Physiotherapy Team Leader - T&O Inpatients

Job overview

Job Title:  Physiotherapy Team Leader- Trauma & Orthopaedics (in-patients)

Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week

Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent: (participation in weekend and on-call rota required)

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Closing Date: 9th November 2024

Interview Date: 19th November 2024

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

As Team Leader you will have clinical and operational responsibility for T&O Therapy Services.

Clinically you will manage a small complex caseload as well as being the point of clinical excellence and development within the team with responsibility for ensuring each team member has a personal development plan, regular review of clinical competencies, oversee a progressive in-service training  plan and ensuring you are up to date with current practice guidelines.

Operationally you will be responsible for the daily  leadership and organisation of the T&O Team, this will include but not be exclusive to clinical supervision, performance management, sickness and absence management, staff appraisal and CSTF, daily staffing numbers and staff deployment across a 7 day service , service review and service development.

Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed to balance clinical and non-clinical duties.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of service review and development- this post requires continual review and occasional re-design of the services we offer in order to meet trust and national guidelines and Targets.

You will be key to being actively involved in the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures. Through this being able to make recommendations for and assist with change.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to  provide clinical and Team leadership with a focus on delivering a high quality of care across the clinical areas as well as overseeing the successful delivery and expansion of the role of Therapy

The successful candidate will be supported in post by the Inpatient Therapy services lead as well as extensive CPD training opportunities and access to organisational development and leadership development opportunity.

Experience within service improvement and development is essential.

You will be expected to participate in the weekend T&O rota

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please find that the full details can be found in the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.