Community team Clinical lead

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Edgware; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Edgware is seeking an experienced Allied Health Professional to lead the Community Neurological Conditions Management Team. This role demands extensive experience in community neurological rehabilitation and strong leadership skills. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, service development, and ensuring high-quality therapy delivery. The ideal candidate is passionate about patient-centered care and has a history of service improvement and team leadership. The position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of neurological rehabilitation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in community neurological rehabilitation.
• A passion for high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centered care.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills across professions.
• Experience in service improvement and staff development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians.
• Be responsible for day-to-day operations and ongoing service development.
• Provide expert clinical input in neurological rehabilitation.
• Oversee day-to-day service coordination and planning.
• Manage CNCMT staff operations, including recruitment and supervision.
• Ensure high-quality therapy service delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team-building

Service improvement

Patient-centered care

Job description

Role Overview

Are you ready to be at the forefront of transforming community drill-based neurological rehabilitation? We are seeking an experienced Allied Health Professional – either a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist – to lead the Community Neurological Conditions Management Team (CNCMT) at the Royal Free Neurological Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). The CNCMT delivers specialist domiciliary and outpatient care for adults with long-term neurological conditions (excluding Stroke and Parkinson's disease). Based within the NRC at Edgware Hospital, the team works closely with acute and community services, champions evidence‑based practice and prioritises staff wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians.
• Be responsible for day‑to‑day operations and ongoing service development and team leadership.
• Provide expert clinical input in neurological rehabilitation.
• Represent the CNCMT as part of the NRC senior leadership team and lead the Community Neurological Conditions Management Team, comprising 25 multidisciplinary staff.
• Act as a member of the clinical leadership team within the NRC.
• Oversee day‑to‑day service coordination, review and planning in collaboration with the MDT and clinical lead.
• Manage CNCMT staff operations, including recruitment, supervision and appraisals.
• Ensure high‑quality therapy service delivery within the community team.
• Provide expert knowledge for staff supporting patients with complex and progressive long‑term neurological conditions.
• Lead the continued development of CNCMT, promoting integrated working with internal and external partners.
• Support the NRC clinical lead with service development, clinical governance and workforce initiatives at the NRC.
• Lead improvements for digital transformation to enhance processes, pathways and data collection.
• Maintain up‑to‑date clinical practice and support the development of therapy staff in line with professional standards.
• Design and manage referral pathways and clinical documentation in collaboration with the MDT.
• Lead short‑ and medium‑term workforce planning within the community team in conjunction with the NRC Clinical Lead.
• Contribute to the development of integrated care pathways between secondary and primary care, working closely with local providers, NCL ICB and the wider service network.

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive experience in community neurological rehabilitation.
• A passion for high‑quality, evidence‑based, patient‑centred care.
• Strong leadership and team‑building skills across professions.
• Experience in service improvement and staff development.

Eligibility & Application

You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the مربع criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship. Before applying please ensure that you and the role meet the eligibility requirements under the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our diversity and continue to undertake initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities.

Trust Information

Our trust has over 17,000 staff, serving ambitiously 2 million patients every year. We comprise Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free real and North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. NHS Affiliated Category: Band 8a.