Team Leader - Children's Therapy Services

Job overview

We are looking for a team leader for our Children's therapy services. If you have proven leadership experience this is a fantastic opportunity and you will be supported by the current team leader. You will be responsible for the operational management and the effective and efficient delivery of the Children’s Therapy Services, ensuring effective monitoring of budgets and agreed national or local performance objectives. The team consists of speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and admin support, providing interventions for children and young people across Calderdale and South Kirklees.

Main duties of the job

• The Children’s Therapy Team Leader will manage multi- professional staff within the Children’s Therapy Services and will work in partnership with the Children’s Therapy Services Manager and Head of Therapy Professions on the planning, development and continuous improvement of patient care processes. Build appropriate working relationships with colleagues in services and Divisions within the local health, education and social care economy with whom services integrate and interact, and with appropriate external bodies for the fulfilment of particular service issues, this will include commissioners and wider stakeholders.
• To play a lead role in the modernisation and redesign of clinical services, and support the Children’s Therapy Services Manager and Head of Therapy Professions in interpreting and delivering local and national strategy into practice.
• To be an excellent communicator, who confidently and efficiently manages a wide variety of situations, challenging and resolving problems relating to patient care/ personnel and resource issues in a timely manner.
• Provide effective professional and managerial leadership to the teams.
• Be involved in/lead on patient safety and quality initiatives for the Division.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties

• When required, to complete highly specialist clinical assessment and treatment of patients within children’s therapy services, in times of crisis and service pressures.
• To provide leadership for the Children’s Therapy Services

Professional Duties

• To provide opportunities for the professional development of the teams within the modernisation agenda, and act as a point of reference and advocate for the team, escalating professional issues to the Head of Therapy Professions.
• To be responsible for supporting staff in the development of their scope of professional practice.
• To ensure that all staff are successfully engaged in professional training and development activity
• To ensure that staff are supported through supervision to be reflective and accountable practitioners and professionals

. · To implement principles and processes of governance; clinical or otherwise and ensure that staff adhere to them.

• To identify and provide analysis of key areas for the improvement of service delivery
• To support the delivery of high quality services that are underpinned by current evidence, best practice and validated research.
• To provide advice and guidance, and contribute to the development and review of protocols, standards, guidelines, care pathways, and policies.
• To manage expected/unexpected clinical events within the team.
• To contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of organisational aims, ensuring that these are matched with specific organisational objectives and that learning needs are identified.

Managerial Duties

• To monitor the workload of staff and resolve any day-to-day management issues within the services.
• To analyse, monitor and manage workforce planning, utilising e-roster and job planning that complies with National, Regional or local standards, to ensure the service meets performance targets and outcomes.
• To support the Children’s Therapy Services Manager and Head of Therapy Professions in the production of business plans, and service development for the service, where appropriate leading on specific service plans.
• To manage resources within the services budget, to monitor the budget and check monthly statements, consulting with the Children’s Therapy Services Manager on budget expenditure in the service area
• To represent the services to support new regional or local initiatives

. · To analyse, monitor and manage patient / service user activity and other service performance that complies with National, Regional or local standards, targets and performance contracts and ensure the service meets performance targets and outcomes.

• To manage the analysis of data to ensure the Children’s Therapy Services Manager and Head of Therapy Professions have access to timely and accurate information on all key performance indicators

. · To produce reports on financial, contractual and performance as required.

• To participate in benchmarking, policy setting and review to ensure standards are maintained and reviewed.
• To manage staff within service areas in such a way that contracts and targets are delivered.
• To be responsible for managing all aspects of leave within the team.
• To be responsible for organising and conducting team meetings, and to interpret and communicate management policy and other decisions to team members.
• To work collaboratively with others to identify and implement potential service improvements or developments, where necessary producing business cases for consideration by the Children’s Therapy Services Manager and the Head of Therapy Professions.
• To participate in Trust and Division-wide programmes where appropriate to contribute to the modernisation and personalisation of services as required.