# Integrated Neighbourhood Team Clinical Lead - Physiotherapy

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sirona care & health CIC
- **Town:** Bristol
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 to £56,515

                    a year
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time, Flexible working
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29T08:47:05.815Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B9083-26-0322?employerCode=B9083
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8100410?FromJobsNHS=1&ShowJobAdvert=

## Job Content

### Job summary

We are looking for a motivated Clinical Lead Physiotherapist to join our Bristol team. Working alongside the Clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy and other Sirona Clinical Leads, you will champion the Physiotherapy profession within the Bristol Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), providing expert clinical leadership, professional advice and support both locally and across wider Sirona initiatives to transform therapy services.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will work closely with colleagues across Bristol's three localities to support therapists delivering high-quality care across the full range of INT pathways, including urgent and planned therapy services, as well as Pathway 1 hospital discharges. You will help shape and develop services, ensuring patients receive timely, effective and person-centred care.

We're looking for someone with excellent communication and leadership skills who thrives in a collaborative environment. You'll be adaptable, approachable and able to respond to the evolving needs of services, staff and patients. With strong problem-solving and negotiation skills, you'll build positive relationships across teams and partner organisations, always striving for the best outcomes.

You will also play a vital role in developing and sustaining our therapy workforce, leading on recruitment and retention, supporting staff development, and fostering a culture of continuous learning, quality improvement and safe, evidence-based practice.

### Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to provide strong, visible and credible senior clinical physiotherapy leadership and direction to the physiotherapists within the Integrated Network Teams in conjunction with the Locality managers, Assistant Locality Manager, Integrated Network Team Manager and Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Long Term Conditions and Acute) in leading the Integrated Network Teams (INTs) in the Locality in the planning, provision, development and improvement of a range of clinical services. The role will have a clinical focus, ensuring the provision of high quality clinical care, ensuring clinical effectiveness and efficiency.

The Clinical Lead - Physiotherapy will provide clinical supervision of the INT physiotherapy staff and review the clinical supervision structure and processes. This may also include responsibility for supporting the rehabilitation of service users, carrying a small complex clinical caseload for those requiring a high level of expertise and experience. The post holder will work closely with the other clinical and managerial leads to ensure consistent delivery of safe and effective care and maintain a strong multi-professional ethos of professional respect, understanding and contributing to the delivery of Sirona's vision and values.

### About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

### Details

- Date posted: 29 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 083-8100410-WW
- Job locations: North Bristol Intermediate Care Centre, 20 Ellsworth Road, Bristol, BS10 7EH, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

## Job Details

We are looking for a motivated Clinical Lead Physiotherapist to join our Bristol team. Working alongside the Clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy and other Sirona Clinical Leads, you will champion the Physiotherapy profession within the Bristol Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), providing expert clinical leadership, professional advice and support both locally and across wider Sirona initiatives to transform therapy services.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will work closely with colleagues across Bristol's three localities to support therapists delivering high-quality care across the full range of INT pathways, including urgent and planned therapy services, as well as Pathway 1 hospital discharges. You will help shape and develop services, ensuring patients receive timely, effective and person-centred care.

We're looking for someone with excellent communication and leadership skills who thrives in a collaborative environment. You'll be adaptable, approachable and able to respond to the evolving needs of services, staff and patients. With strong problem-solving and negotiation skills, you'll build positive relationships across teams and partner organisations, always striving for the best outcomes.

You will also play a vital role in developing and sustaining our therapy workforce, leading on recruitment and retention, supporting staff development, and fostering a culture of continuous learning, quality improvement and safe, evidence-based practice.

## Job Description

The purpose of this role is to provide strong, visible and credible senior clinical physiotherapy leadership and direction to the physiotherapists within the Integrated Network Teams in conjunction with the Locality managers, Assistant Locality Manager, Integrated Network Team Manager and Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Long Term Conditions and Acute) in leading the Integrated Network Teams (INTs) in the Locality in the planning, provision, development and improvement of a range of clinical services. The role will have a clinical focus, ensuring the provision of high quality clinical care, ensuring clinical effectiveness and efficiency.

The Clinical Lead - Physiotherapy will provide clinical supervision of the INT physiotherapy staff and review the clinical supervision structure and processes. This may also include responsibility for supporting the rehabilitation of service users, carrying a small complex clinical caseload for those requiring a high level of expertise and experience. The post holder will work closely with the other clinical and managerial leads to ensure consistent delivery of safe and effective care and maintain a strong multi-professional ethos of professional respect, understanding and contributing to the delivery of Sirona's vision and values.

## Responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications/Training

**Essential**

- Current HCPC Registration
- Evidence of CPD
- Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate Level 3 or higher course/module

**Desirable**

- Masters level clinical qualification
- Coaching/Teaching qualification/experience
- Knowledge of national, local, strategic and operational policy developments and potential implications

### Skills, Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of managing people and effective clinical supervision of junior staff and students
- Experience of working autonomously and proactively to meet KPIs
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to improve care including challenging service delivery and provision
- Ability to demonstrate innovative, evidence based and reflective practice utilising shared decision making principles
- Experience of managing change projects, ability to negotiate, influence, motivate others
- Experience of clinical audit and development/implementation of standards
- Risk management and Clinical expertise in a speciality e.g. Rehabilitation, manual handling, falls management or postural management, etc.

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Legal issues relating to Mental Capacity Act, Data Protection Act, Safeguarding, etc.

## Documents

- [INT Clinical Lead JD.pdf (PDF, 180 KB)](document:2973129)

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