About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative therapist (PT or OT) or experienced care manager with proven and extensive senior management skills and knowledge to work in the Active Recovery service (AR) at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT (STH). You will be responsible for the development & operational delivery of the AR Care & Reablement team, including Operational Support Managers & Advanced Clinical Support Workers (ACSWs)
Active Recovery is a city-wide service providing rapid, responsive and time-limited support to people experiencing a health crisis in their own homes. Working at the interface of primary, community, acute and social care services, the team plays a vital role in admissions avoidance, hospital discharge and promoting independence through re-ablement.
In this senior leadership role, you will provide operational leadership for the Active Recovery Care & Reablement workforce, including Operational Support Managers, Advanced Clinical Support Workers (ACSWs) and the Scheduling & Allocation Team. You will lead service delivery, workforce development, performance management and continuous improvement, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care and excellent operational outcomes.
Working with appropriate professional leads and clinical/operational pathway managers to ensure professional development of all staff working within the Active Recovery Care & Reablement team.
Main duties of the job
You will be an experienced operational leader with a proven track record of managing complex services and multidisciplinary teams. You will have strong influencing and partnership-working skills, be passionate about delivering excellent patient care, and be committed to developing innovative community services that support people to remain independent at home.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering the Active Recovery service within one of the largest care groups in the Trust, making a significant difference to patients, families and partners across Sheffield.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional qualification; Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist or Registered Care Manager Undergraduate degree or equivalent Evidence of continuous personal and professional development. Masters level qualification or can provide evidence of equivalent experience
Desirable
Currently working towards or willing to work towards Masters level qualification
Experience Essential
Significant operational/managerial leadership experience at Band 7 NHS or at care manager level including line-management of staff, e.g. sickness/absence, recruitment & selection & managing complex change initiatives in a multi-disciplinary arena. Extensive knowledge and experience of managing change, demonstrating evidence of a change management project. Community team based working experience Experience of strategic development & understanding the effects of implementation/evaluation & review. Experience and understanding of the complexity of managing services across statutory and non-statutory boundaries Comprehensive under!standing of Community Services, Care Closer to Home, local and national drivers. Knowledge of Intermediate Care Services. Comprehensive under!standing of the benefits of integrated working
Desirable
Experience of managing large teams delivering care into patient's own homes.
Knowledge Essential
Operational/managerial skills appropriate to area of responsibility, evidence of specialist training/competencies in relevant area/evidence. Excellent communication (both verbal and written). Evidence of successfully undertaking a lead role in a project/audit. Evidence of ability to develop service policies, guidelines and pathways. Understanding of NHS financial management and of working in a multi-disciplinary environment to include aspects of pricing, costing, budgeting, and performance manage!ment. Ability to analyse activity/ financial data and provide assurance. Ability to produce reports for Senior Management in the Service and Care Group. Able to establish effective working relationships and forge bonds with all relevant stakeholders.
Skills and abilities Essential
Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines Operational/managerial skills appropriate to area of responsibility, evidence of specialist training/competencies in relevant area/evidence. Excellent communication (both verbal and written). Evidence of successfully undertaking a lead role in a project/audit. Evidence of ability to develop service policies, guidelines and pathways. Understanding of NHS financial management and of working in a multi-disciplinary environment to include aspects of pricing, costing, budgeting, and performance manage!ment.
Personal Qualities Essential
Willingness to undertake any training, education or development identified during the personal development planning process. The duties of this post require traveling throughout the city on a regular basis; therefore, the post holder must be independently mobile.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Shefield
S5 7AU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)