09 Oct
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucester
Job description
Job summary
Working as part of the senior leadership team, this post requires collaborative working with a range of operational, professional and corporate colleagues to ensure that the profession continues to deliver outstanding care and equipped to meet the new and emerging opportunities ahead of us.
They will live their values and be a role model for highly credible and compassionate clinical leadership.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the development of evidence based best practice, including innovative and evolving physiotherapy and health and exercise practice roles with the Trust and wider system.
The post holder will support the Head of Profession for Physiotherapy to have oversight and assurance of the delivery of safe, effective and high quality physiotherapy and health and exercise practice across the Trust and work in partnership with operational colleagues to identify service priorities.
The post holder will meaningfully and effectively engage our physiotherapy and health and exercise workforce in order to promote job satisfaction and best patient experience and outcomes.
They will ensure that out workforce is developed and empowered to contribute to service improvement and innovation across the system.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description / Person Specification.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that :
- believe they are making a positive difference to patients / service users;
- would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide professional leadership and governance for physiotherapy and health and exercise across Gloucestershire Heath and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) and to work closely with other stakeholders within Gloucestershire to include, but not exclusively, the 3rd Sector, voluntary services and other areas outside of healthcare.
The post holder will report to the Head of Profession for Physiotherapy and will support them to deliver physiotherapy leadership, high standards of care, and quality outcomes.
They will provide professional supervision to senior physiotherapists and health and exercise practitioners across the Trust, and provide clinical expertise in specified areas of clinical practice.
The post holder will support the Head of Profession for Physiotherapy to have oversight and assurance of the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality physiotherapy across the Trust.
They will play a key role in implementing a strong culture of co-production and effective engagement with people who come into contact with our services.
They will work closely with the Head of Profession to set expected service outcomes and will be required to interpret national and professional policies to establish the ways in which they could be applied within the Trust.
To work collegiately with operational managers to ensure the current workforce is appropriately trained and have the appropriate skill mix.
Contribute to the development of future workforce planning in conjunction with, Head of profession, HR and operational managers and taking into account cost impact of strategic workforce planning of professional groups.
The post holder will support the implementation of evidence-based physiotherapy best practice including innovative and evolving roles within the Trust and wider system, in support of the Trusts and systems strategic direction and commitment to outstanding standards of quality governance.
The post holder will meaningfully and effectively engage the physiotherapy workforce, making complex decisions and judgments about the best ways to support job satisfaction and best patient experience and outcomes.
They will support the Head of Profession for Physiotherapy in ensuring that the workforce is developed and empowered to contribute to quality improvement and innovation within the Trust and across the system.
The post holder will deputise for the Head of Profession for Physiotherapy and will represent the Physiotherapy Service both locally and nationally, when required.
This will include signing off expenses, agreeing A / L and reviewing sick leave.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Physiotherapist with the HCPC
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent work at this level
- Appropriate management development / leadership qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Physiotherapy across the range of mental health, physical community health,
paediatric and learning disability physiotherapy practice areas gained through substantial experience as a senior Physiotherapist
- Working knowledge of the modernisation and development issues facing Health Care Services
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a senior Physiotherapist in numerous settings and representing a broad range of care environments and client groups.
- Evidence of sustained practice development and achievement in previous posts
- Experience of research, quality improvement, audit or evaluation processes
Desirable
Membership of national committees / focus groups / advisory groups / clinic excellence networks of relevance to service
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Values-based practice and leadership
- Ability to champion and embrace change
▶️ Deputy Head Physiotherapy and Health and Exercise Practice
🖊️ Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Gloucester