Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Community Therapy Team | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Apuldram; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider is looking for a Clinical Lead Community Physiotherapist in Apuldram. You will deliver holistic, personalized care and lead a team in a supportive environment. The role requires strong clinical assessment skills and a commitment to patient-centered care. Ideal candidates have a degree in Physiotherapy with experience in community and urgent care settings. This position offers flexible working options and a chance to enhance your clinical leadership skills.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience in community rehabilitation and urgent care settings.
• Ability to drive with a full UK license.
• Experience in clinical governance and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and improve quality of life.
• Manage and supervise staff for effective service delivery.
• Develop partnerships for interdisciplinary working.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Team leadership

Holistic patient care

Rehabilitation interventions

Effective communication

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

If you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportive team and use your expert skills to provide excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you. Our aim is to maximise opportunities for the people living in our communities to be as independent as possible in what matters to them, living full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and the workplace.

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead Community Physiotherapist in our Community Therapy Team West based in Chichester to come and work in the service delivering the aim above via holistic, personalised, therapeutic care. You will work as part of well‑established wider Multi‑Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) across our local communities, where you will provide support across both proactive community rehabilitation and urgent care pathways. Our teams work flexibly to provide a five‑day service, between 8am and 6pm.

Key Responsibilities

We will support you to make full use of your skills at whatever stage of your career to:

• Provide specialist, holistic assessments, and reviews to improve or maintain quality of life.
• Support individuals to take increased ownership and control over their health through rehabilitation interventions, personalised care planning and goal setting.
• Provide an urgent response to minimise crisis situations and the need for emergency interventions or hospital admissions.

In this role, you will provide clinical and professional leadership, ensuring effective governance and clinical support for staff working within the service. Working with the operational leads, you will ensure the clinical effectiveness of the service and the delivery of an excellent patient experience. You will develop key partnerships, working to ensure successful system working through effective communication and networking with other disciplines, by working across professional and service boundaries.

You will be part of the development of the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and quality improvement initiatives. Central to this is supporting the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, supporting each other, and learning together.

You will use your specialist clinical assessment and intervention skills for complex patients and provide clinical advice and support to colleagues to enable individual and team development. You will be responsible for staff management, supervision, and development, including shift coordination, allocation of visits, and the performance development reviews of members of the team.

You will need to be able to drive with a full UK licence due to the geographic area covered by the team.

About the Trust

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part‑time, flexi‑time, annualised hours, and flexi‑retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Our Trust and leadership teams are committed to supporting your work/life balance via flexible working and tailored support to help you advance your clinical practice and leadership skills in style that suits you, your health and wellbeing and your future career aspirations. This is an ideal opportunity to bring your skills and develop them in a flexible, supportive, and positive community service.

Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Nov 2025.