Join Our Team as a Therapies Clinical Specialist Manager – Lead, Innovate, and Transform NHS Therapy Services
We are seeking a Clinical Specialist Managerto take charge of our highly skilled therapy teams, including Adult Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Sarcoma, London Spinal Cord Injury Centre (LSCIC) Therapy, Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy. This is a pivotal role in driving service excellence, strategic development, and operational efficiency across multiple specialist areas.
Why Join Us?
As a key member of the Therapies Directorate senior leadership team, you will have the unique opportunity to lead and shape therapy services in one of the NHS’s most renowned trusts. Your leadership will directly influence patient outcomes, workforce development, and innovative service transformation, ensuring that our therapy services remain at the forefront of clinical excellence.
What You’ll Do
• Lead & Inspire – Provide strategic leadership and operational management to specialist therapy teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Service Development & Transformation– Drive the evolution of therapy services.
• Clinical Governance & Quality Assurance – Oversee clinical governance, incident management, and health & safety, ensuring high standards of patient care and risk management.
• People Management – Support, mentor, and develop a team of therapy professionals, ensuring their skills and knowledge meet evolving service demands.
• Financial & Resource Management – Manage budgets and ensure efficient allocation of resources, driving cost-effective, high-quality service delivery.
Who We’re Looking For
We need a proactive and experienced leader with:
• A proven track record in clinical service management within the NHS or a related healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and operational planning skills.
• Experience in budget management, clinical governance, and service transformation.
• The ability to motivate and develop a diverse team, fostering a positive and inclusive working environment to deliver outstanding patient experience.
You will have a chance to make a real difference in patient care and the future of therapy services.
If you’re ready to take on this exciting challenge, please apply.
See attached Job description and Personal specification for full role and responsibilities.
At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:
• Scored above the national average for the People Promises: "We are recognised and rewarded," "We are always learning," "We work flexibly," "We are a team," and for staff engagement.
• Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.
• Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for "We work flexibly."
At RNOH, we’re committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.
Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including:
• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare
At RNOH, we are more than a workplace—we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.
The post has direct management responsibility for a number of specialist clinical teams including Adult Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Sarcoma, London Spinal Cord Injury Centre (LSCIC) therapy, Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy (provided via SLAs) and Social work. In addition, the post holder will work within and represent the Trust in the wider regional AHP community. The post holder will be part of creating a clear vision within the Trust and play a critical role in establishing the role of therapists as an integral part of the specialist orthopaedic services provided by the Trust. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the therapy services within their teams deliver high quality patient outcomes and represent good value for money.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Apr 2025
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