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Main area
Team Lead
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible working requests considered)
Job ref
236-UEC-P286-26-B
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Rochdale Infirmary
Town
Rochdale
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/10/2026 23:59

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Therapy Team Lead

Band 7

Job overview

The HMR Community Therapy Service is constantly evolving to meet the needs of the population of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale. 

As team Lead, the post holder will have clinical, professional and managerial responsibility for the community therapy service including clinical and staff governance issues. The post holder is responsible for maximising service provision, including the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice, ensuring that all local and national guidelines and targets are adhered to and met.

Working as Team leader, the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team.  The post holder will use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day 
operational management and leadership to the team.

Main duties of the job

Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently plan, complete advanced assessment and deliver interventions. They will be responsible for independently managing their own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy, advanced clinical reasoning, 
prioritisation and manage competing demands.

The post holder will initiate and drive service development, demonstrate self-development and will be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to registered and non-registered staff. They will be responsible for providing specialist therapy advice 
within the trust and to other health care professionals.

Main line management duties overseeing daily service operations, managing staff, and ensuring quality care delivery. These responsibilities include setting objectives, monitoring performance, providing feedback, and supporting staff development. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registration with HCPC
  • Relevant Professional Health related degree
  • Possess a recognised Clinical skills Module at Masters level or equivalent knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • advanced level clinical qualification
  • leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantive post registration experience
  • Extensive knowledge/clinical experience in Urgent and or Community setting
  • Knowledge and understanding of local health and social care pathways
  • Experience in the management of long term conditions e.g. dementia, COPD, CHD etc
  • Able to demonstrate previous leadership experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience or involvement with the writing of policies and protocols
  • Experience of leading, planning and completing audit /research

Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT skills
  • Promotes and supports own professional development
  • ability to motivate and contribute to develop MDT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Antill
Job title
Community Falls Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01706 517940
Additional information

Lisa Gilchrist
07935 770842

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