The Role An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly organised professional to work within the Acute and Rehabilitation directorate as the Intensive Rehab Service manager for a 12 month fixed term contract. This role offers the chance to strategically lead the current established service across inpatient therapies within Meadow Court and community Intensive rehabilitation within the community.
The Role An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly organised professional to work within the Acute and Rehabilitation directorate as the Intensive Rehab Service manager for a 12 month fixed term contract. This role offers the chance to strategically lead the current established service across inpatient therapies within Meadow Court and community Intensive rehabilitation within the community. The role will be responsible for ensuring senior management and all colleagues are fully supported to provide effective clinical delivery of patient care whilst maintaining quality, and meeting performance indicators and financial targets. This role requires an individual who can provide strong leadership to secure the delivery of highly organised, well planned primarily therapies services. Within this role; the successful candidate will be working alongside the other 8A & 8B posts within the Division, to support the Assistant Director for Intermediate Care services, You will be able to help with the development of strategic direction for your services in line with national policies and lead on change management in the implementation of service development. You will help to create a culture in which innovation can flourish and provide vision and inspiration to enable staff to deliver high quality services and patient care.
Organisational Context The Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate incorporates a range of Intermediate Care services to include Community Intensive Rehabilitation, Neurological Rehabilitation, Inpatient Rehabilitation using an early supported discharge model and Rapid Response Services. The services cover the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering. Within the Trust we work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. We are committed to delivering the best care for our patients. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values.
Within NELFT we can offer excellent work - life balance and benefits including:
- NHS pension
- Close transport links into London
- Opportunity for service development and audit and innovation
- Flexibility within our 7 day working services
- Agile working devices to support community based working
- High cost area supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum of £3,483 to a max of £4,439)
- Salary Sacrifice car scheme
- Childcare support and vouchers
Our Values 2025 - 2030 Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co- produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 - per annum, pro rata for part time).
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
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