- 6pm on Friday 19 April to 9am on Monday 22 April 2024
- 6pm on Friday 26 April to 9am on Monday 29 April 2024
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays,increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhancedpay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile workingopportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, andadoption support
- Wide range of staff networks suchas LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts andonline benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrificeschemes
- Health and wellbeingopportunities
- Ability to act as an ambassador for the service
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the job
- Professional qualification at degree or equivalent level
- Evidence of relevant continual professional development and post graduate study
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
- Masters degree or working towards
- Management qualification
- Leadership qualification
- Extensive experience of practicing within own professional filed
- Track record of practice/service development
- Operational management and leading a team
- Experience in working in a community setting
- Experience of working in a childrens related field
- Risk management
- Experience of working with a multidisciplinary/multi-agency approach
- Change Management
- Ability to translate theory into practice
- Knowledge of current issues in relation to childrens agenda. Including Safeguarding
- Understanding and appreciation of service redesign agenda eg. pathway development
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- Proven ability to work across own professional group
- Demonstrate good clinical skills
- Demonstrated sound personal management skills ie. time management, prioritising, planning, organisational and problem-solving
- Basic computer skills
- Risk management
Service Lead Paediatric Therapies - Worcester, United Kingdom - Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
We arelooking to recruit for a job-share/part-time service lead for paediatrictherapies. The team includes occupational therapy, physiotherapy and specialistplay service. Paediatric therapies is countywide across Worcestershire and workjointly with speech and language therapy, community paediatricians, the childdevelopment centre team, the equipment services, orthotics and early yearsservices to offer community OT and physiotherapy intervention.
This is adynamic and innovative team with a highly child centred approach to theirintervention. They work in partnership with families and young people to offerhigh quality care. The service is moving towards implementing the balancedsystem and has reviewed its whole caseload to be able to prioritise care to theright children at the right time. This is an exciting time of potential changeand development for the service and strong leadership will be needed to makethis process smooth.
You willneed to have HCPC registration as either a physio or OT.
Thesuccessful candidate would need to be prepared to work at all of the basescovered by the team as needed. The work base can be discussed at interview.There is an option for some home working as appropriate.
Thesuccessful candidate will have support within the team from team leaders andclinical leads and from the clinical services manager and senior managementteam in the service delivery unit.
There are a total of hoursper week for this role.
Main duties of the job
You will provide leadership for the paediatric therapies team. You will be responsible for line managing the team leaders and clinical leads; offering clinical and managerial oversight to the therapy teams; leading the team through a period of change and transformation; maintaining best practice and quality for the children and young people accessing the service; supporting staff and working towards staff wellbeing; maintain policies and procedures for the teams within Trust standards. Act as an advocate for the service in multidisciplinary forum.
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About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHSTrust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community healthservices across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learningdisability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for peopleof all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions fromover 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible workingoptions for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, andempower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why wewere named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. Wevalue diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,and ethnicities.
What we offer
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
You willensure that all Trust initiatives are interpreted and applied to the serviceand that the clinical quality of the offer is maintained through a robustreview and audit process. Engaging with transformation and change projects, youwill keep the needs of the client group central to all decision making. Youwill contribute to senior management meetings as required and will lead servicelevel meetings. You will be responsible for the governance of the service and forthe quality of practice such as clinical record keeping and safeguarding. Youwill hold an overview of the recruitment and workforce development for theservice. You will collaborate closely with the clinical services manager,commissioners and transformation partners to ensure the integrity and qualityof the offer to children and young people is maintained. You will need to beable to negotiate and delegate efficiently.
You willneed to be able to offer leadership around the implementation of policies andprocedures and ensure equality for staff in the workplace. You will need tovalue staff wellbeing and be open and transparent in all communications. Youwill need to have an open door policy for staff at all levels.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the roleplease refer to the job description and person specification attached.
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