Head of Therapies - London, United Kingdom - West London NHS Trust

West London NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Speech and Language Therapist, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with experience of working with people with learning disabilities and their families, to lead the Therapies team as Head of Therapies in Ealing Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities (CTPLD).

As Head of Therapies for CTPLD you will lead our team of Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in delivering high quality care to our local population in Ealing.

You will innovate and motivate the team in our shared goal of improving health and lives of our client group.

The post holder will be part of senior leadership team including Psychologists, Psychiatry, Nursing and Therapies, and act as a source of expertise on the assessment and management of conditions to patients, carers, and other health professionals.

As Head of Therapies you will manage a small caseload of adults with learning disabilities with complex care needs.

Delivering high quality care in partnership with our colleagues from the Local Authority Learning Disability Team, GP's and Primary Care colleagues, Acute Hospital inpatient services and local supported living and residential service providers.

You will provide supervision and leadership to our therapies team and contribute to helping our CTPLD service and our Trust to improve standards of care for people with Learning disability.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives.

We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We're rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

For further details regarding the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.