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Are you a passionate and experienced therapy professional ready to take on a leadership role in neurological rehabilitation? We are seeking a Head of Therapies on a fixed-term, 1-year contract to drive excellence and innovation at Woodlands Neurological Rehabilitation Centre.

Woodlands is a specialist Level 2 neurorehabilitation facility, delivering expert care for individuals with brain injuries, spinal injuries, stroke, Huntington's disease, Guillain-Barr Syndrome, and other complex neurological conditions. As we expand our service, we are now supporting more acute patients, including those requiring tracheostomy care.

At Woodlands, we are at the forefront of rehabilitation technology. In partnership with Neural Pathways, we have trialled cutting-edge equipment, including MYRO, Diego VR, and PABLO, with outstanding results. Our goal is to integrate these advanced tools permanently to enhance patient outcomes.

As Head of Therapies, you will provide strategic leadership and professional development for our Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech and Language Therapy teams. Reporting to the Service Manager, you will drive innovation, optimise patient care, and collaborate with a dedicated multidisciplinary team to achieve exceptional rehabilitation results.

If you are ready to lead, inspire, and shape the future of neurorehabilitation, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be working:

Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

What you'll be doing:

As Head of Therapies, you will report to the Service Manager and be responsible for the strategic and professional direction of Therapy Services. This involves delivery of all operational performance targets, ensuring all services are provided within the agreed level of activity, standards of performance, safety, quality, and budget

You will be ultimately accountable for all Allied Health Professional Therapists, and Therapy Support Staff, and will directly manage the Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language teams

Work closely with and report directly to the Service Manager

You will have an active clinical caseload

Be an innovator, an educator, and a mentor, providing robust representation for therapy services within the Senior Management Team

Carry out audit, policy, and service development and research activities and/or programmes. The post holder will also propose and implement policy and service development changes

Be responsible for developing and implementing standards across Therapy Services, which support professional leadership, competence, capacity and standards of conduct

Collaborating with senior management to define and implement new ways of working to maximise benefits, ensuring gains in both cost-effectiveness and clinical efficiency

Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights

What you'll have:

HCPC registration

Previous experience within a neurorehabilitation setting

A strong clinical background and maintain a clinical remit dependent on your skill set

Experience of leading a Multi-disciplinary team

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

25 days plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities

Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop

Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice

A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension

Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians

We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits

Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know

and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group