In conjunction with Therapy Management Team, develop and monitor the Inpatient Therapy Service strategies in line with the Trusts overall strategic direction and within agreed acute services reconfiguration in East Kent and national strategies. To provide a high level of day-to-day operational support to the Inpatient Therapy team to ensure that all activity and routine operational targets are met.To use expert knowledge, clinical skills and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the Multidisciplinary Team and assist the inpatient therapy teams with highly complex discharge planning and admission avoidance support.To support the development of an seamless integrated care system, involving all relevant stakeholders working with community partnersEnsure and promote a culture of collaborative working across professional boundaries, this will include Nurses, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Pharmacists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) Doctors and Care ManagersLead the implementation of therapy service strategies to achieve improved patient flow in conjunction with key stakeholders across the systems. In conjunction with the Therapy Management Team, proactively manage activity to ensure the Department meets all activity and performance targets.To maintain the Operational Management function of the Department by providing effective support systems, linking in with the Operations Manager and other Departmental administration resources Professionally and clinically leads, motivates and supervises the therapy team to ensure that safe, effective, efficient, high quality patient care is achieved.Uses leadership skills and knowledge to give advice and support to all members of the team, patients and relatives.Reviews and utilises performance and patient experience data to improve clinical care and discharge outcomesWorks with the senior team to provide an innovative approach to service delivery. This will involve developing a culture that is patient centred involving service users and which is responsive to feedback and ensure that services provided are patientfocused.Maintains HCPC professional registration and support all registrants within the team to maintain their own professional registration. In collaboration with the senior therapy team, coordinate service improvement initiatives across the Trust and with our partner organisations that lead to improvement in patient flow, transfer of care and shared care planning.Ensure service improvements are delivered in accordance with the National and Local Performance Standards and within a Corporate Governance Framework.To work with the Clinical Leads to ensure that the service responds to local and national initiatives and policy such as National Service Frameworks and NICE guidelinesTo evaluate current practices in own work and that of the team,