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Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting new leadership opportunity in a beautiful part of the UK?

The Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy provides leadership and governance for Occupational therapists in Cornwall across Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The post works closely with professional leads for other AHP services as well as the 3^rd sector, voluntary services, Higher Education Institutes, and many others.

You will be responsible for the strategic oversight from local, regional, and national perspectives on health, education, workforce development and service delivery. Advising the Associate Director of AHPs, Integrated Therapy Lead, Therapy Managers, Areas Directors, Triumvirate Managers and other operational managers across both organisations.

This post is across both the acute and community services, and supports a population of around 500,00 which can double in the holiday periods. Our system is moving to supporting more of its population to access services close to home, responding in a preventative approach and embedding digital solutions as part of its core offer.

We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Main duties of the job

To develop and deliver, safe and effective services in accordance with national targets, national and local standards, service priorities and performance indicators, ensuring that the provision of evidence based therapy provision for patients and their families/carers is considered along with clinical guidance from within their professional body.

To work collegiately with operational managers to ensure the current workforce is appropriately trained and have the appropriate skill mix.  Contribute to the development of future workforce planning in conjunction with HR and operational managers and taking into account cost impact of strategic workforce planning of professional groups.

The post holder will be a member of the AHP Professional leadership structure across CFT and RCHT; leading on undergraduate and post qualification learning, development and CPD To advocate for their profession in the delivery of high quality evidence based patient care.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.  We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.  We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.  As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust.  This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases.  Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.  Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live her.  A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.  As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.  In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area.  This increase the numbers of people who use out services.