Job summary
Operational and clinical Lead - Stroke & Neurorehabilitation (Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist)
Band 8a | Fixed-term until 31 March 2027Haringey & Islington | Whittington Health NHS Trust
We are seeking an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to provide operational and clinical leadership for our Stroke & Neurorehabilitation Services across Haringey and Islington. The core elements of this role will be leading on transformation of the Haringey stroke service to integrate under the HUURT services. You will be responsible for leading, implementing and evaluating the transitioning of the team
This fixed-term role offers an exciting opportunity to lead specialist community rehabilitation teams delivering high-quality, evidence-based care that supports recovery, maximises independence and prevents avoidable deterioration.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
- Lead and manage Stroke & Neurorehabilitation teams across two boroughs
- Ensure safe, effective, person-centred community rehabilitation
- Drive performance, quality improvement and staff development
- Oversee service planning, workforce management and clinical governance
- Work closely with Urgent Response and neighbourhood teams to support integrated care
About You
You will be a registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with:
- Senior leadership experience in a complex healthcare setting
- Strong clinical background in stroke and/or neurorehabilitation
- Experience managing teams, resources and service performance
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and organisational skills
Why Join Us?
- Supportive, progressive Locality Therapy Service
- Opportunities to shape service transformation and pathway development
- Inclusive culture valuing AHP leadership
- NHS pension and generous annual leave
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality community rehabilitation and ready for a rewarding leadership role, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and personal specification for more details on this post and an opportunity to join our specialst services.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in relevant profession Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree relevant to the area of practice/postgraduate management qualification
- Relevant professional body membership.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to clients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Skilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
- Highly developed problem-solving skills for highly complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Skilled ability in leading and working as a team member and developing team spirit
- Highly developed organisational and planning skills.
- Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues
- Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical and technical information.
- Able to identify your own and staff training needs.
- Highly developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers
- Able to employ motivational and influencing skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals.
- To have highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
- Demonstrable capability and capacity for clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
- Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through your management and clinical teams
- Knowledge and experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvements
- Highly developed Computer literacy skills
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to community services
- Previous experience of managing community services
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically, and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources.
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing community services
Other
Essential
- Dedication to staff development, holistic patient management and the promotion and progression of the AHP professions.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Well-developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
- Resilience
- Flexible, adaptable, and capable of lateral thinking
- Able to promote equality and diversity within the workplace
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in relevant profession Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Postgraduate degree relevant to the area of practice/postgraduate management qualification
- Relevant professional body membership.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to clients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
- Skilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
- Highly developed problem-solving skills for highly complex situations, which may include clinical or organisational issues.
- Skilled ability in leading and working as a team member and developing team spirit
- Highly developed organisational and planning skills.
- Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues
- Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical and technical information.
- Able to identify your own and staff training needs.
- Highly developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers
- Able to employ motivational and influencing skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals.
- To have highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
- Demonstrable capability and capacity for clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
- Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through your management and clinical teams
- Knowledge and experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvements
- Highly developed Computer literacy skills
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to community services
- Previous experience of managing community services
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically, and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources.
Desirable
- Previous experience of managing community services
Other
Essential
- Dedication to staff development, holistic patient management and the promotion and progression of the AHP professions.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Well-developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
- Resilience
- Flexible, adaptable, and capable of lateral thinking
- Able to promote equality and diversity within the workplace
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
