Clinical Lead

Job overview

About the Role

Do you have the skills and progressive approach to lead a dynamic community therapy team? Would you thrive in a role where your day could include anything from:

• “How do we get a lightbulb changed in the office?”
• “We have three urgent response referrals and minimal capacity”
• “We need you to represent the service at a senior-level performance meeting”

If you’re still smiling and interested, we want to hear from you!

As Clinical Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-quality therapy services within the community. This is a varied and rewarding position, offering the opportunity to make a real difference to patient care and service development.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

• Provide clinical leadership and support to a multidisciplinary team, including Therapists, Mental Health Registered Nurse, Assistant Practitioners, Rehab Assistants, and Administrators.
• Ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based care for patients across the locality.
• Work collaboratively with other community teams such as District Nursing, Community Hospitals, and Health Care Professional (HCP) teams.
• Represent the service at senior-level meetings and contribute to strategic planning.
• Support operational management and service improvement initiatives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• A qualified clinician (e.g., Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, or similar) with current professional registration.
• Experienced in leading teams and managing complex clinical situations.
• Skilled in communication, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
• Adaptable and resilient in a fast-paced environment.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.