Therapy Team Lead

Integrated Care System; Guisborough; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System seeks a Therapy Team Lead to oversee community rehabilitation therapy services in Guisborough. The successful candidate will manage a team of professionals, provide clinical expertise, and ensure high-quality patient care. This role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills, with support for further training, and a salary ranging from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum. Candidates must possess a relevant degree, leadership experience, and be prepared to access vehicles for work purposes.

Qualifications

• Registered with a professional body, e.g. HCPC.
• Experience in community therapy service.
• Evidence of training/experience in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
• Provide clinical expertise in community rehab therapy services.
• Participate in audit and research.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical reasoning

Teaching skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

Post Graduate clinical training

Job description

Go back South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Therapy Team Lead

The closing date is 04 August 2025

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with experience of leadership to provide support and clinical expertise to community rehab therapy services within Redcar & Cleveland locality.

The role is as the therapy lead for a team of OT, Physio and therapy assistants working in rehab roles as well as providing professional support for therapist working within residential rehab and reablement teams within the council.

The clinical element of the role involves triaging and a clinical caseload of complex patients as well as being a specialist resource supporting staff with their complex rehab cases.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals including Redcar Primary Care Hospital which has a rehabilitation Unit. James Cook University Hospital is a major trauma centre and provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to have experience in Leadership as well as working in the community. Additionally the postholder will need to have experience of supervising staff and a good understanding of rehabilitation.

The Therapy Service is a well established large, progressive and dynamic service, which continues to develop within the wider trust. The team is friendly and supportive and mentorship for this role will be available from AHP Service Leads.

This post offers development in clinical and leadership skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses. We have an established and comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their CPD through workshops, clinical supervision and the appraisal process. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research as the hospital has close links with the local universities.

Must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Hold a diploma or degree awarded by professional body OT or Physio
• Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development relevant to role as Team Lead.
• Hold or be working towards MSc or relevant post graduate qualification

Experience

• Evidence of post graduate training/ experience in leadership
• Evidence of working within a community therapy service within the NHS
• Able to evidence senior team leadership experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to rehabilitation
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of a team
• Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals
• Member of specialist interest group

Personal Attributes

• Access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum (pro rata)