Job overview
Are you a Physiotherapist with MSK experience looking to further develop your career, with opportunities to build strategic and clinical experience and have an impact? If this sounds like you, we have a secondment opportunity for 12 months as a Clinical Lead Physio in Occupational Health to cover maternity leave for 12 months.
Looking after the wellbeing of our workforce has never been such a high priority. The NHS has faced unprecedented challenges in the last few years, and our teams achieve amazing things every day, putting our patients at the heart of everything they do. We are just as passionate about supporting them and need you to join us to provide and further develop a rapid access physiotherapy service which is responsive to the needs of our workforce and takes a preventative approach. You will also support delivery of our broader health and wellbeing strategy, helping us develop a culture where caring compassionately for our staff is embedded in everything that we do.
Main duties of the job
MSK conditions are the second highest reason for sickness absence within our organisation. Supporting our colleagues back to work or helping them stay at work is a key priority for us.
You will, provide a proactive service for our workforce, using your clinical expertise to comprehensively assess and formulate individual treatment and management plans. This might involve functional workplace assessments and the provision of ergonomic advice. You will work closely with our core Occupational Health service to ensure that relevant advice is provided to managers to inform them about how to keep colleagues safe at work and support them through adjustments. You will be someone who thrives in a busy environment, and you will be able to independently manage your clinical caseload.
We have an ambitious programme of work around preventing MSK injury in the workplace, and you will be part of a multi-disciplinary project team, driving awareness, education and risk assessment.
Your passion and enthusiasm for your specialism will help us make a difference for our workforce. The workload is diverse, a commitment to professional development is crucial and you will also have the skills to continually evaluate the work of the team to ensure we are making impact where it counts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The service is provided at two main sites, Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley & South Ribble hospital to which the trust has a regular shuttle bus service to ease the commute.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
- To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies stakeholder
- To help ensure the health, safety and security of service users, self and colleagues
- To support equality of opportunity and access to the service
- To provide and use information to support admin processes and patient care.
- To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients.
- To provide leadership and management support
For more information, please see the job description.
*Please note that the interview date may be subject to change*
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant varied experience
- Significant experience in relevant clinical area of Physiotherapy at Band 6/7 level
- Knowledge of standardised and specialist assessments, treatment techniques and outcome measures
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in physiotherapy and area of speciality
- Good understanding of MDT dynamics
- Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience of leading and management of a team
- Experience of inter-disciplinary working with shared goals
- Training in ergonomics
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- HCPC registration
- Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of CPD
- Clinical educator
Desirable
- Post graduate courses in relevant area
- Member of the CSP
- Leadership course or qualification
- Member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics
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This advert is for Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Occupational Health with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Secondment: 12 months (Post is covering maternity leave and will not start until November 2026 and will end November 2027 or earlier should the post holder return early). The application deadline is 19 Aug 2026.
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