Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Therapies
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Are you an inspiring Allied Health Professional leader ready to shape the future of therapy services and improve outcomes for patients across our communities?
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Therapies to join our Divisional Leadership Team at an exciting time of transformation and innovation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a compassionate, values-driven leader to influence the strategic direction of therapy services and champion the vital contribution of our Allied Health Professional workforce.
As Head of Therapies, you will provide professional, operational and strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of services, including:
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Dietetics
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Podiatry
- Surgical Appliances
Working closely with clinical and operational colleagues, you will drive high-quality, patient-centred services that are safe, effective, responsive and sustainable.
Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations, you will play a key role in delivering our Trust’s ambitions, leading service improvement, transformation and workforce development initiatives that enhance patient experience and outcomes. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement, empowering teams to achieve excellence and realise their full potential.
This is a pivotal leadership role with the opportunity to influence care beyond the Trust. Working with partners across the wider health and care system, you will help shape and deliver integrated models of care, including programmes such as:
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- Discharge to Assess
- Virtual Wards
- Admission avoidance
- Reablement
- Enhanced discharge pathways
Your leadership will support seamless patient journeys and ensure care is delivered in the right place, at the right time.
We are looking for a credible and forward-thinking leader with a proven track record of leading complex services, delivering transformational change and building strong relationships across organisational boundaries. You will be passionate about improving services, developing people and ensuring the voice of AHPs is represented at the highest levels.
The Head of Therapies will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership across Therapy Services, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care. Working closely with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues, the post holder will champion excellence across Allied Health Professional (AHP) services, promoting innovation, collaboration and professional standards.
Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations, you will play a key role in delivering the Trust’s ambitions, leading service improvement, transformation and workforce development initiatives that enhance patient experience and outcomes. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement, empowering teams to achieve excellence.
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As the senior professional lead for therapies, you will lead the development of patient-centred services that meet population needs and support Trust priorities. Working with partners across health and social care, you will help shape integrated models of care, including Discharge to Assess, Virtual Wards, admission avoidance, reablement and enhanced discharge pathways, ensuring seamless patient journeys and care delivered in the right place, at the right time.
The successful candidate will be an HCPC-registered professional with significant leadership experience, a proven track record of service transformation and a passion for developing people, improving services and delivering outstanding care for patients and communities.
We are looking for an experienced, professionally credible therapy leader with the qualifications, judgement and personal impact to lead complex services across a large acute Trust. You will bring a strong track record of senior clinical leadership, service improvement and partnership working, alongside the ability to inspire teams and influence at all levels.
You will also need to be adaptable, organised and solutions-focused, with the ability to make sound operational and strategic decisions. The role requires participation in the On-Call Manager rota and the ability to travel independently between Trust sites.
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