Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post requires participation in the weekend and extended hours service)
- Job ref
- 326-7267240-RB
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Front Door Team Lead Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well- established Clinical Governance program and a focus on developing staff. The Trust is rated as one of the top 100 Trusts to work for. There are lots of new developments in progress within the Trust currently and the hospital is growing both in size and reputation.
An exciting opportunity has a risen for a permanent full time Team Lead Physiotherapist with the Front Door team. We provide a week day 8am to 8pm service and a weekend service.
The post holder will work closely with the clinical specialist on the Front Door Team along with other band 7 AHP team leads within department. They will also be closely involved in service redesign and development.
The Physiotherapy department is friendly and supportive with a strong commitment to staff development, CPD and supervision. Together with team leaders in other in-patient specialities, you will support the Physiotherapy Lead and the Therapies Manager in the strategic and operational planning for the department.
We are looking for an experienced clinician with advanced specialist acute medical knowledge and experience of working in this area. Essential additional qualities include flexibility, forward thinking and a proactive approach to challenges.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of broad range of acute clinical experience including working at senior level
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role including CPD in specialist area
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of appropriate skills for the role (supervision, management, service improvement etc)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Christina O'Brien
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Clinical Lead
- Email address
- Christina.O'[email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
- Additional information
Christina O'Brien
Ext 6127
Christina.O'[email protected]
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