An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Occupational and Physiotherapy Services to join our Trust. We are looking for an inspirational Allied Health Leader who has experience within a multi-professional setting and can demonstrate a recent track record of achievement in leading and developing innovative practice in single and multi-disciplinary services.
The Head of Occupational and Physiotherapy services will report directly to the Clinical Director of Therapies and provide leadership and strategic direction, including developing and implementing standards across Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy which support professional leadership, competence, capacity, and standards of conduct.
The post holder will have operational management responsibility for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy service teams based at Central Middlesex Hospital (CMH), Ealing Hospital (EH), and Northwick Park Hospital (NPH). They will also provide ad-hoc support if required for Podiatry.
The postholder will work closely with the Director of Therapies, operational managers, finance, and human resources in the planning and delivery of a complex agenda that drives efficiency, safety, and quality initiatives across the Integrated Medicine and Therapies Division.
The post-holder will be responsible for the delivery of all operational performance targets, ensuring all services are provided within the agreed level of activity, standards of performance, safety, quality, and budget. The post holder will also be responsible for dealing with complaints and providing regular performance and quality reports.
This post includes overall management of Human resources within the service, inclusive of direct line management responsibility for seven senior clinical leads. This includes recruitment, appraisal, and performance management.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow, and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part-time, or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michael Shaw Job title: Head of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Email address: Mshaw9@nhs.net Telephone number: 07815 581901
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