About the Role
As an integrated Acute and Community Trust, this role will be acute service facing, based at our acute hospital site – Midland Metropolitan University Hospital – but with a focus on development of services and pathways to provide excellence in clinical care across the patient journey.
* Ambitious to improve services?
* Passionate to teach and inspire?
* Seeking freedom to lead?
* Innovative and driven?
Sandwell & West Birmingham are seeking to recruit an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with well-developed leadership, communication and engagement skills as the Service Lead within our Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Service. This Service Lead role includes both clinical and service leadership & development responsibilities so is ideally suited to someone with advanced clinical skills looking to retain a clinical portfolio whilst also having the opportunity to lead and influence service change.
* This exciting role could either provide a new opportunity for an existing Service Lead, or an opportunity for an individual looking to work at this level who is keen to broaden their experience and scope within the speciality of Trauma & Orthopaedics.
Responsibilities
* Provide advanced clinical care in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
* Lead quality improvement initiatives and develop multidisciplinary working relationships.
* Influence delivery of change at pace whilst strengthening quality and safety standards.
* Operate within the multidisciplinary iBeds Directorate Senior Leadership Team to influence improvements across multiple clinical areas.
Qualifications
* Clinical background in Trauma and Orthopaedics with ability to work at an advanced clinical level.
* Proven track record of leading for quality improvement.
* Excellent communication, critical thinking and strong leadership skills, including in challenging situations.
* Passionate about the value of the AHP workforce and commitment to developing highly engaged and skilled therapists and therapy support workers.
Our Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people. Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population."
Future Direction
* Develop new models of care such as "hot and cold" arrangement to protect elective / planned care service delivery.
* Consider optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation.
* Reduce unwarranted variance, level up and standardise care through a "Networked Service Solution" approach across the four sites.
* Expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts.
Benefits and Culture
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and encourage flexible working. We also commit to embedding sustainable practices and expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes.
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