Band 7 Therapy Unit Manager

Job summary

You will be supported by a Flow Coordinator and led by Deputy Director of Nursing Ursula Hare and Matron Juliet Read--senior leaders who are clinically engaged, hands on, and invested in your success. The clinical and professional support infrastructure is already in place.

This is an open invitation to Nursing and AHP professionals alike. Whether your background is in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, or another registered AHP profession, your clinical expertise and professional perspective are genuinely valued here. What unites our ideal candidate is not a specific registration, but a shared commitment to outstanding patient care, collaborative working, and the drive to lead a multidisciplinary team with confidence and compassion.

The support of Ursula and Juliet means you will never lead alone. You will be empowered, coached, and championed in this post. Whatever your profession, this is your opportunity to raise the bar on quality and patient experience within a team that will back you every step of the way--we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As Therapy Unit Manager, you will hold 24 hour operational accountability for the Elmdon Unit, providing visible, values led clinical leadership to a skilled multidisciplinary team of administrative staff, HCAs, and registered professionals. Quality and continuous improvement sit at the heart of this role. You will set, monitor, and uphold standards of care, lead on clinical governance and audit cycles, and embed a culture of reflective practice--ensuring learning from incidents, patient feedback, and data translates into sustainable improvements in the care we deliver every day.

As one of 2.6 WTE Band 7 roles, you will coordinate safe patient flow across the three wards, championing effective discharge planning and smooth transitions back to the community or home. Working closely with Matron Juliet Read and the wider senior leadership team, you will be supported both clinically and strategically to lead with confidence, developing your team through supervision, appraisal, and a genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and capability.

This role is suited to someone who holds themselves and their team to the highest professional standards, understands that great leadership means being present and accountable, and is bold enough to drive improvement--even when it is challenging.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

• Date posted: 08 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 304-9015542
• Job locations: Solihull Hospital, Lode Ln, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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