Physiotherapy Team Lead - Medicine - #145248

Job Overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Medicine Physiotherapy Team Lead to join our team. This leadership role involves overseeing the delivery of high-quality physiotherapy care across Care of the Elderly, Rheumatology, and Endocrine services. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, ensure operational effectiveness, and drive service development within the department.

What We Offer

• A supportive and engaging team environment.
• Extensive CPD opportunities with funded training and career development.
• Flexible working arrangements (3–5 days per week).
• Access to employee wellbeing initiatives and a strong Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) culture.
  
  

This post attracts a 'Golden Hello' payment of £30000 (taxable): 1st Payment on commencement £500 (paid with 1st Salary) then £1000 will become payable after 6 months in post and another £1500 will become payable after 12 months in post (pro rata if applicable). Please note that the Golden Hello is not available to internal applicants

Main duties of the job

• Team Leadership & Support: Lead and support a team of seven physiotherapists, working alongside the Principal Physiotherapist. Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and positive team environment.
• Clinical Excellence: Provide advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, and treatment for patients within Medicine, including complex and chronic cases.
• Operational Effectiveness: Ensure the team operates efficiently, maintaining high standards of patient care in line with hospital policies and clinical guidelines.
• Service Development: Play an integral role in shaping and implementing local service improvements while contributing to wider departmental and directorate initiatives.
• Professional Development: Support the growth of team members by facilitating training, mentorship, and continuous professional development.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and key stakeholders to ensure cohesive and patient-centered care.
• Research & Innovation: Lead evidence-based projects, audits, and research initiatives to influence best practices and continuous service development.
• Deputy Responsibilities: Provide leadership in the absence of the Principal Physiotherapist and collaborate with the Occupational Therapy (OT) Team Lead to optimise service delivery.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Expertise:

• Lead advanced patient assessment and treatment, managing acute and chronic complex cases.
• Oversee caseload prioritisation for both personal and junior staff, ensuring high standards of care.
• Provide clinical expertise within multidisciplinary teams, contributing to treatment planning and discharge processes.
• Maintain accurate patient records in line with Trust policies
  
  

Service Development & Quality Improvement

• Initiate and implement evidence-based audit and research projects, recommending service improvements.
• Support the Principal Physiotherapist in enhancing medical team practices and protocols.
• Contribute to departmental policy updates and represent physiotherapy in cross-functional meetings.
  
  

Operational & Risk Management

• Ensure safe and effective physiotherapy practices, adhering to governance, safety policies, and incident reporting procedures.
• Manage equipment use, training staff in safe operation and adherence to protocols.
• Participate in recruitment, selection, and performance management processes
  
  

Professional Development & Training

• Mentor and supervise junior physiotherapists, providing training and guidance.
• Organise and contribute to medical in-service training programs.
• Maintain personal CPD, staying updated on research and best practices.
  
  

On-Call & Emergency Cover

• Participate in emergency on-call rota (1 in 8 weeks) for respiratory care in acute settings.
• Provide weekend cover (1 in 4 weeks) for Paediatrics, MADU, and General Wards.
  
  

Previous Applicants need not apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC registered
• Degree or Dipolma in Physiotherapy
• Demonstrate up to date knowledge of best clinical practice in relevant speciality
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
• Evidence of some managerial training
• Knowledge of evidence based practice
• Evidence of recent post graduate study in relevant clinical area
• Demonstrate understanding & involvement of Clinical Governance and risk assessment
• Broad knowledge of health legislation
• Clinical Educators training
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Member of relevant clinical interest group
  
  

Competencies for Role

Essential criteria

• Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written reports
• Computer literacy
• Time management
• Organisational skills
• Supervisory and appraisal skills
• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Able to think logically and problem solve
• Analytical skills demonstrated both clinically and managerially
• Able to present information to a group
• Teaching skills
• Be able to work single handily with individuals and in groups
• NHS experience
  
  

Professional / Specialist / Functional Experience

Essential criteria

• At Band 6 level – in relevant clinical area within NHS
• Comprehensive post graduate experience in the following clinical areas, General Medicine, Respiratory , Orthopaedics, Surgery/ICU and Neuro and Elderly Care
• Training and supervision to support all physiotherapy staff and students
• Multidisciplinary working
• Experience of audit
• On-call working
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Development of a project or service
• Research
• Leadership - first line management
  
  

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• To participate in on call
• To participate in rostered working
• Ability to be flexible regarding working arrangements as local circumstances may change to meet service requirements
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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