Services is a dynamic, proactive and supportive department with a robust People Committee and learning opportunities for our staff.
The Therapies and Rehabilitation Directorate sits within the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 800 staff, who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists.
We actively work alongside the wider NUH AHP Team, led by our Chief AHP. This provides a strong connection across AHP professions and a collective strategic direction. Work streams include Research and Innovation, Education and Training, and Workforce Development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed full Job Description and Personal Specification for further details.
Person specification
Training Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Allied Health Professional educated to degree level ( or equivalent) and eligible for registration with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
- • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and post registration training to Masters level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Project management and strategic and business planning
- • Service improvement and Change management
- • Human Resource management
- • Multi-disciplinary working
Communication
Essential criteria
- Leadership and team working skills which demonstrate the ability to work with a wide variety of people at different levels of seniority and from different professional disciplines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to receive and present highly complex, sensitive or contentious data to individuals and groups, overcoming barriers to communication
- Able to influence the direction and decisions of the Service, Directorate, Trust and, as required, external audiences
Planning and Organisation
Essential criteria
- Ability to proactively develop and implement strategic and tactical plans, adapting to changing priorities where needed. Planning capacity and activity over several teams
- Ability to plan schedules (rotations) that impact within own services and others
Personal effectiveness
Essential criteria
- Ability to build purposeful working relationships and partnerships, commanding the trust and confidence of key stakeholders and professional peers and utilising effective negotiation skills.
- • Clear and articulate with excellent presentation skills
- Ability to manage own time, including prioritising, meeting deadlines, and manage a diverse workload.
- Ability to sustain high workload through times of service and organisational pressure
- Ability to chair and/or participate actively in meetings, seminars and conferences
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
- Tracy Siddons
- Job title
- Head of Service Therapies and Rehabilitation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07713097041
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