Head of Therapies

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

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Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for the operational development and delivery of therapy, quality and clinical practice at divisional level. As part of the divisional management team, the Head of Therapies will work collaboratively with the Associate Director of Therapies to provide assurance to the Executive Team and Board of Directors that robust systems of governance and performance management are in place and that high quality patient led services are being developed and delivered.

As part of the Community Senior Management Team, the post holder will support the Associate Director of Therapies and contribute to developing the strategic direction and implementation of the therapies and wider Community Divisional Strategy whilst ensuring care is delivered at a high standard and quality.

Main duties of the job

This post is designed to co-ordinate the monitoring of key quality performance indicators to identify areas of good practice and support areas requiring development, including the lead for the risk management function within the Community Division.

The post holder will work in partnership with the Trust Risk Management team in all areas of risk that include clinical incidents, serious clinical incidents, complaints, litigation, compliance and the wider Trust Clinical Governance.

The post holder will support the division to deliver the Quality Improvement agenda, including horizon scanning to identify areas where the division can lead on quality improvement to provide high quality care for our patients.

Working for our organisation

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Champion the therapy priorities and support performance monitoring and reporting arrangements to demonstrate progress within the Division.

Support the Associate Director of Therapies in the planning and management of projects and the implementation of change across the Trust, ensuring professional relationships are maintained and multi-professional relationships encouraged.

Support the implementation of the Trust's governance and risk management strategies and support the division with the monitoring and maintenance of the divisional risk and compliance registers.

Work closely with risk management and PALS to ensure complaints and incidents are dealt with appropriately with actions agreed and effective monitoring set in place.

Be the Community Therapy lead for patient and quality initiatives. Develop and embed the use of patient stories and ensure patient experience is a core part of service improvement.

Support the division in preparing for assessments and inspections from external bodies.

Support the Associate Director of Therapies to ensure workforce models are assessed and evaluated, making recommendations to the division and trust board as required.

Participate in the wider trust organisational development programmes taking a lead role where appropriate.

Support the senior divisional team in the delivery of the divisional KPI's, SLA's and Quality Indicators

Lead the investigation of incident reporting, serious complaints and safeguarding investigations within the Division and ensure learning within the division and across the trust.

To participate in Trust wide initiatives to support achieving the Trust's objectives as appropriate.

Be visible and accessible to services, departments and teams, working clinically to support and develop teams when necessary.

Support the Divisional Clinical Governance agenda, including involvement in Divisional Governance Forums, and support the Associate Director of Therapies and Associate Director of Nursing to ensure Patient Safety and Quality Boards function effectively.

Lead on research and audit within therapy services informing and influencing the Division in respect of staff training needs.

Support the Therapy Service Leads, Team Leads and Clinical Leads in reviewing dependency and acuity across inpatient and community services through the collation and presentation of data using approved tools.

Comply with the professional standards and codes of the HCPC.

Act as a role model, mentor and coach, ensuring that direct reports are supported to achieve their full potential, with clear goals and priorities, aligned to those in the division and organisation.

Contribute and lead the development of in-house education and training programmes.

Monitor compliance with professional standards in the division set by the trust including those for appraisal, mandatory training and behaviour.

Support the Associate Director of Therapies in the development, implementation, response rate and evaluation of Patient-Related Experience Measures (PREMs), responding to patient feedback to make improvements.

Inform and influence the Division in respect of staff training needs in keeping with the Divisional training strategy.

To support the Therapy Services Managers, Team Leads and Clinical Leads in ensuring that mandatory training is undertaken as identified in the Divisional training strategy.

To manage additions to or removal of training that is considered mandatory according to investigations or policy decisions.

Responsible for the community therapy budgets and ensuring these are maintained to achieve the Divisional / Trust's financial targets, including bank and agency spend, cost improvement targets and management of resources.

To provide clinical and professional supervision as required to groups or individuals.

To maintain a high profile within the clinical areas and participate in the Trust arrangements for Clinical Governance.

To collaborate with the Therapy Services Managers to ensure processes are in place to optimise the operational, financial and utilisation of the workforce.

To collect, monitor and evaluate data and statistics pertaining to operational, financial and workforce performance across the Community Therapies Directorate.

To work in partnership with the wider organisation and external providers towards local and National strategies.

Represent therapy services at internal and external forums, deputising for the Associate Director of Therapies as required.

Participate in the Community on-call rota

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council with a Degree or equivalent level AHP Profession qualification
• Masters level qualification in relevant speciality or equivalent qualifications or knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate leadership or management qualification or equivalent experience

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Significant proven managerial experience at a senior level within nursing leading and managing/leading a number of clinical areas and/or departments.
• A proven track record of leadership, service performance improvement and organisational change
• Evidence of forging and nurturing partnerships and collaborative relationships
• Experience of supporting a large, complex professional workforce
• Experience of quality and risk management, to include experience in analysing and managing complex complaints.
• Participation in audit and promotion of evidence-based practice

Desirable criteria

• Involvement in strategic development and implementation

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential criteria

• Able to articulate a clear vision for therapies and AHPs which will enable the division to meet its objectives.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills
• Well-developed political awareness, influencing, negotiating and conflict resolution skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote innovative approaches to service development
• Well-developed delegation, people and workload management skills
• Possess a research appreciation with an ability for critical thinking and to influence others through research findings
• Professional and patient focused
• Ability to work with and through ambiguity
• Ability to work in various locations and settings and access to transport
• Self-confident and emotionally resilient

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It's important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD and Person Spec (PDF, 416.4KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)