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Daytime Healthcare are partnering with one of best and largest private award-winning hospital groups in the UK. The Hospital Group is renounced to offer the best workplace for learning, development and offers an excellent modern working environment. They are recruiting for an Physiotherapy Head of Department / Manager to join their Private Hospital In Lancashire.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs.
- Develop own managerial and clinical knowledge and practice and assist others to continually professionally develop.
- Develop a working environment and culture that actively improves health safety and security.
- Develop strategies and policies for service improvement.
- Improve quality.
- Enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity.
- Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices.
- Determine the effective use of physical and financial resources.
- Undertake Human Resource activities for all members of the team.
- Assist with research and development.
- Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment of patients.
- Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
- In collaboration with specialist/highly specialist physiotherapists, set and monitor the standard of physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment capabilities and competencies across the team. Ensure they are implemented and regularly audited.
- Compare current physiotherapy practices, trends and developments against appropriate benchmarks, ensuring the implementation of best practice.
- Collect, collate and organise data, interpret all of the information and make a justifiable assessment relating to clients’ physiotherapy needs, promote their wellbeing and reduce risks in the short and long term.
- In collaboration with specialist/highly specialist physiotherapists, provide physiotherapy advice and support on assessment approaches and conclusions to colleagues and others, using highly developed clinical and managerial expertise. This should be provided proactively and on request.
Who we are looking for :
- Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent
- Registered with the Healthcare Professional Council
- Supervisory/Management qualification is desirable.
- Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes, which must include orthopaedics.
- Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in creating innovative solution for the service
- Experience of clinical leadership e.g. developing peers and change management.
Benefits:
- We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
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