Band 7 Clinical Team lead - Physiotherapy

Job overview

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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Therapist (0.4818 WTE) to join the team at the Perry Tree Centre Intermediate Care Unit within our North Locality P2 Bed service.

This post will work alongside the existing Band 7 therapist in a job-share arrangement. Ideally, the successful candidate will work on the days when the current Band 7 is not on site, ensuring consistent leadership and support across the service.

The Inpatient Therapy team supports Discharge to Assess pathway and the role is crucial to ensure Therapy teams receive the clinical support and leadership to facilitate discharge and maintain Length of stay .

This is an exciting time to join the Perry Tree Centre. The service currently provides up to 64 intermediate care beds across two floors and plays a key role in the ongoing reconfiguration of our locality-based care model.

The Centre has recently been at the forefront of innovation, including the introduction of falls technology within the service. There is also on-site support from the Occupational Therapy Lead, providing excellent opportunities for multidisciplinary working and professional development.

The team works collaboratively across both wards and is currently involved in a significant transformation programme with our local authority partners.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated and enthusiastic about positively impacting the discharge experience for patients, families, carers and staff, whilst ensuring that people leave the inpatient setting in an appropriate and timely manner.

You will be an experienced clinician who is ready to take the next step in their career. The successful applicant will bring strong clinical leadership skills, a passion for service improvement, and the ability to support teams through change and transformation.

Therapy team at Perry Tree Centre consists of Occupational Therapist , Physiotherapist and Therapy assistants .

The successful candidate will be well supported by:

• The existing Band 7 therapist
• Experienced Band 7 peers across the locality
• The wider therapy leadership team
• The Service Clinical Manager
• Nursing and Clinical Leadership team .

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership skills, contribute to service transformation, and make a meaningful impact within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

Interested?

We strongly encourage prospective applicants to arrange an informal discussion and site visit before submitting an application.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to hearing from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have day to day operational responsibility for your Teams (based at Perry Tree centre and you will also contribute to the overall management of the Service alongside the esxisting Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy Clinical Team lead.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

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.