About this role
Job summary
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with a national and international reputation for high quality patient care, research, development and education. As Therapists we are key members of a multidisciplinary team geared to the rehabilitation of patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in both in and outpatient settings. Oncology provides a challenging environment for developing a number of skills including clinical reasoning, communication and multi-professional working. Ongoing professional training and development is encouraged and supported.
Band 8b Associate Lead of Therapies, and Professional Lead of Physiotherapy, full-time, fixed term contract until 30th April 2029. An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy and an Associate Lead of Therapies, providing operational, professional and strategic leadership for the physiotherapy service, and lead Therapies in prehabilitation/ rehabilitation, breast, sarcoma, urology and living with and beyond cancer, as well as therapy services including lymphoedema.
For any enquiries, please contact Denise Pessoa on [email protected] or Lucy Eldridge on [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide strategic leadership for rehabilitation and prehabilitation and professional leadership for the physiotherapists. Have responsibility for clinical leadership and line management of prehabilitation and tumour group services, in line with service needs. The post holder will undertake all aspects of the role as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical judgement, knowledge, skills and experience in physiotherapy. This role will provide clinical leadership, drive innovation, support research and provide strategic direction to the rehabilitation service to ensure the provision of high quality patient centred care. It is a senior operational and strategic role to support the delivery of an evidence-based and high quality rehabilitation service. Have responsibility for the maintenance of a clinical caseload. Undertake and oversee all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To be a source of advanced and expert knowledge, advising where necessary in the care of complex cases. To provide clinical leadership and line management to services delivering prehabilitation and advise/support heads of therapy services to deliver a high quality rehabilitation service
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
Promote developments of multi-professional therapy practices and patient-centred services in line with the Therapy multidisciplinary working model and national strategy for AHPs. Provide expert clinical leadership, develop innovative practice and act as a resource of rehabilitation expertise, which may span and influence different staff groups and organisations. Deputise for the Head of Therapies in their absence as required. On behalf of the Divisional Director and Head of Therapies to authorise expenditure, control stock levels and be responsible for resource allocation for therapy services. Coordinate and balance patient and service priorities for rehabilitation and prehabilitation and ensure that an appropriate skill mix is regularly reviewed and maintained. Identify areas for development and submit appropriate business plans with therapy service leads for the deliverer of rehabilitation services in line with set strategy. Ensure that Rehabilitation and Prehabilitation is represented in relevant multi-professional working parties both locally within the Trust and at a national level. The post holder will be encouraged to work with relevant professional associations and relevant committees at national and international level. To assist individuals and therapy teams in identifying their own particular learning needs to promote and facilitate the development of a learning environment to enable others to achieve their potential.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy with Health and Care Professions Council registration Master's in relevant area Post-graduation study days/courses in oncology/rehabilitation
Experience / Skills Essential
Expertise in rehabilitation & prehabilitation and able to demonstrate credibility Proven experience of leading rehabilitation / prehabilitation programmes within oncology Experience of joint working with academic institutions supporting rehabilitation training in oncology Exceptional skills and advanced levels of clinical judgement, knowledge and experience to underpin and progress the delivery of a rehabilitation/prehabilitation agenda Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes Negotiation skills to motivate and inspire others
Knowledge / Expertise Essential
Expertise in rehabilitation group dynamics, planning, facilitating, running and evaluating therapeutic groups Effective written and verbal communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media Ability to lead within the profession and develop multi professional working in the organisation and across organisational boundaries Ability to design and implement new service models Strategic planning abilities Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/ guidelines into the development of local pathways of care Understanding of commissioning process leading to service development Understanding of the impact of current government and national health care developments and the impact on cancer care
Others Essential
To be flexible to meet the needs of the role To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values Team Player Can do attitude
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Address The Royal Marsden Chelsea
Chelsea
SW3 6JJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)