An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Therapy Services Directorate Manager within Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. The post holder will assist in the strategic development of therapy services within Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and work closely with partners across the wider health economy to ensure a seamless patient journey. Please note, this recruitment process will include an assessment centre which will be held on Thursday 17th October 2024. The post holder will be responsible for the management, delivery, and performance of a high-quality Therapy Service for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible for financial and business management, implementation of policies and service changes and quality performance of the service. The post holder will have the focus of leading on Therapy services Quality and Governance, providing support to the Therapy Services Directorate Manager Finance and Performance lead. Responsibilities Include Line management of therapy operational managers/clinical therapy managers including staffing resources for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Speech & Language Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Therapy Administration Effective resource management to meet service demands Assisting in strategic development of therapy services in collaboration with the local health economy Leading therapy contributions to ensure all access, quality and performance targets are achieved Supporting the provision of cost and quality improvement programmes within therapy services and impacted by therapy services The Successful Applicant Will Have HCPC registration Relevant professional qualification to ensure clinical credibility Management experience leading teams through change Budget management and cost improvement skills and experience Strong organisational skills Excellent communication and negotiation skills Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Viki Hunt Job title: Head of Therapy Services Email address: viki.huntsthk.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 430 1131