Job summary
- Main area
- Growing the Friarage & Community Services L3
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends and bank holiday working)
- Job ref
- 328-FCS-7219536
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Friarage Hospital
- Town
- Northallerton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading

Physiotherapy Team Lead
Band 7
Job overview
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dynamic and innovative Band 7 Physiotherapist to take on the role of Clinical Lead for the Inpatient and Front of House (FOH) services at the Friarage Hospital. This exciting opportunity is ideal for someone with strong leadership skills who is passionate about enhancing patient care, driving innovation, and supporting professional development within the therapy department.
The post holder will have responsibility for leading management and clinical practice on the Medical wards by means of an innovative and collaborative approach to work related issues. They will act as a clinical expert utilising well-grounded academic skills to lead in the area, demonstrating advanced specialist skills and knowledge, whilst assuming professional responsibility and accountability in the assessment and treatment of patients within the medical and surgical wards.
Experience of the management of acute & chronic respiratory conditions is not essential would be advantageous.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to deliver a high level of clinical skills in assessment and management of patients that have varying complexities in their presentation covering a wide range of specialities. An understanding of Frailty and the impact on patients is also integral to the assessing of patients. This role is key in the delivery of ensuring we have effective patient flow, facilitating safe discharges with a wide understanding of the community services to provide patients with a seamless service and ongoing interventions if needed.
You will be responsible for leading the Inpatient and FOH services, providing expert guidance, and ensuring high standards of patient care. The role requires someone who can work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to service development, ensuring a continuous improvement culture within the department. The post is crucial in the The Trust provides excellent training and development opportunities, and you will be encouraged to further your professional growth while making a meaningful impact on the service.
If you are an experienced physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career and lead a thriving service, we would love to hear from you. Join us at South Tees Trust and be part of a team committed to providing excellent care and continuous development.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading Your Team to Success
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Completed or willing to work towards an MSc if available or relevant post graduate courses at masters level
- Evidence of relevant post graduate courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working as an autonomous practitioner at equivalent to band 6 level
- Demonstrates experience of supervision and teaching
- Experience of being a clinical specific educator
- Experience working in an inpatient service
- Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to inpatient service
- Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills •
- Demonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the management of acute & chronic respiratory conditions
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills
- Demonstrates analytical skills and judgement when dealing with the Physiotherapy management of complex clients
- Audit and Research experience
- Service Development experience
- To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to patients, carers and colleagues
- Excellent teaching and supervisory skills
- To display the ability to problem solve
- Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice in specialist area (in patient service)
- Demonstrates detailed clinical reasoning skills
- Evidence of taking a lead role in MDT working
- Good understanding of the structure, policies, priorities and format of the NHS
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Margaret Perkin
- Job title
- Therapy Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721 060671
- Additional information
In the first instance, please contact via email - [email protected]
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