Head of Acute Therapy Services

6 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Acute Therapy Services provides occupational therapy and physiotherapy to support the recovery and rehabilitation of patients across our core set of medical and surgical wards, specialist units and outpatients. This is a large and diverse clinical department operating across the acute hospitals of the Trust and working closely with therapists in MSK and our community services.

We are looking for a new Head of Acute Therapy Services to replace the current post-holder who is retiring. This is a prominent clinical leadership role and to succeed you will need to have substantial clinical and leadership experience in the acute NHS sector, a deep understanding of the role of occupational therapy and physiotherapy across acute pathways, and the ability to articulate a collective ambition for the service that empowers staff and drives development and innovation.

**The main duties and responsibilities of the role are**:
Clinical Leadership and Governance

Strategic Planning and Operational Management

Clinical Practice

Audit, Service Evaluation and Research

Education and Training

Staff and Resource Management

Communication, Information and IT

As one of the largest NHS Trusts we offer some fantastic staff benefits including:

- Friendly teams
- A pension that we also pay into for you
- Flexible working
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Loads of discounts at national and local shops/services
- Career development and training opportunities
- On-site childcare
- Free health and wellbeing support

An overview of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals can be found through this link.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for the full details of this post.



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