Team Lead Physiotherapist Surgery (including Vascular)

Job overview

Team Lead Physiotherapist Surgery (including Vascular)

Band 7

Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

The opportunity has arisen to join out Inpatient Therapy Team, we are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to lead  the Surgical   physiotherapy team, including vascular covering maternity leave.

The successful candidate should be driven to deliver high quality, patient centered care and is  willing to actively participate and lead the services going forward in order to deliver the best possible model of care, fit to meet the needs in the modern NHS. As the Team Lead you will need  to drive forward service development, promoting excellent care by leading on implementation of guidelines and promoting evidence based practice.

You should have Substantial post-graduation experience, with significant Band 6 experience including relevant NHS experience.

As a department, we are committed to providing an excellent service to our patients and we believe strongly in the continued development of all our staff.

Interviews: 8th June 2026

Main duties of the job

• Manage a caseload of patients with routine and complex needs, using evidence based/patient focused principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To actively participate in the weekend and on call rota.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services within the Surgical /Orthopaedic team, holding responsibility for defined projects
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the trust Physiotherapy service
• To regularly supervise Physiotherapy students on placement

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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