Deputy Head of Therapy (Inpatients) | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £66,718 - £76,271 Per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6217198/259-6217198RLH |
Summary
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Due to the promotion of the existing post-holder, we have an exciting and unique opportunity for an experienced Dietitian, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist or Speech and Language Therapist to lead our OT, Physio, SLT and Dietetics Inpatient Therapy Services at the Royal London hospital. These teams and services provide highly specialist assessment and treatment to patients across Specialist Medicine, Emergency Care & Trauma, Surgery, Peri Operative and Adult Critical Care pathways. We are looking for an experienced, highly enthusiastic, collaborative, and innovative leader to provide operational management and professional and clinical leadership of the inpatient therapy services on the site.
The Royal London hospital inpatient therapy services work within integrated multidisciplinary divisional teams to support the delivery of excellent and innovative patient care for our local population of Tower Hamlets, alongside leading and delivering within tertiary specialist services. You will be joining a dedicated and supportive team of therapists with significant expertise and innovation within supporting acute patient care and those with highly complex needs.
You will provide direct clinical supervision and operational line management across the clinical leads and be responsible for therapists and support staff alongside supporting professional leadership and networks. You will work closely with the Associate Director of Therapies for RLHMEH and Clinical Leads to create our future vision and priorities for therapy services to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent staff experience.
You will also be supported and work collaboratively with the Associate Director of Therapies for RLHMEH, other Heads of Therapies on other Bart’s Health sites, and the Group Director of AHPs to develop and implement a wider therapies workforce strategy and new AHP strategic priorities, realising inpatient therapies opportunities for workforce development, clinical effectiveness, research, and innovation.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Apr 2024