Physiotherapy Clinical Lead

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust team in Kidderminster as a Physiotherapist. This permanent role involves supporting a dynamic team while managing your own caseload and supervising junior staff. We prioritize development and provide flexible working options, aiming to deliver outstanding patient care.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of physiotherapy in relevant areas.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD in portfolio.
• Significant postgraduate experience across various specialties.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and supporting the Wyre Forest team.
• Clinical supervision of the physiotherapy integrated team.
• Managing own caseload and triaging visit requests.

Skills

Communication

Supervision

Team Development

Education

Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy

HPC registration

Job description

Job summary

Join our team! We pride ourselves on providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. You will be a supported and valued member of a team that always strives to deliver the quality of service you would like to receive yourself. The team will involve you in development, supervision, team building, and support networks.

The teams operate 7 days a week between 07:30 and 18:30. Shift times are variable, e.g., 07:30-15:30, 08:30-16:40, 10:30-18:30. You will be supported to work flexibly within these hours.

This post is permanent, for 25.5 hours per week.

We offer regular CPD and clinical supervision, comprehensive in-service training, support from experienced senior physiotherapists, and opportunities for career mobility, coaching, and mentoring. You will be involved in development, supervision, team building, and support networks.

Our team offers career progression, skills training, access to forums for LGBT, BAME, Disability, and Carers, wellbeing, and support programs. We consider flexible working options to help you achieve a good work/life balance. Our ethos is to enable and support people to remain in their own homes as a first alternative to inpatient admission. Collaboration and problem solving are key.

You will participate in team meetings, clinical audits, staff management, and team development. Working with team leaders, your input is a valuable part of our work.

Main duties of the job

What will I be doing?

Your typical day will include coordinating and supporting the Wyre Forest team and managing your own caseload. You will triage and allocate planned and unplanned visit requests for physiotherapy interventions. You will clinically supervise the Wyre Forest Physiotherapy integrated team and oversee clinical aspects of work across the Neighbourhood teams.

This may involve urgent response assessments, supporting complex hospital discharges including trauma and orthopaedic brace management, and planning domiciliary interventions to promote independent living. You will work alongside nursing and OT colleagues. The role includes supporting workforce clinical needs, mentoring staff, and supporting operational delivery.

You will also mentor student physiotherapists and collaborate with universities for student placements.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we deliver outstanding care through community hospitals, health services, mental health, and learning disability services across the regions. Our 4500+ staff serve people of all ages with physical and mental health conditions across over 100 sites.

We support your professional growth, offer flexible working, help fulfill your ambitions, and promote diversity. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.

What we offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working
• Supportive staff networks and wellbeing programs

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full duties and criteria, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of physiotherapy in relevant areas

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both verbally and in writing

Qualifications

• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
• HPC registration
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD in portfolio

Experience

• Significant postgraduate experience across various specialties
• Supervision experience of junior staff or students
• Delegation experience to qualified/unqualified staff
• Experience with audits

Desirable

• Experience in relevant clinical fields

Additional criteria

• Confident, enthusiastic, reliable, flexible
• Committed to personal and team development
• Willing to meet travel requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address: Gemini House, Stourport Road, Kidderminster, DY11 7QL

Website: [Link]