RTS Team Leader

West London NHS Trust; Buckler's Park; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a proactive Team Leader to ensure the efficient daily operations of the Rehabilitation Therapy Services at Broadmoor Hospital. The ideal candidate will lead the team, ensuring patient safety and service delivery while providing meaningful therapeutic activities. Responsibilities include staff management, audits, and engaging directly with patients in a high-secure environment, making it crucial for applicants to have experience in therapeutic or fitness environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in team leadership within a therapeutic, rehabilitation or fitness environment.
• Ability to work effectively with patients presenting complex mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staff complete daily, weekly, and quarterly environmental checks.
• Direct supervision of up to three band 5 staff.
• Ensure accurate and professional notes in patients' records.

Skills

Team leadership

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

As Team Leader, you will ensure the smooth and efficient day‑to‑day running of the service, addressing operational challenges as they arise and maintaining the highest standards of safety and service delivery. You will work as part of the wider Rehabilitation Therapy Services team to support patients in their recovery through meaningful, therapeutic physical activity in a group or one‑to‑one setting. The post holder will be responsible for the day‑to‑day leadership of staff in the identified RTS area.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staff complete daily, weekly and quarterly environmental checks and all safety and security procedures are completed accurately and timely.
• Direct supervision of up to three band 5 staff and manage their annual leave, sickness and Personal Development Reviews.
• Ensure staff enter accurate and professional notes in patients’ RiO record and validate entries within an acceptable time‑scale.
• Ensure 100% of patient update reports are completed comprehensively and recorded professionally (CPA reports, LATCH update reports, etc.).
• Actively engage in a minimum of 50% of patient sessions.
• Develop and implement service improvements by leading audits and evaluations of the area of responsibility.
• Provide meaningful therapeutic activity to patients in admissions, high‑dependency and assertive rehabilitation wards.

Qualifications

• Experience in team leadership within a therapeutic, rehabilitation or fitness environment.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with patients presenting complex mental health needs.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and proactive RTS Team Leader to join our Health & Fitness Department at Broadmoor Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to lead the daily operations of our patients’ fitness suite and associated facilities within a high‑secure inpatient environment.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high‑secure hospitals, with an international reputation. Our high‑secure services care for patients from the south of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59 % are BME. Our turnover for 2024‑25 is over £500m. The Trust is rated as “Good” overall by the Care Quality Commission; forensic services are rated as “Outstanding”.

Our facilities include a state‑of‑the‑art fitness suite, fitness studio and an outdoor multi‑use games area supporting activities such as football, tennis, volleyball and 11 smaller onward gyms.