Associate Director of Therapy Services

Professional leadership Be a visible leader, responsible for ensuring that therapists have a single point of visibility & accountable professional leadership across the Diagnostic, Cancer & Buckland Care Group (DCB). Provide expert advice to senior leaders in the trust regarding the therapy workforce within DCB Represent therapists within DCB professionally providing and receiving highly complex information as appropriate on Trust committees and ensure therapy voice is encouraged and heard. Provide leadership & support to the trust regarding the identification & maintenance of professional & service standards as well as clinical governance requirements Work to enhance relationships & foster multidisciplinary working across East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) services to improve patient care, research, development & innovation Work with other AHP leads to actively raise the profile of AHPs across the Trust & represent the trust on external groups relating to the therapy workforce, driving forward service improvements and increasing the profile of the work. Lead development and celebration days for professional practice, including the support of AHP days Co-ordinate and drive complex change through the trust AHP leadership group Communicate directly with heads of nursing and other professional groups ensuring that communication reaches those professionals delivering care Promote and lead on research development increasing research capacity and capability in partnership with the research team. Engage with staff and patients to foster a patient-centred approach to delivery of care Promote succession planning and talent management for senior therapy and AHP roles across the trust Maintain and enhance relationships with relevant unions Be responsible for engagement agenda for the therapies workforce and supporting staff health and wellbeing. Strategic Responsibility Support the therapy services within DCB to actively contribute to the delivery of the Trusts strategic goals, providing complex, sensitive or contentious information as required. Be responsible for ensuring that the Trusts AHP ambitions are delivered Be active in strategic workforce planning for the DCB care group Lead an effective strategy of therapy recruitment and retention including international recruitment within the care group Lead the development and implementation of therapy provision across the trust services Promote and embed a culture of clinical supervision and clinical support Lead on the development and implementation of clinical pathways across trust services Promote close collaboration and cohesive working relationships within multidisciplinary teams and maintain effective communication channels Be an effective leader for change and support a culture of continuous quality improvement and innovation Advise the care group leadership team, Deputy Chief AHP or trust executives on matters of strategic development that have an impact on therapy-delivered services Ensure that the role and development of therapists is reflected in care group and trust strategic and operational plans Complete and contribute to operational, business planning and relevant business cases or contract negotiations to develop or sustain services in line with the strategic direction of the trust. Lead on the development of commercial opportunities within therapy services Co-ordinate the trusts involvement in national AHP projects, to include Model Hospital, NHS Benchmarking and National AHP projects, overseeing the data collection and submissions Promote clinical leadership training and development for the therapy workforce Working with the research team, increase research activity which focuses on enhancing the therapy evidence base and improving the safety, efficacy and/or quality of patient care Foster positive relationships with other local, regional and national providers of therapy services Encourage the adoption of cost effective and innovative practice across the therapy professions Develop and maintain effective working relationships corporately and with AHP leaders around the delivery of therapy services Operational oversight Through analysis and interpretation of data, facts and evidence base, ensure that there is annual therapy establishment, skill mix review and workforce planning within the care group. Provide line management to senior therapy managers in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Dietetics, including annual appraisal and support for their ongoing professional development. Oversee the delivery of high quality and safe therapy services across the trust Be responsible for ensuring that the performance of therapy services is regularly monitored Work with the DCB leadership team to ensure sound financial management of all Therapy services Hold responsibility and accountability for therapy resources within the areas of operational oversight, managing the Therapy lead budget in line within agreed standing financial instructions Monitor and ensure compliance with mandatory training Support therapy managers to ensure that all staff have an identified professional lead, receive appropriate training and support Work with therapy managers to support staffing issues, including recruitment and retention, the reduction of use of agency staff and associated costs Ensure that all local and national targets relating to therapy services are delivered within a safe, high quality framework Take the lead for therapies on the development of major trust-wide initiatives

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