Community Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Professional Lead

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This is an exciting opportunity to work for Community Services on the Fylde Coast, part of Blackpool Teaching Hospital.  As an organisation we are committed to supervision and continuing professional development. 

• To provide learning and development, and peer support for Therapists currently working across health setting.
• To work with Locality Leadership Team to develop an understanding of the role of Therapists across the breath of clinical areas of work, and support critical analysis of the effective deployment of Therapists to ensure the most effective utilisation of roles.
• Act as a champion for Therapists advising on new ways of working.
• Identifying where multi agency meetings are required and organising/facilitating as appropriate.
• Representing the interests of Therapists at regional and national stakeholder meetings/engagement events/conferences where appropriate – either as part of the wider team or individually.
• Identify and coordinate innovative projects for supporting the growth of the Therapy workforce at local and regional levels.
• Identify and share career development opportunities for Therapists.
• To be a link to the trust Practice Education Facilitator Team on student and apprentice education within the therapy teams within the Community Care directorate.
• Oversee the financial position in relation to Therapy workforce projects and report to key stakeholders on potential savings and efficiencies.
• To ensure programme delivery is in line with budgets and manage budgets independently as required.
• Ensure adherence to the budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensure the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny.
• Identify products, equipment, services and facilities for assigned activities, achieving stakeholder buy-in as required. Keeping mindful of budget limitations to contribute to the special order process.
• Ensure the benefits to citizens are maximised through careful, economical and appropriate use of resources including equipment, property, money, time, etc.
• Develop relationships across the local health and care system that will inform delivery at a local level.
• Act as a role model to support all bands of staff, encourage effective working relationships and the development of cohesive team working.
• Provide a common philosophy and vision to provide patient centred care.
• Working with the Clinical Improvement Team to support equitable training and development opportunities for staff for them to reach their full potential and enhance service delivery
• Encourage and recognise innovation and provide the appropriate required resources for delivery.
• Have the skills to manage and evaluate change.
• Maintain good working relationship with the Heads of Services across the Trust and other specialties/departments
• Support the identification and sharing of best practice across Therapy networks.
• Assist in ensuring effective processes are in place to identify, manage and escalate risks.
• Review progress and deliver milestones as specified by the project plan, ensuring the individual providers complete their work packages to meet deadlines.
• Provide programme management leadership and expertise to the placement development coordinators to deliver the agreed work stream outputs.
• Provide leadership, support and direction on training and education for team members in line with the AHP Workforce plan.
• Promote an environment that is conducive to learning and development, identify individual and department training needs through training need analysis, linking with existing clinical improvement team and Practice education Facilitators
• Support the locality Leadership Team and Chief AHP with the delivery of the AHP Workforce plan and strategy.
• To advise on research development opportunities.
• Support and inspire colleagues to improve, monitor and maintain quality and support across all departments and specialities in identifying and training and development needs concurrent with evidence based practice.
• Initiate and respond to user feedback by ongoing evaluation and identification of emerging trends ensuring evidence- based practice is in alignment with the needs of the service users.
• Make a key contribution to relevant internal and external forums and meetings.
• Responsible for the strategic management of supervision and governance structures for Therapists and training across the Community Care directorate
• Assist in the effective recruitment and selection of staff in line with the Trust
• Identify training and development needs of staff and ensure all new staff participate in Trust induction.
• Ensure performance issues are dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner in conjunction with the locality Leadership Team
• Advise on training and workforce interventions, and implement appropriate actions, in response to issues raised by audits or risk, aligning with service improvement and development where appropriate.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Therapy colleagues across the neighbourhoods and acting as the gatekeeper for enquiries and escalate to Head of locality where necessary- acting as a coordinator and point of contact
• Communicate highly sensitive information in a considerate manner, able to present, persuade and debate at a high level to large numbers of professionals.
• Provide regular updates to Locality Leadership Team, analysing any risks to the delivery of Therapy workforce programme and proposing corrective actions.
• Act as the main point of contact for Clinical Leads or Team Leaders, resolving queries, changes to process, and support on workforce requirements or changes.
• Leading or providing support on consultation processes when required.
• Represent the Therapy workforce at system level meetings, leading on and coordinating the actions from the meetings with relevant stakeholders across the system.
• Work with staff at all levels, encouraging collaborative working, compliance and a common focus to achieve strategic objectives.
• Undertake presentations to staff groups across health and social care providers and convey sometimes contentious information.
• Present information in a variety of formats using excellent verbal and written skills.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of protocols, procedures and quality standards in relation to defined function area(s) of Programme Management in order to support the delivery of AHP workforce programme priorities.
• Anticipate and plan for developments and changes in service requirements which directly affect Therapists working within health settings, and longer-term planning to ensure sustainability.
• Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the AHP workforce plans for the Therapy workforce
• Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data and information.
• Co-ordinate Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.
• Produce complex project documentation, in the appropriate format, such as workforce mapping and auditing, options appraisals and evaluations.
• Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of Therapy
• Ensure projects and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
• Determine the strategic planning of the programme, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on key stakeholders, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
• Lead on the development of a robust process to collate required data across the system.
• Post holder will support the Locality Leadership Team and Chief AHP, within scope of own professional and legislative boundaries and setting precedent where it may be lacking, taking guidance from peers and multi-disciplinary colleagues where necessary.
• Post holder will be the managerial lead for a designated Therapy Workforce programme project, agreed with the Locality Leadership Team and Chief AHP.
• Ensure continuing professional and personal development, keeping abreast of professional issues and changing technologies.
• Responsible for own professional conduct and attending all statutory and mandatory training required.

To participate in an annual performance review process, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development and reviewing of job planning