Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-7499-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2024
Employer heading
Head of Acute Therapy Services
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Acute Therapy Services provides occupational therapy and physiotherapy to support the recovery and rehabilitation of patients across our core set of medical and surgical wards, specialist units and outpatients. This is a large and diverse clinical department operating across the acute hospitals of the Trust and working closely with therapists in MSK and our community services.
We are looking for a new Head of Acute Therapy Services to replace the current post-holder who is retiring. This is a prominent clinical leadership role and to succeed you will need to have substantial clinical and leadership experience in the acute NHS sector, a deep understanding of the role of occupational therapy and physiotherapy across acute pathways, and the ability to articulate a collective ambition for the service that empowers staff and drives development and innovation.
Main duties of the job
The main duties and responsibilities of the role are:
- Clinical Leadership and Governance
- Strategic Planning and Operational Management
- Clinical Practice
- Audit, Service Evaluation and Research
- Education and Training
- Staff and Resource Management
- Communication, Information and IT
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest NHS Trusts we offer some fantastic staff benefits including:
• Friendly teams
• A pension that we also pay into for you
• Flexible working
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Loads of discounts at national and local shops/services
• Career development and training opportunities
• On-site childcare
• Free health and wellbeing support
An overview of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals can be found through this link.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for the full details of this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy, or, BSc in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy plus evidence of Master’s level study or currently be working towards, or be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of advanced study, learning or training or the equivalent level of practice
- Current HCPC registration as an OT or PT
Desirable criteria
- Master’s level degree in a specialist OT or PT field.
- Management qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial and significant experience of clinical practice in the NHS
- Management of patients in a range of specialist clinical areas, and in group and individual settings
- Responsibility for professional leadership and operational manage¬ment of an OT/PT team
- Planning and delivering successful organisational change and service improvement
- Working across multiple professional and organisational boundaries
- Involvement in research, audit and service evaluation
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision of clinical staff and students
- Managing a devolved budget
- Development of policies, procedures and strategies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing service plans, business cases and proposals
- Contributing to procurement process and commissioning plans
- Professional activity at regional or national level
- Oral presentations at conferences
- Publications in peer reviewed journals or books
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post-graduate level continued professional development
- Postgraduate training or development in clinical skills in a specialist field
- Postgraduate training or development in management and leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Completion of a recognised Leadership Training Programme
- Training in Service or Quality Improvement Methods relevant to healthcare
- Postgraduate qualification in management and leadership
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills to drive change, motivate others and foster an effective professional community based on empowerment and collaboration
- Capability to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgments, and take personal responsibility and initiative
- Resilience and adaptability to complex, unpredictable and challenging operating conditions
- Strategic and critical thinking; the ability to clearly articulate vision, challenge the status quo and inspire others to change
- Workload prioritisation and time management
- Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing; effective influencing and negotiating skills; and responsiveness to different contexts.
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues; the capability to work independently and collaboratively; and the capacity for effective net¬working
- Ability to perform daily tasks using Microsoft Word, Outlook and MS Teams
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Unwavering commitment to the Trust’s PROUD values and behaviours.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Mark Cobb
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 271 3327
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