Therapies Vascular Team Lead

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Team Lead Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join their Vascular Team. The successful candidate will provide expert physiotherapy services for vascular patients and lead educational training initiatives. This role requires a relevant degree, HCPC registration, and a passion for improving patient care in a busy hospital environment. Opportunities for professional development are available as part of the Trust's commitment to staff growth.

Benefits

Access to high-quality training and development

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in training/supervising students in the profession.
• Experience in evaluating evidence-based practice and audit.
• Ability to deliver effective patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice in vascular surgery and amputation.
• Organize training for therapy teams.
• Responsible for the rehabilitation of vascular patients.
• Conduct wheelchair assessments and referrals.

Skills

Expertise in vascular surgery

Excellent communication skills

Experience in service development

Ability to train/supervise students

Education

BSc Hons or equivalent Physiotherapy/Occupational therapy degree

HCPC registration

Relevant training for specialization

Membership of a specialist interest group

Job description

Therapies Vascular Team Lead

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 February 2026

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Team Lead Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with proven specialist skills in vascular surgery and amputee rehabilitation, to join our integrated Surgical and Orthopaedic team.

The successful candidate will be passionate about vascular surgery, delivery of a quality service, lead on evidence-based practice and develop initiatives to meet changing needs of the population and acute trust.

They will be motivated to develop themselves, colleagues and the service alongside the demands of working in a busy acute hospital.

Main duties of the job

To give expert advice and referrals for ongoing management post vascular surgery and amputation to relevant stakeholders.

To organise and carry out therapy team and local in-service training and educational programmes for physiotherapists and other members of the Multidisciplinary Team including students.

Be responsible for the provision of expert physiotherapy or occupational therapy input for the rehabilitation of all vascular patients within the acute hospital. This will include primary amputees and those with multiple limb loss, who are empowered through specialist physiotherapy intervention to achieve the optimum level of independence and mobility whether they use an artificial limb.

To be involved in patients’ entire inpatient journey which can include pre-assessment and travelling to patients' homes for home visit assessment.

Be responsible for wheelchair assessments and referrals for wheelchair provision.

This will involve working collaboratively with the Multidisciplinary Team and be a source of expert advice to patients, carers and other clinicians involved in the patients’ care.

To assist in the organisation and delivery of educational programmes in this speciality.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust’s core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and personal specifications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Hons or equivalent Physiotherapy / occupational therapy degree
• HCPC registration
• Relevant training to the speciality
• Membership of a specialist interest group

Experience

• Experience in training/supervising students in the profession
• Experience in the evaluation of evidence-based practice, audit, service development, and benchmarking

Communication

• Excellent verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and carers
• Participation and leading /organising in-service training programmes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust