Virtual Lead Therapist - APP

Bupa; Eccles; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

CPD support

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Bupa is recruiting a Virtual Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Lead Therapist to shape and lead MSK services from home, with occasional attendance at Bupa Centres in Salford Quays or similar locations. The role blends clinical practice with leadership, developing APPs and EPPs while driving service excellence.

You will provide expert MSK care, oversee governance, audits, feedback handling, and mentor clinicians, supporting recruitment and onboarding while maintaining your own clinical duties.

Qualifications

• Registered Advanced Practice Physiotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Significant post-graduate experience in musculoskeletal medicine.
• Experience in leadership, mentoring or people management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support to APPs and EPPs across the MSK service.
• Deliver regular MSK clinical sessions with high patient care standards.
• Review customer feedback, complaints, incidents and clinical risks.
• Conduct clinical audits and support quality assurance.
• Lead implementation of clinical policies and governance.
• Mentor clinicians through coaching and supervision.
• Support recruitment, induction and onboarding of new clinicians.
• Monitor clinical performance and drive service improvement.

Skills

AP Physiotherapist

HCPC registration

Leadership

Clinical governance

Communication

Mentoring

MSK expertise

Job description

## Virtual Lead Therapist - APPApply: Remote: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 27, 2026 (13 days left to apply): R1226685Job Description:**Virtual Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Lead Therapist** **Homebased with occasional attendance in either Bupa Place (Salford Quays, M50 3SP) or alternative local Bupa Centre as required** **Permanent****£58,000 per annum** **Full-Time/Part-Time 30 hours minimum number of working days is 4 days per week (Including 1 late shift per week and 1 full weekend in every 6 weeks)****We make health happen**At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.As a Lead Therapist APP, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Musculoskeletal (MSK) services. Combining hands-on clinical practice with leadership responsibilities, you'll provide expert clinical support, guidance and development to a team of Advanced Practice Physiotherapists (APPs) and Extended Scope Practitioners (EPPs), helping to deliver consistently excellent clinical outcomes and customer experiences.This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced MSK clinician who is passionate about leadership, clinical excellence and developing others. Working closely with operational and clinical leaders across the business, you'll help drive quality, governance, service improvement and strategic objectives while continuing to maintain your own clinical practice.**You'll help us make health happen by:*** Providing clinical leadership and support to a team of APPs and EPPs across the MSK service.* Delivering regular MSK clinical sessions, maintaining a high standard of patient care and clinical expertise.* Supporting the review and management of customer feedback, complaints, incidents and clinical risks.* Conducting clinical audits and supporting quality assurance initiatives across the service.* Leading the implementation of clinical policies, procedures and governance requirements within your team.* Acting as a trusted clinical advisor and escalation point for colleagues and stakeholders.* Supporting the development and mentoring of clinicians through coaching, feedback and clinical supervision.* Promoting a positive learning culture and encouraging continuous professional development across the team.* Supporting recruitment, induction and onboarding of new clinicians.* Monitoring clinical performance and customer feedback to identify improvement opportunities and drive service excellence.* Collaborating with operational and clinical leadership teams to support strategic initiatives and business performance. **Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:*** Registered Advanced Practice Physiotherapist and current HCPC registration.* Significant post-graduate experience within musculoskeletal medicine.* Previous leadership, mentoring or people management experience.* Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.* Excellent organisational and time management skills.* Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.* A collaborative leadership style with the ability to motivate and develop others.* Adaptability and resilience within a fast-paced and evolving healthcare environment.* A proactive, solution-focused approach and a commitment to clinical excellence.**Benefits**Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health, from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing.Joining Bupa in this role, you'll receive:* 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy and sell leave.* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.* Enhanced pension plan and life insurance.* Access to a range of health and wellbeing initiatives and benefits.* Ongoing professional development and CPD support.* Opportunities to influence and shape the future direction of our MSK services.**Why Bupa?**We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus.Our people are all driven by the same purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.We encourage all our people to \"Be You at Bupa\". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.As a Disability Confident employer, we'll offer an interview to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone who needs them. If you have any questions or require more information about this role, please feel free to reach out to [e-mail]