Deputy Therapies Manager (CBC)

This is a senior AHP operational and leadership role within Community Health Services. The role is basedin the community across South and Mid Bedfordshire (CBC) with operational responsibility for a range of AHP services. You will work alongside a senior nursing lead at place, led by an Associate Director responsible for delivering community health services into Central Bedfordshire areas. There will be a focus on integration of intermediate care services with the local authority, system flow and the support of hospital admission prevention and supporting people to stay well at home., This post holder will provide operational leadership and objective setting to a range of Community Health Services therapy services including Wheelchair services, Podiatry, and the Occupational and Physiotherapy teams within the primary care at home teams.

The post holder will be responsible for the effective management of human resource, financial resource, governance and business planning arrangements across the service lines including business continuity and quality improvement initiatives.

A key part of this role will be to form and maintain strong relationships with system partners in acute and social care in order to facilitate strong working relationships with a particular focus on integration with CBC reablement teams working at place to reduce ongoing care requirements, admission rates and improve patient experience.

The post holder will support the development of services, AHP workforce strategy and integration of AHP services with system partners as required.

A key part of this role will be to form and maintain strong relationships with system partners in acute and social care in order to facilitate strong working relationships with a particular focus on integration with CBC reablement teams working at place to reduce ongoing care requirements, admission rates and improve patient experience.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.