Deputy Head of Physiotherapy

Assist the Head of Physiotherapy in the development and direction of the Physiotherapy service. Support the Head Physiotherapist with organisational wide strategic planning and service developments. 2. Support the Head of Physiotherapy in leading, planning, developing and evaluating the PT service, facilitating change and implementing solutions to ensure high standards of patient-centric service delivery and value for money.

Establishing maintaining and monitoring quality assurance programmes to ensure compliance with agreed internal and external standards. 3. Disseminate, interpret, share, implement and monitor Government and National policies, standards and guidelines across the PT Service to ensure that work is conducted in accordance with organisational/service policies and within health and safety regulations, e.g. development of Governance framework and risk assessments for the service.

4. Manage, advise and support Senior qualified staff, trainees and support staff through direct line management and clinical supervision to ensure that staff receive the support they need to deliver their roles to the best of their abilities and to support their continuing professional development. Take a lead in coordinating the training and development programme for the PT Service. 5.

Lead on staff recruitment, selection, retention and rotations. Ensure HR policies, procedures and documentation are completed, including absence management and performance management. 6. Give advice, support & guidance to staff through the process of dealing with conflict resolution and/or a complaint.

Communicate with staff/client/carer who has made the complaint as required to ensure a satisfactory resolution to the issue and continuous service improvement. 7. Manage a clinical caseload of complex clients as a senior practitioner. Ensure that cases are effectively managed within time and manpower constraints, and ensure all clients receive comprehensive, holistic assessment using a variety of clinical skills and individual intervention programmes in order to promote maximum independence.

This includes specialist assessment, evaluation, advice and training to clients, families and other professional staff on the management of disability, prevention of deformity and deterioration, management of environmental factors and maximising rehabilitation potential. 8. Deliver professional evaluation, consultation, advice and training to clients, carers, relatives, other professional staff within the hospital and community. Provide education to the voluntary sector as appropriate and represent the Physiotherapy profession in providing career information to local students.

9. Maintain appropriate and timely client records of assessment, intervention and progress to monitor effectiveness of intervention and to facilitate treatment planning and long-term client management. Reviewing relevant statistics for planning and monitoring the effectiveness of intervention, and for auditing the efficacy and effectiveness of the Physiotherapy service according to departmental and national guidelines.