WorkWell Lead (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist)NHS

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HCPC-registered physiotherapist or occupational therapist to play a leading role in launching and shaping Suffolks new WorkWell service in partnership with Suffolk Mind. As our WorkWell Lead, you will bring clinical and operational leadership to an innovative early-intervention offer, helping people overcome health-related barriers so they can remain in, return to or start employment.

WorkWell is an early-intervention work and health service with a focus on prevention, which includes holistic support for their health-related barriers to employment. It will provide evidence based, low intensity work and health assessments that support individuals with their low-level occupational health needs to overcome barriers to work.

If you are excited by the chance to create something new, bring people together and make a lasting difference to health and employment outcomes in Suffolk, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and person-centred care. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.

Main duties of the job

Make a difference you will:

• Shape safe, seamless participant pathways from referral to discharge, leading clinical triage and multidisciplinary working
• Champion holistic assessment and personalised WorkWell plans that connect health, work and what matters most to each participant
• Build a confident, capable team through supportive supervision, coaching, competency development and clinical assurance
• Create strong partnerships with primary care, employers, Connect to Work, VCFSE organisations and the wider system
• Turn ideas and feedback into action by leading co-production, pathway development and quality improvement
• What you will bring
• An experienced HCPC-registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist ready to bring ideas and senior clinical expertise to our service
• A confident leader who can guide clinical risk, governance, supervision and multidisciplinary decision making
• Skilled in person-centred assessment and passionate about connecting health, function, occupation and employment
• An engaging communicator who enjoys working across organisational boundaries and turning new ideas into practical services
• Committed to inclusive practice, health equity, continuous improvement and AHPS values
• Why join us?
• A genuinely rare opportunity to help build a new service from the ground up and shape how WorkWell develops across Suffolk
• The scope to innovate, test new approaches and see your ideas translate into better experiences and outcomes for local people

Job description

Please see attached Job Description for further information for the role of WorkWell Lead (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist)

About us

We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support

Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.