Job summary
Professional Lead for Physiotherapy
Are you looking for an amazing leadership opportunity to lead a group of talented and skilled professionals? Are you looking to work in a well-supported organisation with excellent management support? Are you motivated, driven and really want to make a difference for your colleagues and patients? If you are, then this may be the right job for you.
We are looking for a supportive, motivated, inspiring leader to lead the Physiotherapy services at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.If you want to know more about the Therapies team, please see the document on Careers in Therapies at Royal Berkshire Hospital attached.
We are proud of working for The Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT) where the CEO is involved, there is visible leadership at all levels and employees aspire to work to our care values.
Main duties of the job
Leadership and Operational management:
Professional leadership of the Physiotherapy Service and operational management of the Therapy teams in MSK, Rheumatology, Women's Health, Paediatrics, Pain management, Acute Stroke, Neurological Rehabilitation, Emergency Department, Elderly Care wards, Medical and respiratory services, and other front door services., Orthopaedics, ICU, Surgery, Gynaecology, Paediatric wards, as well as the Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner Service, and Hydrotherapy service.
Responsible for:
This role is responsible for the development of high quality, clinically effective patient centred services, ensuring these are delivered through the effective leadership, management and deployment of resources ensuring staff well-being and support.
About us
RBFT is one of the largest district general hospital foundation trusts in the country. With a turnover of over £375m, employing over 5,000 staff and delivering care from multiple sites, we provide acute medical and surgical services to a population of 500,000 patients in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services to a wider population of 1 million across Berkshire and its borders.
Reading has excellent links into London (25 minute train journey from Paddington) fantastic schools, big shopping centre, and a community-feel in town.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the Job role, please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached.
Person Specification
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Experience of training and developing other qualified staff.
- Experience of producing information, monitoring performance and identifying opportunity for service improvement.
- Experience of monitoring data and information on performance and highlighting variances.
- Highly effective teamwork skills; Able to work with others collaboratively to provide solutions for best long term care.
- Service improvement examples in application
- Able to demonstrate Leadership examples in application
Desirable
- Project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2)
- Experience of successfully leading change programmes
- Experience of working within a devolved management structure.
Education
Essential
- Graduate qualification or equivalent with a postgraduate qualification or significant experience
- Significant post qualification experience gained in a range of areas within the profession.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Rd
Reading
RG15AN