Job overview

Are you looking for a new role to challenge your leadership, management, and clinical skills?

We are excited to be able to offer an amazing opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist, or Physiotherapist, to join our combined therapy services department, as a Band 8a Therapy Manager, supporting our Front Door (AMU and ED), Medical and Medicine for Older People teams.

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. 

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. 

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care. 

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to build on their leadership skills, or take the step into a leadership role: leading a team of OT, Physio, and therapy support staff, across these clinical areas, and the wider trust, whilst also utilising their highly specialised clinical skills in acute working, and complex discharge planning.

As part of this role you will be leading teams to be innovative, working together to always improve, and put patients first.  This role will require you to work both clinically, and in a leadership role, supporting staff, and developing services. You will be part of our therapy management team, promoting department and trust strategic aims.

This post is part of the wider Therapy services department, and therefore you will have many opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge through our in-service training. You will be part of a large department of over 290 wte Therapy staff including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy support staff.

We run a 7-day therapy service and working on weekends and Bank Holidays, on a roster basis, may be expected as part of your working hours.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

As an 8a Therapy manager you will be an integral member of the Therapy management team, helping support the values of the Trust within therapy services, and supporting the streamlining of services for patients. You will be responsible for leading on the development of the staff working across AMU/ED, Medicine and Medicine for Older People wards, as well as within the wider trust, according to your dept roles. This will include close working relationships with divisional management teams, care group managers, and matrons. 

With your professional skills you will provide the clinical expertise to support staff working across the wider Trust by providing advice, education, and support with complex caseloads. This is a  clinical managerial role, with a strong presence on the wards, demonstrating clinical expertise across the Front door/MOP/Medicine patient pathway, and supporting all staff to develop and grow in their roles.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

•    Develop and convey the “vision” for the whole therapy service working alongside all colleagues to facilitate positive patient experience and outcomes. 
•    Be responsible for organising the effective management of therapy staff within your allocated Therapy teams, plus supporting rotating B5/B6 staff, and wider department areas where needed.
•    Manage the budget holder for the Medicine budget and maintain your staffing in line with budget requirements, including supporting cost improvement targets where needed.
•    Support patient flow across the above-named clinical areas, supporting development of new initiatives to promote discharge and flow. 
•    Provide highly specialised clinical advice, both within the Trust and externally, particularly linking with community providers to support streamlining the pathways affecting discharge.

Attached you will find the person specification and job description documents, which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. 

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
 
We are looking for a highly experienced therapist, either OT or Physio, with experience working in a fast-paced acute healthcare setting. You need to be experienced in people management, leading a team, be familiar with HR processes, and be able to demonstrate good leadership skills. 

We are seeking someone who is motivated and enthusiastic, having demonstrable skills in MDT working, teaching and education, plus involvement in research and audit.

We are looking for someone with expertise in the clinical assessment of MOP/Medicine patient cohort, and an interest in frailty is desired.

Core hours will be Monday to Friday, however as we run our Therapy service over 365 days a year you may need to work hours at weekends or Bank Holidays on occasion, to support your team who work a 7-day flexible working pattern.

Experience of working in the acute setting and recent NHS is essential.

UHS is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK and is fast-paced and busy, so if you are an experienced,  dynamic and enthusiastic Occupational or Physiotherapist, looking for a challenge, we would love to hear from you.

We welcome enquiries and are happy to answer any questions you may have so please contact Morgan Brown (Head of Therapies – Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy) at [email protected] or phone 02381 206 457

Please note: Any applications written and generated by AI may not be shortlisted.

For other therapy career opportunities please email [email protected]

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

• BSc / MSc degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Leadership, or management training, at master’s level or equivalent experience
• Significant relevant clinical experience within Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Project Management qualification / further training, or demonstrates substantial level of project delivery experience
• Consolidated experience to demonstrate capability and capacity for management of acute health services at a senior level
• Demonstrable staff, and resource, management experience across a range of a variety of issues
• Able to facilitate and implement policy, guidelines, and projects from initiation to completion
• Demonstrates experience of managing challenging problems by developing practical workable solutions to address them.
• Ability to communicate vision to staff and manage change effectively.

Desirable criteria

• Previous proven experience in an acute healthcare setting
• Able to demonstrate sound understanding of healthcare priorities and political agendas

Skills and competencies

Essential criteria

• Communication
• Negotiation skills
• Report writing
• People management
• Leadership
• Emotional intelligence
• Diplomacy
• Influencing
• Prioritisation
• Data analysis
• Incident resolution
• Advanced keyboard skills
• Persuasion skills

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if large numbers of applications are received.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of your application. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date of this post, please presume that you have not been selected for interview.

Applicants from University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust whose posts are considered to be ‘At Risk’ will be given prior consideration for this post

Our Trust runs the return to practice course each year for nurses who have been out of the profession and wish to return. To find out more please visit our website:

http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/WorkingHere/Typesofjob/Nurses/Returntonursing.aspx

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Getting to Work

Application can be made for parking on site at UHS or through one of the park and ride schemes. This will be based on specific criteria to determine eligibility for site parking as this can be very limited.  UHS encourages staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible. UHS is well connected through bus services to the city centre and other areas.

Please note that we will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

Our staff are positive about working at UHS and rate us above average compared to other NHS Trusts in the Staff Attitude Survey. We are rated strongly on a number of areas including teamwork, communication and engagement.

Equality remains at the centre of all Trust policy making, service delivery and employment practice with all employees being given equality of opportunity to develop, apply for promotion and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. The Trust also closely monitors recruitment activity, training and development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

As a service provider the Trust ensures equality of access and delivery of our services through the provision of interpreter services, facilities for the disabled and sensitivity for patients ethnic and religious differences and needs.

Relocating to Southampton

If you are thinking of moving to the Hampshire area, please find below a link to our website which offers guidance on finding accommodation:

http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/relocating-to-southampton

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