Therapy Team Manager - Hitchin

Brainkind; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity supporting brain injury recovery is seeking a leader to oversee a specialized therapy team. Responsibilities include managing service delivery, ensuring quality care, and leading clinical governance in a supportive environment. Ideal candidates will have a BSc in Physiotherapy and experience in neurological therapy. The role offers a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and a strong team atmosphere.

Benefits

Competitive salary

38 Days Annual Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Long service and staff awards

Free parking

Qualifications

• Registered with Professional Body /CSP if appropriate.
• Member of Professional Specialist Interest Group is desirable.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Experience of working with moderate to advanced neurological conditions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee service delivery from referral to discharge.
• Lead clinical governance activity within the team.
• Manage day-to-day operations and staff leadership.
• Conduct assessments and evaluate therapy interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Neurological therapy knowledge

Clinical governance

Evidence-based practice

Education

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council

Job description

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do and you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

About us:

Stagenhoe is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Hertfordshire, caring for people aged 18 and over with a range of neurological conditions. At Stagenhoe, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs.

Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support and help improve the lives of people with a neurological condition or brain injury.

Main duties of the job

MAIN PURPOSE:

To provide robust and effective leadership to a specialised therapy team and recreational therapy team. The post will support the Senior Management Team in the delivery of services, quality improvement and clinical governance.

Job responsibilities

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for overseeing service delivery from referral to discharge to ensure treatment programmes are planned and delivered effectively.
• To maintain an awareness of the caseloads of the team to ensure the most effective and efficient service is provided.
• To be responsible for leading clinical governance activity within the team with regard to clinical risk management and for implementing clinical governance policies, standards and guidelines.
• Responsible for ensuring a high standard of service, delivered within local and national guidelines and within the resources available. To ensure documentation produced by other members of the team is in line with professional and Brainkind standards.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and leadership of staff within the service and provide support to staff as required.
• To provide on-site deputy leadership for the team and take an active role in service developments through the use of service user participation strategies, peer review, audit, and evaluation of outcome measures.
• To be responsible to chair interdisciplinary team meetings and review meetings as appropriate.
• To work with other professionals in managing operational issues of services which cross organisational boundaries.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy intervention to meet the assessed needs of service users.
• To hold responsibility for managing own caseload within an agreed defined clinical area.
• To monitor attendance of mandatory and other required training for members of team.
• To improve own and others research and development skills through participation in audit projects.
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• ABOUT YOU:
• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy.
• Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council.
• Current registration with Professional Body /CSP) if appropriate.
• Relevant post-registration training and experience and relevant leadership experience and training in a health/social care setting.
• Member of an appropriate Professional Specialist Interest Group is desirable (ACPIN / ACPIVR).
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Proven experience of working in an appropriate service across healthcare settings.
• Experience of working with clients with moderate to advanced neurological disease and disability.
• Demonstrable experience of evidence-based practice, research, audit and outcome measures.
• Highly specialist knowledge and application of neurological therapy assessments and interventions using complex level clinical reasoning.
• Evidence of managing a team of staff including setting objectives, appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues.

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.

REWARDS:

• A competitive Salary of £31,746 - £33,388 per annum.
• 38 Days AL.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Excellent training and support.
• Company Pension.
• Long service and staff awards.
• Free parking.