Overview
The Assistant Director of Therapies (Head Therapist) is a senior lead in the Royal & Broadgreen (RLB) Therapies Care Group, part of the Division of Medicine. The RLB Therapies leadership team works in collaboration with Aintree University Hospitals Therapies Care Group to deliver inpatient, outpatient and community services. Accountable to the Head of Operations for RLB Therapies, you will work alongside other Head and Lead Therapists across three main sites - Broadgreen Hospital, the Royal Liverpool Hospital & Aintree University Hospital - providing professional, managerial and clinical leadership across the Therapies workforce.
Responsibilities
* Shape the strategic direction, quality, performance, and productivity of therapy services while ensuring care is safe, effective, compassionate, and aligned to Trust objectives.
* Lead in a fast-paced, evolving environment with autonomy, confidence, and accountability while modelling the Trust\'s values.
* Provide direct line management to operational teams and hold budgetary responsibility. Maintain operational delivery while driving long-term strategic vision, workforce development, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
* Be based primarily at Broadgreen Hospital with responsibilities across Broadgreen, the Royal Liverpool and Aintree hospital sites. Oversee therapy teams including registered and unregistered staff across Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Podiatry, Orthotics and Speech and Language Therapy.
Organisational context
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women\'s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was formed to improve the care provided to our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care along with highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital offers elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women\'s Hospital specializes in health for women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies annually in the UK\'s largest single-site maternity hospital. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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