Therapies Clinical Specialist Manager

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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients.

• Rated Good by the CQC
• Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
• Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
• Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
• Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site - improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK's leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
• In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
• Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

• Patients first, always
• Excellence, in all we do
• Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
• Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

We are seeking a Clinical Specialist Manager to take charge of our highly skilled therapy teams, including Adult Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Sarcoma, London Spinal Cord Injury Centre (LSCIC) Therapy, Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy. This is a pivotal role in driving service excellence, strategic development, and operational efficiency across multiple specialist areas.

As a key member of the Therapies Directorate senior leadership team, you will have the unique opportunity to lead and shape therapy services in one of the NHS's most renowned trusts. Your leadership will directly influence patient outcomes, workforce development, and innovative service transformation, ensuring that our therapy services remain at the forefront of clinical excellence.

• Lead & Inspire - Provide strategic leadership and operational management to specialist therapy teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Service Development & Transformation - Drive the evolution of therapy services.
• Clinical Governance & Quality Assurance - Oversee clinical governance, incident management, and health & safety, ensuring high standards of patient care and risk management.
• People Management - Support, mentor, and develop a team of therapy professionals, ensuring their skills and knowledge meet evolving service demands.
• Financial & Resource Management - Manage budgets and ensure efficient allocation of resources, driving cost-effective, high-quality service delivery.

We need a proactive and experienced leader with:

• A proven track record in clinical service management within the NHS or a related healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and operational planning skills.
• Experience in budget management, clinical governance, and service transformation.
• The ability to motivate and develop a diverse team, fostering a positive and inclusive working environment to deliver outstanding patient experience.

You will have a chance to make a real difference in patient care and the future of therapy services.

If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge, please apply.

At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:

• Scored above the national average for the People Promises: "We are recognised and rewarded," "We are always learning," "We work flexibly," "We are a team," and for staff engagement.
• Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.
• Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for "We work flexibly."

At RNOH, we're committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.

Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including:

• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare.

At RNOH, we are more than a workplace - we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.

The post has direct management responsibility for a number of specialist clinical teams including Adult Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Sarcoma, London Spinal Cord Injury Centre (LSCIC) therapy, Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy (provided via SLAs) and Social work. In addition, the post holder will work within and represent the Trust in the wider regional AHP community. The post holder will be part of creating a clear vision within the Trust and play a critical role in establishing the role of therapists as an integral part of the specialist orthopaedic services provided by the Trust. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the therapy services within their teams deliver high quality patient outcomes and represent good value for money.

• Professional qualifications in one of the relevant AHP disciplines.
• Health Professions Council (HPC) registration.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Post graduate qualifications in management skills or other relevant area.

• Master's degree in management.

• Substantial post registration experience, including considerable experience at Band 8a level (or equivalent) with proven management/team leadership experience.
• Considerable experience in working in both inpatient and outpatient healthcare environment.
• Considerable experience in operational and people management.
• Experience in budgetary management.
• Experience in working alone, using self management time and using excellent organisational skills.
• Evidence of having supervised senior qualified therapy staff.
• Experience in managing a team, including supervision and appraisal.
• Experience and knowledge of managing a service over multiple clinical areas.
• Active involvement in clinical audit and policy/guideline implementation.
• Experience of teaching unidisciplinary/multidisciplinary groups.
• Experience in service development and strategic planning activities.
• Experience in liaising with health education institutions.
• Experience of involvement in local and regional professional groups.

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of multidisciplinary/multi-professional issues and ability to work efficiently and effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent team building and team working skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate highly contentious information to large groups of staff and communicate issues and decisions to senior management staff.
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to manage frequent interruptions of job tasks during the working day.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• A commitment to professional development of self and others.
• Demonstrate commitment to best practice and awareness of national standard and evidences.
• Demonstrate flexibility in approach to change in service needs.
• Demonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and its impact on the services managed.
• Ability to frequently cope with working in a stressful and different environment and with intense concentration throughout the day.

• Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice within relevant clinical areas.
• Specialist knowledge and understanding of health and social care policy and legislation related to acute and community Trusts.
• Up to date knowledge of current political influences within the NHS and for AHPs in particular.
• Detailed knowledge of how AHPs work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a complex patient pathway.
• Level of knowledge of how to manage and set budgets.

• Excellent and emphatic communication at the highest level in a variety of settings.
• Able to present information, written and orally to the highest level.
• Able to inspire and lead clinicians and colleagues.

• Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory and inclusive behaviours and practices.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and offer a range of flexible working practices. Part-time and job share applications will be considered.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to RNOH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

Additionally, by applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

• Job Description & Personal Specification (PDF, 571.0KB)
• Letter from Chief Executive (PDF, 1018.8KB)