Professional Lead Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Main areaAllied health professionsGradeNHS AfC: Band 8bContractPermanentHours
1. Part time
2. Flexible working
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Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
Professional lead physiotherapist
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Part time hours per week
Base: Derby City base TBC
Working for a Trust like Derbyshire Health Care NHS Foundation Trust is exceptional in so many ways. Here are a few of those reasons:
3. Up to days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
4. Option to buy additional annual leave
5. Join one of the best pension schemes in the UK
6. Health Service discounts
7. Staff health & wellbeing programme
8. Free parking at all of our sites
9. A fair mileage scheme
10. Lease car scheme
11. Supported study leave
Main duties of the job
Professional Lead Physiotherapist -
1) To provide professional leadership within area of responsibility – influencing national policy and strategies and holding professional responsibility for establishing, ensuring
and governing standards.
2) The post holder will be an accountable source for policy level thinking within their own profession to support the on-going development of professional practice and development of staff.
3) Acting as the link between DHCFT and the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy CSP professional body, the post holder will primarily be responsible for addressing the professional issues relevant to, and affecting, their area of responsibility in and DHCFT.
4) To ensure the overarching guidance to ensure safe, effective, patient centered and high quality direct patient care which is consistent and equitable across all care groups in DHCFT.
5) To be accountable for the governance and oversight of patient care for the Physiotherapy profession within area of responsibility, clinical governance, equity, implementation of evidence based practice, continuous quality improvement, research and development.
6) Will also contribute to the collective - AHP perspective through working in partnership within the AHP Committee group
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire HealthCare Foundation Trust has been rated as ‘good ‘ by the Care Quality Commission; we have achieved this by providing high quality patient care, within an inclusive organisation that works together and shows care and compassion for each other.
DHCFT is an NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it. Our Vision is to make a positive difference in people’s lives by improving health and wellbeing. Our objectives are to provide great care, be a great place to work and best use of money. Our values of People first, Respect, Honesty, & Do your best are why our workforce chose to work for the NHS & DHCFT.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
So now let’s talk about you…
1.Are you a registered physiotherapist
2.Are you educated to degree level or hold demonstrable equivalent experience
3.Are you educated to Post Graduate level study or demonstrable equivalent experience
4.Do you have a proven track record in service user and carer engagement and involvement in service development
5.Do you hold have exceptional leadership skills and proven ability to motivate others
6.Do you have a proven track record in working across systems and with partners to deliver improved services
7.Are you a keen, compassionate, dynamic practitioner with experience of working within mental health, learning disability or child health?
8.Are you passionate about our services and ensuring safe and effective interventions are delivered to service users, their families and other professionals.
9. Are you an experienced clinician who empowers others and is able to support a culture of change within services.
12. Are you a great communicator who strives to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care
13. Are you able to work effectively within a team and with our partner agencies
If so here are the Next Steps:
· Submit your application via this advert and our recruitment team will support your through your application.
· If you wish to discuss the role/service further then please contact me (Becki Priest, Deputy Director of Practice & Transformation and AHP lead) via email or call me on
As an employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DHCFT Way outlined on our website and in the additional information provided
We Look forward to hearing from you.
Person specification
attainment and quals
Essential criteria
14. HPC registration
15. physiotherapy leadership experience
16. CSP membership
17. leadership training or equivalent experience
18. •Experience of working as a specialist clinical physiotherapist
Desirable criteria
19. Needs to be a member of professional network groups
20. has masters level qualification or working towards / willing to undertake
Skills
Essential criteria
21. •Proven facilitation skills in relation to workforce issues and complaints
22. •High level of communication skills able to present complex, sensitive or contentious information to a large group of staff or members of the public
23. •Ability to adopt necessary leadership styles depending on the context. Effective negotiation and influencing skills.
Desirable criteria
24. •Project management skills/experience
25. •Experience if leading Audits against National Policy Guidance
Knowledge
Essential criteria
26. •Experience of leading a lead with accountability
27. •Experience of leading a team through transformation
28. •Experience of leading complaints resolution
29. •Experience delivering supervision – professional related
30. •Dealing with complaints
31. •Experience of recruitment
Desirable criteria
32. •Ability to demonstrate multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
33. •Experience in managing budgets
34. •Knowledge of Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Paediatrics
35. •Workforce planning and development
36. •Links with professional networks
other
Essential criteria
37. •Experience in representing physiotherapy in wider stakeholder engagement Able to travel from various bases as required by the post
Desirable criteria
38. •Experience in providing organisational change management
values
Essential criteria
39. •Respect •Honesty •People First •Do your best
Further details / informal visits contact
Namebecki priestJob titledeputy director and Chief AHPEmail numberAdditional information
I work Tuesday to Friday each week
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE 3LZ
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