Job overview
Are you a passionate leader ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people? If so, we welcome you to join our innovative and dynamic Children & Young People’s Integrated Therapy Service.
Why Now?We are committed to tackling health inequalities by embedding the Personalised Care Model approach. To strengthen this approach, it’s important that our leadership team is representative of the diverse communities we support in Buckinghamshire. We therefore welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are keen to diversify our leadership team and are committed to developing leaders with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We foster a culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can bring their authentic selves to work.
Why Us?
You will join a compassionate and enthusiastic senior leadership team working jointly with the Head of Service, operational leads for Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy and physiotherapy pathway leads to ensure the high-quality delivery of these services.
Main duties of the job
You will be our Operational Lead for Children's Physiotherapy and will provide strategic, operational, professional and clinical leadership to our physiotherapy team. Our service is an integrated therapies model, consisting of speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, providing therapy support for children and young people with education, health and care needs in partnership with the Local Area.
What is involved?
·Oversee the delivery of physiotherapy services for children and young people 0-19, ensuring that all children receive the support they need to succeed.
·The service collaborates within a programme of transformation in the Local Area for children with SEND, you will co-produce services with service users and key partners in health, education, social care and the voluntary sector to support a whole system response to the needs of children and young people.
·Manage resolution processes as necessary, ensuring every child’s voice is heard and their needs are met with care and respect.
Working for our organisation
Benefits?
1. Be part of an exciting new future by joining a team with an inclusive environment where everyone’s contributions are valued and respected so that colleagues feel they belong.
2. We encourage our teams to make their voice count and we listen and act on their feedback. We have active Freedom to Speak Up Champions and consistently score highly for compassionate leadership in the National NHS Staff Survey.
3. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
4. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
5. We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
6. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
7. We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
8. We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
9. Flexible/hybrid working.
Person specification
Education, qualifictaions and training
Essential criteria
10. Degree in Physiotherapy
11. Professional registration with HCPC
12. Post graduate clinical/ management qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level
13. Significant demonstrable experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing health services
14. Member of relevant professional body e.g., CPS.
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
16. Experience of effectively leading and implementing change
17. Experience of budget management / management of resources
18. Experience of monitoring staff performance
19. Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
20. Demonstrate an awareness of complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines
21. An open and facilitative style of leadership
22. Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity
23. Ability to support and challenge traditional views and work practices in a credible and non threatening way
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
24. Able to travel between a range of clinical location
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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