An exciting opportunity has arisen to undertake the role of an AHP Therapy Lead at Bury Care Organisation . You will be joining the Allied Health Professions leadership team for the acute AHP services. You will operationally manage a team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists at Fairfield General Hospital, across a specific clinical area (stroke) and taking the professional lead for Occupational Therapists across the Directorate. There will also be an expectation to work clinically within your professional role and the clinical speciality.

You must have experience and evidence of skills and training required for a band 8a leadership role but support will be provided by the other Therapy Leads and the Assistant Director of AHPs

You will gain experience of working in a busy and changing environment where there is a proactive approach to evidence-based practice, service development and continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job

• To provide professional support for specific AHP staff group (Occupational Therapy) and clinical support within speciality (stroke).
• To provide operational management and evaluation of the physiotherapy and occupational therapy service.
• To contribute to future plans and service development initiatives
• To manage staffing issues, recruitment and retention, workforce and succession planning.
• To monitor/manage quality indicators and response times for your service.
• To be responsible for clinical governance issues: to undertake risk assessments to investigate incidents and resolve complaints.
• The service is working towards a 7-day model and as such you will be expected to be flexible in terms of working patterns including weekends, bank holidays and extra hours if necessary.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our threecore values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• HCPC Registered

Desirable

• Management Qualification

Knowledge/experience

Essential

• Highly developed specialist knowledge/experience/training to Masters level or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio.
• Substantial post graduate experience
• Extensive experience including a substantial amount of time within a Team leader role.
• Knowledge of budgetary and finance issues
• Ability to manage designated team, setting appraisal and performance targets for staff.
• Good working knowledge of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management.
• Understanding of relationships between health and partner organisations.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written/verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate persuasively across a range of professional and other groups
• Ability to interpret, critically appraise and utilise information and research to demonstrate a commitment to evidence-based approaches to management.
• Ability to plan and organise designated service.
• Ability to interpret a range of clinical, professional, managerial and Trust policies
• Effective presentation skills

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fairfield General Hospital

Rochdale Old Road

Bury

BL9 7TD

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