Head of Physiotherapy

Overview

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting applications for the Head of Physiotherapy (Band 8b). This is a key senior leadership role, providing professional, strategic and operational leadership for physiotherapy services across the Trust.

The post holder will play a central role in shaping the future direction of physiotherapy, driving quality improvement, supporting workforce development and contributing to Trust-wide priorities in a large, complex teaching organisation.

This post will be a part of the Senior leadership team for Adult Therapies and Psychological Services Clinical Support Unit and is expected to work collaboratively with key teams within therapies and other CSUs.

If you would like a discussion, please email: or .

• Provide professional and strategic leadership for physiotherapy services across the Trust.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care.
• Lead service improvement, transformation and innovation initiatives.
• Support, develop and inspire the physiotherapy workforce.
• Work collaboratively with CSU, corporate and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Maintain professional, regulatory and clinical governance standards.

• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist.
• Significant demonstrable senior leadership and management experience within physiotherapy.
• Experience of leading service improvement and change in a complex NHS environment.

• You will be an experienced senior physiotherapist currently with the credibility, leadership skills and vision to operate at Band 8b level.
• Excellent communication, influencing and partnership-working skills.
• Demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Proven track record in implementing change.

This post offers an excellent opportunity for experienced leaders seeking to progress at senior level, with the chance to influence strategic direction.

Informal discussions are encouraged. Please contact Amina Hans-Adam – General Manager () or Becky Vickers – Head of Therapies () for further information.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

The post holder will provide both short and long term strategic, professional and managerial leadership for all staff within the profession providing the delivery of a Trust-wide service and to other healthcare providers as appropriate.

In conjunction and collaboration with key senior managers and lead professionals develop the strategic planning for professional and service development, redesign and modernisation with emphasis on clinical governance, quality assurance, risk management, staff management and workforce development.

Managerially accountable for a number of teams within one profession across all sites including satellite units based in other Trusts, as relevant, and may manage another profession/service if requested to do so.

As part of the Adult Therapies CSUs Senior Team support the effective functioning of the CSU and the communication both within the CSU and across the Trust.

The post holder will provide and ensure effective liaison and partnership working with key organisations e.g. Social Services, Leeds Community Health and Leeds Commissioners.

Lead on professional matters relating to the specific profession in keeping with guidance from the Health Professions Council and professional…