Clinical Lead Physiotherapist Urgent Community Response Chichester

NHS; Chichester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Chichester seeks a Clinical Lead (Physiotherapist) to direct clinical practices in community settings. The candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective patient care while supporting staff development. Ideal for those with robust leadership experience and a background in community healthcare, this position offers flexible working arrangements and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy required.
• Experience within clinical case management.
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for the service.
• Ensure the clinical effectiveness and delivery of excellent patient experience.
• Develop partnerships for successful system working.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Knowledge of health policy

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy

Health and Care Professions Council registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

It's an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we continue to build on our successful model. UCR services work with patients in their homes across Sussex communities to avoid hospital admissions and support those being discharged home.

Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. They deliver:

A rapid response to people in the community who are experiencing acute episodes of ill-health.

• A supported discharge service to facilitate timely hospital discharges.

• Acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living.

We are looking for a Clinical Lead (Physiotherapist) to join us, so if you're an ambitious, proactive, and experiencedPhysiotherapist looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent acute community care, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

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.

Your experience of working across a variety of clinical settings and working autonomously willhelp you excel in this role. We will support you to develop specialist areas of practice and your leadership skills through internal and external programmes.

About us

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?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto 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.

Details Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

150-GM1975-UPC

Job locations

Bicentennial Building

Terminus Road

Chichester

PO19 8EZ

Job description Job responsibilities

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.

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

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

Job description Job responsibilities

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.

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

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

Person Specification Qualifications and/ or professional registration Essential

• Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• Currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Post registration qualification or training to Masters level or equivalent, or be willing to undertake

Desirable

• Advanced Physical assessment course or Masters level module
• Mentoring course or equivalent or Qualified Practice Assessor
• Recognised Leadership Qualification

Experience Essential

• Experience within clinical case management
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of a consistent pattern of learning from education and training
• Experience working across the boundaries of primary, community and secondary care

Desirable

• Experience of clinical leadership within a service
• Experience of leading service development and change
• Experience of active participation in research

Skills and knowledge Essential

• Up to date knowledge and skills within clinical area (Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy)
• Up to date knowledge of health and social care policy
• Up to date knowledge of Professional code of Conduct
• Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit
• Able to use advanced reasoning and assessment skills in a wide range of approaches to treatments and management of conditions
• Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
• Able to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Able to advocate for patients to improve their outcomes
• Able to mentor, supervise and develop other professionals
• Able to communicate effectively where barriers or obstacles exist and able to deploy strategies to overcome these
• Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic health service
• Able to use recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office including Excel
• Able to use IT systems and keyboard skills including accurate data recording skills
• Able to identify the training needs of self and others and to provide relevant and appropriate learning
• Knowledge of team dynamics and strategies to develop high performing teams
• Able to work in partnership and collaboration with other professionals in other services and challenge and negotiate with them as needed
• Able to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own and others workload
• Able to manage, diffuse and resolve conflict
• Able to teach patients and carers to participate and manage their own care as appropriate
• Able to monitor, maintain and improve standards of care
• Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify their own personal limitations and an openness to addressing them

Other requirements Essential

• Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK) Unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments
• An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
• Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role

Desirable

• Flexible working
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

Person Specification Qualifications and/ or professional registration Essential

• Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• Currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Post registration qualification or training to Masters level or equivalent, or be willing to undertake

Desirable

• Advanced Physical assessment course or Masters level module
• Mentoring course or equivalent or Qualified Practice Assessor
• Recognised Leadership Qualification

Experience Essential

• Experience within clinical case management
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of a consistent pattern of learning from education and training
• Experience working across the boundaries of primary, community and secondary care

Desirable

• Experience of clinical leadership within a service
• Experience of leading service development and change
• Experience of active participation in research

Skills and knowledge Essential

• Up to date knowledge and skills within clinical area (Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy)
• Up to date knowledge of health and social care policy
• Up to date knowledge of Professional code of Conduct
• Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit
• Able to use advanced reasoning and assessment skills in a wide range of approaches to treatments and management of conditions
• Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
• Able to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Able to advocate for patients to improve their outcomes
• Able to mentor, supervise and develop other professionals
• Able to communicate effectively where barriers or obstacles exist and able to deploy strategies to overcome these
• Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic health service
• Able to use recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office including Excel
• Able to use IT systems and keyboard skills including accurate data recording skills
• Able to identify the training needs of self and others and to provide relevant and appropriate learning
• Knowledge of team dynamics and strategies to develop high performing teams
• Able to work in partnership and collaboration with other professionals in other services and challenge and negotiate with them as needed
• Able to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own and others workload
• Able to manage, diffuse and resolve conflict
• Able to teach patients and carers to participate and manage their own care as appropriate
• Able to monitor, maintain and improve standards of care
• Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify their own personal limitations and an openness to addressing them

Other requirements Essential

• Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK) Unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments
• An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
• Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role

Desirable

• Flexible working
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bicentennial Building

Terminus Road

Chichester

PO19 8EZ

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bicentennial Building

Terminus Road

Chichester

PO19 8EZ

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)