Clinical Therapy Lead - Physiotherapy | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; West Green; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Clinical Lead (Therapist) to ensure effective governance and interdisciplinary collaboration in community-based care. This role requires strong leadership and flexibility to work across varied environments. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant professional qualification and experience in community care, contributing to patient recovery and independence.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Beautiful location in Sussex

Qualifications

• Ability to provide clinical leadership and guidance within a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexibility to work 7 days a week during service hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for Home First staff.
• Collaborate to ensure staff competence and effective patient services.
• Deliver specialist clinical advice for complex patients.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Community-based care

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Registered therapist with relevant professional body

Job description

Overview

The Home First service brings together nurses, paramedics, therapists, health and therapy assistants to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home. Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients who are discharged from hospital into Home First will be receiving step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions provided in their own home to support recovery and monitoring of their health in the early days post-discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First will, where required, provide acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living.

You could become part of our exciting service, bringing the unique benefits of a wraparound recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service is ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.

Role

We are looking for a Clinical Lead (Therapist) to join us. If you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced therapist looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Provide Clinical and Professional Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in Home First.
• Collaborate with the AHP Head of Service and Professional Leads to ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered.
• Embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross-skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks.
• Provide specialist clinical advice regarding complex patients and deliver specialist clinical assessment and intervention for highly complex patients as required.
• Support an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate to inform future service development.
• Develop key partnerships and enable whole-system working through effective communication and cross-border collaboration with other disciplines.
• Ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust Strategy and act as deputy to the line manager.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Registered therapist with the relevant professional body (as applicable).
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and senior professional guidance within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in community-based care and interprofessional collaboration.
• Flexibility to work 7 days a week during service hours and across the geographic area.
• You will need to be able to drive with a full UK licence and have access to a vehicle due to the geographic area covered by the team.

About Us & Benefits

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.

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached supporting documents.

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

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025