Job summary
An exciting opportunity to the join the Primary Care, Community and Therapies (PCCT) group at Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust (SWB) as Director of Therapies.
SWB is an integrated acute and community provider, PCCT group delivers services across acute, community bed bases, outpatients, Primary Care and community settings. Employing over 400 WTE therapists and therapy support workers across 6 directorates, including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Dietitians, Orthotics, Chiropodists, and Podiatrists.
2024 will be a landmark year for SWB with the opening of the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, of which PCCT services are paramount in delivering the clinical model for in and out of hospital services.
As the Director of Therapies (DOT), you will be part of the group quadrumvirate working alongside Clinical Director, Group Director of Nursing, Group Director of Operations. Professionally the DOT will report to the Chief AHP (once appointed) and the Chief Nurse working to develop and deliver strategies for therapies workforce trustwide.
For further information please contact Lydia Jones,, 07977 687692
Main duties of the job
1. Be a member of the PCCT senior leadership team supporting the group and the wider organisation/Chief Nurse/AHP in balancing the challenges of providing a high quality and safe service with excellent outcomes in a way that delivers efficiencies and meets the expectation of patients and other key stakeholders.
2. Be the profession led for therapies provision across the directorates with responsibility for ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness, budgetary control, clinical governance, and risk management in collaboration with Clinical/Directorate leads.
3. Provide direct support and advise the new hospital project to include the development of Midland Metropolitan Hospital, Sandwell Treatment Centre, Sheldon Block and the continued use of other retained estate and therapy workforce needs.
4. Use expert clinical knowledge to support the Chief Nurse/Chief AHP across all therapeutic services trust-wide supporting deliver of Out of hospital and bed base programmes of work.
5. Be responsible for ensuring clinical and professional standards are met across all therapy services, ensuring effective governance, risk, compliance and key quality metrics are in place to deliver safe, effective, high quality services.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
6. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
7. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
8. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details about this job role, please see the attached job description and person specification for more information.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
9. Significant experience of working in adult clinical services in a senior role to include challenging the status quo and managing conflict
10. Significant experience working at senior management level, including performance, finance and clinical governance, risk management
11. Proven experience of improving quality and safety.
12. Significant experience of managing change.
Desirable
13. Experience of working in diverse communities
Qualifications
Essential
14. Registration with Health & Care Professions Council
15. First level therapy degree or equivalent
16. Master's Degree or equivalent level of academic achievement
17. NHS leadership qualificatio
18. Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
19. Project management qualification