Home First Emergency Therapy Lead - Senior Clinician

Mid Cheshire Hospitals; Crewe; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Home First Emergency Care Therapy Team Leader to drive clinical excellence and operational leadership across ED, inpatient wards, and community settings. The role focuses on admissions avoidance, timely discharge planning, and active education of team members.

The post holder will lead multidisciplinary collaboration, supervise staff, and participate in MDT meetings to optimise patient flow and safe discharge in line with Home

Qualifications

• Experience as a Therapist with advanced assessment, admission avoidance, and discharge planning knowledge and skills.
• Proven ability to lead and supervise therapy staff within a multidisciplinary setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical leadership across ED, admission avoidance, Home First, and discharge pathways.
• Lead complex clinical decision-making, risk assessment, and patient flow management.
• Supervise, support, and develop therapy staff within the IPOCH team.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and transformation programmes.
• Collaborate with acute, community, primary care, social care and voluntary sector partners to deliver integrated care.

Skills

Advanced assessment

Discharge planning

Admission avoidance

Clinical leadership

Job description

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Home First Emergency Care Therapy Team Leader to drive clinical excellence and operational leadership across ED, inpatient wards, and community settings. The role focuses on admissions avoidance, timely discharge planning, and active education of team members.

The post holder will lead multidisciplinary collaboration, supervise staff, and participate in MDT meetings to optimise patient flow and safe discharge in line with Home