# Therapy Team Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/therapy-team-lead/d5fd4219-c140-4652-bef5-b55de40ee968 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/therapy-team-lead/d5fd4219-c140-4652-bef5-b55de40ee968.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashton Under Lyne - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 35 hours per week (Participation in weekend working) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T12:00:58.113Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/AshtonunderLyne/Tameside_Glossop_Integrated_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8137340 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8137340?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Therapy Team Lead – Intermediate Care ### Band 7  - Permanent position An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic HCPC registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Therapy Team. The post holder will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Therapy Service within the in-patient bed based intermediate care service. They will lead and operationally manage a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of therapists, technical instructors and Health Care Therapy Assistants. He/she will be responsible for the delivery of patient rehabilitation and clinical care whilst ensuring clinical governance procedures and patient safety measures are in place. They will also manage a clinical caseload. ### Main duties of the job We require a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist who has excellent communication and leadership abilities, as well as a strong base of clinical skills. Good organisational, project management and problem solving skills are critical to this role. Candidates will be required to manage their own clinical caseload but also provide direction to the team. Experience of managing staff would also be advantageous. You would be part of a rewarding and caring service, committed to facilitating safe patient journeys of assessment, rehabilitation and discharge. There will also be opportunities to develop the team and service through staff training and engagement with other disciplines within the wider health and social care economy. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To have overall operational responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Therapy service and associated MDT including rota management, staff performance and sickness management and operational delivery of care and the rehabilitation of patient. - Enable a high quality rehabilitation service is offered to patients through the professional and Trust clinical governance frameworks. - Investigate incidents and complaints as required. - Ensure care and therapy standards are maintained through training and audit - Ensure a range of therapies are on offer daily to patients including group activities and one to one interventions. - To be responsible for ensuring a person-centred service is delivered that is responsive, effective and efficient achieving KPIs and Therapy outcome measures. - Ensure professional and legal standards are maintained. - To work with the Clinical Pathway Lead and other Band 7 Leads to ensure that the intermediate care service contributes to timely and appropriate patient assessment, treatment and discharge. - To manage a clinical caseload ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates expert clinical experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.. - Working knowledge of broad range of clinical interventions - Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team. - Contribute to the clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and learners. - Able to cope work in a stressful fast paced environment - Able to support challenging patients and carers. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in relevant AHP profession - State Registration with HCPC - Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio **Desirable** - Relevant Masters Level Qualification - Involvement with special Clinical Interest Group - Relevant post graduate training in specialist area ### SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Clinical reasoning - Clinical Audit - Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession - Risk Assessment - Time management - Up to date in professional practice and new research - Problem solving - Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes - Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of patients. - Competent IT skills - Presentation skills - Able to run internal courses for staff and classes for patients - Ability to travel **Desirable** - Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services including experience of quality issues and audit. - Evidence of participation in research ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 917.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435562) - [covid information (pdf, 312.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435563) - [hospital site map (jpg, 160.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2829) - [hospital floor plan (pdf, 50.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1204) - [job description/person specification (pdf, 213.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435561) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.