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Therapy Manager

Please Note: The application deadline for this vacancy has now passed.

Role Summary

The Therapy Manager will work within a designated Cluster providing integrated health and social care delivery. Working in close partnership with the Professional Leads the Therapy Manager will:

  • Be responsible for the leadership and delivery of therapy and rehabilitation services within the Cluster through the operational management of NHS employed Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Nurses (optional) and their support staff including administration staff.   
  • Ensure professional practice excellence through the provision of line management, supervision, casework monitoring, consultation and practice development which focuses on promoting excellence in assessment, treatment and the attainment of care planning outcomes.
  • Lead, develop and contribute and implement the local delivery of fully integrated Health and Social Care (H&SC) therapy and rehabilitation services.
  • Be responsible for the delivery of agreed targets and key performance indicators, including budgetary responsibility for the therapy and rehabilitation services.
  • Hold a clinical responsibility in the form of a caseload and/or by providing advanced clinical reasoning and decision making to support the team in providing care of the highest quality.
  • Provide appropriate operational advice to the CSM.

Secure and maintain effective working relationships with key agencies.

About the Role

We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

  • National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
  • Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
  • Car lease schemes.
  • The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
  • Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

We are seeking a first class candidate to lead the therapy service across the Seaton, Axminster and Sidmouth area.  If you have energy, enthusiasm and the desire to lead the development and delivery of excellent services for patients, we would welcome your application.   Changes across health and social care, both nationally and locally, mean there is a greater need to support people during their recovery from health crisis and to enable them, where possible, to return home and/or remain at home in order to optimise their independence, health and wellbeing.   

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist, to take on this role.  The ideal candidate will be somebody who shows great inspirational leadership abilities and who will contribute to the positive team culture in the Seaton, Axminster and Sidmouth Health and Social Care Team.

Working Pattern: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday with approximately 1/14 on-call

Interview Date: 10th October 2022

For further information please contact: Richard Anderson, Community Health and Social Care Manager on 07854 355246 / richardanderson1@nhs.net

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

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