Physical Health Therapies Lead

Job summary

Recognising the key role of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in bridging the gap between mental and physical health to address health inequalities in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, we are delighted to offer an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic Physiotherapist to lead our Physical Health Therapies service for adult inpatients across the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT).

This is a pivotal role and would suit an experienced clinical leader with the drive and passion to deliver high-quality therapy services to people with mental health conditions.

The successful applicant will be an integral member of our AHP Leadership team, providing professional leadership across our AHP community the Unplanned Care Group and willbe supported by the Unplanned Care Head AHPs.

We also actively encourage and support a range of continuing personal and professional development, quality improvement and research and innovation opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• The Physical Health Therapies service will deliver Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy, as well Dietetics and Podiatry provision. The service will work in collaboration with established AHP teams and other Physical Health colleagues within each inpatient service to deliver physical health interventions for adult service users on mental health wards within the North London NHS Foundation Trust.
• The postholder will provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership and management to the Physical Health Therapies service (and wider AHP services as required) and be responsible for the design, delivery, and development of high-quality care within this new service in line with advances in evidence-informed practice, digital transformation, commissioning changes, etc.
• They will autonomously utilise highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, and management to services users with physical health presentations, thus optimising the clinical pathway, and guide and support others to do the same. Additionally, this post will act as the manual handling lead for Allied Health Professionals in the care group, supporting AHP staff with training, modelling and guiding on best practice.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

1. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

1. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Highgate Mental Health Centre - West

London

N195NX

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Highgate Mental Health Centre - West

London

N195NX

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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