Therapy Manager - Dietetics
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £60,983.00 to £70,536.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £60983.00 - £70536.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2024 |
| Location: | Chertsey, KT16 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9323-24-0452 |
Summary
To be a specialist clinical resource for other members of staff such as medical and nursing staff, members of the specialist community-based MDT, Trust managers, and other colleagues who work in different specialities To manage clinical risk and ensure that mechanisms are in place to ensure that clinical risk is effectively managed within all services To interpret clinical and professional policies, guidance and standards and ensure that these components have been updated and incorporated into the Divisional strategic plans. To be responsible for the management of the dietetic services (outpatients and community). This will include managing change, monitoring staffing levels, implementation of HCPC and Trust standards of practice and delegating responsibility as appropriate to senior staff To monitor caseloads and workload for the dietetic staff within the specialties and support senior staff in identifying and managing appropriate caseloads for their staff To ensure the smooth running of the service responding to unforeseen circumstances, unpredictable workloads and staff shortages To ensure that the referral pathways across the service area are cohesive and provide an interface for the smooth transition between services To utilise the clinical governance framework to manage risk and improve quality within the service To develop key performance indicators for service area and be responsible for the ongoing monitoring and review of targets. Within the outpatient and community dietetic specialties develop and promote, a culture of continuous improvement and change To initiate and promote service developments within all acute services, attracting new funding where required. To actively participate in Divisional and Trust meetings ensuring the sharing of information and participation in the overall development of services. To prepare reports and board papers as requested Identify opportunities and develop approaches for multi-therapy and cross professional training and organisation of services. Negotiate and monitor service level agreements with organisations outside the NHS, e.g. Private Sector. To implement robust data collection and analysis to reflect the full extent of the activity within outpatient and community dietetic services and to contribute to the Therapy department as a whole, developing and maintaining systems for monitoring activity Manage the budgets for all services within portfolio. Conduct option appraisals on services and development plans. Improve the cost-effectiveness of the service via system, skill mix reviews and using benchmarking data. To be responsible for the line management of staff within the portfolio of services, including effective direct line management of a number of Clinical Leads. To ensure staff have appropriate supervision and support for their clinical practice and continuing professional development through team meetings, review, supervision, appraisal, training and development To ensure training and development programmes are robust across all areas. The training provided may be clinical or non-clinical in nature e.g. guidance on project management and will be both formal and informal To act as a role model to actively promote the role of therapists to stakeholders by supporting, advising and inspiring colleagues toward achieving excellence in their management of patients To act as a clinical supervisor, coach and mentor, placing as much learning as possible in a clinical context facilitating the integration of knowledge and extrapolation to new situations