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Description
Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with significant knowledge and skills in Older Person's Therapy, Stroke/Neurology, and looking for a new challenge in a leadership position?
Are you passionate about your profession , and could you be an ambassador for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists within and beyond University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW)?
We are currently seeking maternity leave cover for a Band 8a OT/Physio Pathway Lead in Medicine.
This post offers the opportunity to deliver operational management for a large team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Technicians, service development, and clinical leadership whilst maintaining a clinical role.
You would be responsible for supporting teams within the Older Person's Therapy, Stroke, Neuro-outlier services across Weston General Hospital (WGH) and the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI).
The Medicine Therapy Teams are currently undergoing a period of restructure across the BRI and WGH sites. This will include a review of the Pathway Leads in terms of the services they cover and the sites that they are based/work across.
The Post Will
Primarily be based in WGH but may require regular shifts being delivered at BRI depending on the results of the restructure.
Work closely with the Divisional Lead for Therapies, other Pathway Leads and Clinical Specialists within Medicine across BRI, South Bristol Community Hospital and WGH
Provide clinical leadership and expertise to the integrated teams supporting older people and medical neurology patients across both BRI and WGH sites.
They will be the operational line manager for their teams.
They will drive service improvement, innovation and staff skill and knowledge acquisition for the benefit of patients within the pathway.
They will seek opportunities to continuously develop the service in this clinical area to always ensure the delivery of patient-centred care.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as Good overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stones throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure were meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
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