Therapies Practice Development Lead

Do you have a passion for developing staff and ensuring high standards of quality care are at the core of clinical practice? Do you want to lead on delivering training to both new and existing staff to ensure that they deliver patient centred care that is clinically effective and safe?

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic about teaching and supporting staff to grow their career within this setting. The role is crucial in enabling staff to deliver high quality care and there is a clear focus on working alongside staff in the clinical areas.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Therapy leadership team to lead on some of the following workforce developments; preceptorship, in-service training, therapy boot camp, Apprenticeships, Induction, students, development roles, review of competencies & job descriptions.

The successful candidate will have significant experience working in an acute hospital setting. The candidate will have excellent time management, able to work to deadlines and be adaptable and personable. The successful candidate will have the ability to work autonomously and feel confident teaching colleagues and leading and implementing change.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Therapies leadership team. This role will be based with the inpatient therapies team, with involvement as necessary with staff working in the enablement centre, rehab team and hand therapy team.

The successful candidate will work clinically, predominantly in a teaching/mentoring capacity. Registered Physio's are expected to work as part of the Respiratory on-call physio rota which involves overnight (until 10pm) and weekend working.

The successful candidate will also be involved in therapies 7 day working in a relevant clinical area.

To lead on the development, planning and delivery of education, training and professional development for the therapies team, including preceptorship, boot camp and apprenticeships.

To plan and co-ordinate all student placements, providing ongoing support to both students and educators during these placements.

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Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marcella Irvine Job title: Head of therapies & enablement centre Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01604 544975