Clinical Pathway Lead

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Clinical Pathway Lead to provide leadership to the Therapy team, which includes Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physiotherapy. The role focuses on managing pathways, developing innovative therapies, and building partnerships within the community. Candidates should have relevant clinical qualifications and experience in leadership and operational management. The role supports flexible working arrangements and offers competitive benefits to promote well-being among staff.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Commitment to equality and diversity

Qualifications

• Experience in line management and clinical leadership in health settings.
• Skilled in fostering partnerships with local authorities and stakeholders.
• Ability to oversee and enhance therapy services for children.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and operational management to the Therapy team.
• Lead and develop innovative Therapy services for clinical care pathways.
• Manage staff supervision, recruitment, and professional development.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Operational management

Partnership building

Service evaluation

Education

Relevant clinical qualification

Job description

Overview

The Clinical Pathway Lead will provide line management and clinical leadership to the Therapy team - which includes Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, in Barking & Dagenham, as part of the overall clinical leadership structure for Targeted Children's Services within the borough. The Clinical Pathway Lead will manage the Speech and Language pathway with line management responsibilities for the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Leads and pathways. The post holder will work closely with the Head of Service and give feedback on performance and contractual agreements of the Therapies Service - which includes Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and operational management to the Therapy team in B&D (SLT/OT/PT), supporting service delivery across both health and education settings.
• To lead and develop innovative Therapy services that support clinical care pathways for children and young people
• Manage staff supervision, recruitment, and professional development to build a skilled and motivated team.
• Foster strong partnerships with Local Authorities, schools, and community stakeholders.
• To develop systems and processes to support the delivery of the service within health and education settings within the borough of Barking & Dagenham
• Engage actively with families and community networks to ensure services are responsive, inclusive, and outcome-focused.
• Maintain a specialist clinical caseload, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, and intervention.
• Promote ongoing service evaluation, quality improvement, and compliance with Trust policies.
• Drive forward innovation in service delivery, including digital resource development and embedding research within clinical practice.
• Champion culturally sensitive approaches and contribute to reducing health inequalities within the diverse communities we serve.

About NELFT and Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Joining TeamNELFT

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video, Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.