Head of Adult Therapies

The Head of Therapies is a senior professional and leadership role, ensuring high standards of professionalism, leadership and consistent, optimal performance across therapy services in the Care Group.Acting within the divisional structure the post holder will provide strong operational and professional leadership to therapy services, overseeing and directing service response to day-to-day site operational pressures, ensuring transformative, effective, and efficient delivery of Trust services. The post holder is professionally accountable to the Site Chief Nurse for supporting the delivery of the quality agenda and patient safety strategy; the professional leadership of CWDT Division and for supporting the delivery of effective professional practice in accordance with statutory, professional and clinical governance requirements. The post holder will support the Site Chief Nurse on all aspects of professional practice relating to Therapy services and provide professional advice directly about Therapy related matters and strategic development of services., The Head of Therapies works with the therapy specialty leads - nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, podiatry and physiotherapy both acute and community - to provide strategic, professional and operational leadership and direction to the therapy services. They will be responsible for the effectiveness of services, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, modern, innovative, cost effective and patient centred services which meet national and local targets, deliver best quality patient experience and is within financial controls and targets., Responsible, for the effective day to day running, and performance, of the therapy services within therapies and community directorate. To ensure high quality, evidenced based, integrated and innovative approaches to service delivery and service development are established to deliver safe and comprehensive delivery of services in order to support the Trust Strategy and the needs of Trust in providing acute care, rehabilitation and out-patient services.

• Support governance - clinical and non-clinical - activities to ensure they are embedded within therapies and that all staff understand their responsibilities for service quality and patient safety.
To provide professional advice to the Divisional Triumvirate, senior leadership team, clinicians and other Senior Managers within the Trust regarding therapy services. Accountable for therapies for leading operational performance delivery of key performance indicators including high quality patient care; robust clinical governance; patient safety and clinical quality; including job planning, sustainability and operational targets contributing to Care Group and Trust continued improved performance. Work with colleagues in corporate teams to ensure data availability, improved data accuracy and effective reporting. Accountable for therapies for the preparation of performance reports as requested, ensuring any actions arising are followed up, delivered and reported on within agreed timeframes. Support the delivery of Divisional commissioned activity levels, financial performance and quality targets Work with the GM for ICU and Therapies to deliver within budget ensuring robust professional challenge as required Participate on the designated on-call rota.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.