Principal Therapist - Community (Home Based Services)
Frimley Health Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principle Therapist to lead the Intermediate Care therapy service, aligning home-based community therapy with the wider service and ensuring governance and robust clinical supervision.
You will provide expert specialist support for complex presentations, lead teams across sites, and help develop new clinical pathways while maintaining a strong leadership presence and focus on quality and safety.
Qualifications
- Essential: Recognized degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.
- Essential: HCPC Registration.
- Essential: MSc in related area or equivalent experience.
- Essential: Management courses e.g. supervisory skills, appraisal skills, team skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of specialist therapy services, acting as the professional voice for the specialty.
- Maintain a highly visible presence in clinical areas across sites, ensuring close links with patient services, staff and Divisional leads.
- Develop new clinical pathways and ways of working across all therapy professions within the specialty.
- Carry a specialist clinical caseload and provide consultative/second opinion services to other therapists.
- Communicate complex specialist information to a range of internal and external stakeholders, requiring advanced influencing and negotiation skills.
- Ensure quality and safety of service provision, including risk assessments and infection control.
- Manage frequently stressful or emotional situations empathetically, such as staff issues and complaints.
- Actively record and maintain own continued professional development.
- To participate, as required, in extended services such as weekend working, 7-day working and extended shifts depending on the needs of the service.
Skills
Education
Job description
We have developed this new Principle Therapist position within Intermediate Care to align the Trust's home based community therapy services with the Trust's wider therapy provision and to ensure robust governance, clinical supervision and support.
Responsible for the clinical leadership of the therapists across Intermediate Care, you will use skilled clinical reasoning to provide expert specialist support and advice regarding complex clinical presentations, clinical governance issues and the strategic direction of the service.
As an experienced leader with expertise in community therapy service provision you will develop this post alongside other Principle Therapists, the Intermediate Care Service Manager, the Head of Therapies and Head of Community Services.
- Lead a service by demonstrating advanced clinical skills and leadership skills to ensure the service achieves the aims and objectives of the Trust.
- Regularly undertake/lead audit with area and interpret National Guidance, influencing key stakeholders and implementing change as required.
- Be a visible presence to lead teams of therapists and to be the point of contact for the Therapy directorate regarding provision and further development of specialist therapy services.
At Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, our people are at the heart of everything we do.
As a Disability Confident Employer and recipient of the Gold Award in the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme, we actively champion equality, diversity and inclusion, creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds to build rewarding careers within the NHS.
We also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. By supporting flexible working arrangements wherever possible, we enable our colleagues to balance their professional and personal commitments while continuing to deliver outstanding care to our patients. Whether flexibility means adjusted hours, part-time working, hybrid arrangements or alternative working patterns, we work in partnership with our staff to meet both individual and service needs.
Whether you're at the start of your career or looking for your next challenge, Frimley Health offers the opportunity to be part of a inclusive, forward-thinking organisation that is committed to excellence, innovation and compassionate care. Together, we can shape the future of healthcare and make a real difference to the lives of the communities we serve.
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Date posted: 19 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £35,879 to £40,212 a year per annum incl HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 151-NM391
Job locations: Fleet Community Hospital, Church Road, Fleet, GU51 4LZ, United Kingdom
- Lead the delivery of specialist therapy services, acting as the professional voice for the specialty.
- Maintain a highly visible presence in clinical areas across sites, ensuring close links with patient services, staff and Divisional leads.
- Develop new clinical pathways and ways of working across all therapy professions within the specialty.
- Carry a specialist clinical caseload and provide consultative/second opinion services to other therapists.
- Communicate complex specialist information to a range of internal and external stakeholders, requiring advanced influencing and negotiation skills.
- Ensure quality and safety of service provision, including risk assessments and infection control.
- Manage frequently stressful or emotional situations empathetically, such as staff issues and complaints.
- Actively record and maintain own continued professional development.
- To participate, as required, in extended services such as weekend working, 7-day working and extended shifts depending on the needs of the service.
- Recognized degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
- MSc in related area or equivalent experience
- Management courses e.g. supervisory skills, appraisal skills, team skills
- Evidence of relevant nonclinical management training e.g. financial training
- Significant clinical experience working at a senior level in own professional area
- Team leadership including HR functions as well as teaching, mentoring and developing others
- Experience of contributing to the development of business plans and service development initiatives
- Quality improvement experience including PDSA cycles.
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of budget management, cost improvement and efficiency measures.
- Experience of managing employee relations issues e.g. disciplinary/grievance etc.
- Management of complex community health care in patients' homes
- Ability to organize (collect, process and interpret) complex information to reach sound conclusions
- Able to negotiate and influence and gain commitment from others
- Understanding of National NHS Agenda
- Able to lead teams through service review, re-design and deliver change.
- Formal coaching/mentoring training
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Fleet Community Hospital, Church Road, Fleet, GU51 4LZ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact:
Head of Service
Fran Campbell
fran.campbell@nhs.net
03006131658
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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