Lead Specialist Physiotherapist

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

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Oxford is seeking a Lead Specialist Physiotherapist to deliver high-quality, compassionate care within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include clinical leadership, patient management, and team development. The ideal candidate has a BSc in Physiotherapy and HCPC Registration. Salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Highly experienced clinical leader with knowledge in ventilation service.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and enhance patient-focused care.
• Compliance with statutory and mandatory training requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the ventilation service.
• Develop processes that enhance the patient experience.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy (BSc Hons)

HCPC Registration

Job description

Overview

Oxford Sleep and Ventilation Service is a tertiary centre of excellence, looking after 20,000 patients on CPAP, and an estimated 1500 patients on non-invasive ventilation, tracheostomy ventilation and/or cough augmentation. We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nurses, Physiologists, Physiotherapists and Clinical Support Workers, with Consultant oversight.

We are looking for a 0.6 WTE Lead Specialist Physiotherapist to join our wonderful team, delivering effective, safe and compassionate care.

The closing date is 08 October 2025

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, focusing on the values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a family member. The OUH YouTube channel showcases our approach to compassionate excellence. In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust signed it, pledging zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and committing to the ten core principles.

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

The Lead Physiotherapist will be a highly experienced, knowledgeable clinical leader who provides clinical and professional leadership and support to the ventilation service.

• Act as a role model; promote and monitor safe and effective practice.
• Develop the team to ensure considerate and compassionate care delivered by a competent workforce.
• Work with the Matron and Operational Service Manager to develop processes that enhance the patient experience.
• Lead and support the team to deliver high quality care across patient settings (outpatients, inpatients, domiciliary).
• Apply expert judgement and accept accountability for standards of care; work at an advanced level with complex decision making.
• Collaborate across professional, organisational and system boundaries to influence health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
• Manage human, financial, material and information resources within the unit.

Clinical Practice – Key Result Areas

• Lead and direct the multidisciplinary team, modelling an individualised, holistic approach to care.
• Provide clinical support in relevant settings and ensure continuity of care.
• Utilise evidence-based practice and effective communication to develop partnerships with patients, families and agencies.
• Maintain thorough patient documentation and manage patient journey/flow with robust operational systems.

Leadership & Management

• Collaborate with the multi-professional team to develop a shared vision of the service.
• Lead the development of the team and service to continuously improve patient care; manage the Unit budget and resource use.
• Apply change management to initiate service development; participate in recruitment, appraisal and mandatory training processes.
• Ensure annual appraisals and personal development plans for all unit staff.
• Maintain involvement in multidisciplinary meetings and local forums to contribute to practice and service development.

Education & Training

• Maintain and advance personal knowledge and clinical competence; support others in their development.
• Lead the development and acquisition of professional knowledge to enhance unit practice; address educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff.
• Contribute to teaching and supervision of students; provide mentorship, coaching and preceptorship.
• Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in-house study days.

Improving Quality & Developing Practice

• Coordinate and participate in ongoing service review and evaluation, including patient experience and outcomes.
• Evaluate practice against evidence and governance frameworks; address risks and drive quality improvements.
• Participate in peer review and maintain annual appraisal and development plans for staff.
• Promote continuous learning, evidence-based practice, and succession planning; disseminate best practice.
• Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates and role-specific updates are completed and recorded.

Person Specification

Degree

• Degree in Physiotherapy (BSc Hons)
• HCPC Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum pro rata