About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and dynamic Physiotherapist to join our Community Response Service Team as a Community Physiotherapy Clinical Manager. The Community Response Service Team work across Northumberland and North Tyneside, (including Single Point of Access, Hospital at Home, Community Therapy Services, Occupational Therapy Specialist Services, Acute Discharge Services and Intermediate Care Units) to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or to facilitate an earlier discharge from hospital.
The successful candidate will provide strong clinical and operational leadership to our Community Therapy Teams to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care - supporting patients to remain safely at home and reducing avoidable hospital admissions.
This role will involve leading and developing the Community Therapy Services, helping to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan, driving service improvement initiatives and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, local authority and partner organisations to enhance patient outcomes and experience.
With teams based in North Tyneside, Seaton Delaval, Blyth, Hexham, Alnwick and Berwick, this role spans diverse communities. You will be instrumental in ensuring equitable, high-quality care across the patch.
This is a rewarding role for an ambitious and compassionate leader looking to shape the future of Community Therapy Services and make a meaningful difference to patients.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical and operational leadership across Community Therapy teams. Responsibility for finance, performance, governance and human resources. Ensure all clinical services are compliant in relation to patient safety and quality standards, in line with relevant professional, Trust and NICE guidelines. To line manage all staff within the Physiotherapy team, including responsibility for recruitment, appraisal and CPD. Ensure resources are monitored and controlled through robust financial and resource management. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
Support delivery of high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy services within community setting Support delivery of admission avoidance, urgent community response and facilitation of early discharge from hospital to support independent living for patients at home through rehabilitation Lead and support staff performance, supervision, appraisal and professional development Take responsibility for budget management, resource allocation, workforce planning and recruitment Drive quality improvement, service transformation and innovation Support governance processes including incident management, audit and risk management Ensure all clinical services are compliant in relation to patient safety and quality standards, in line with relevant professional, Trust and NICE guidelines. The post holder will work clinically as an advanced clinical practitioner Provide a link to Trust wide Physiotherapist Lead and AHP lead within Northumbria Healthcare Act as the departments representative and promote the department at a Trust and Primary Care Organisational level Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, primary care, local authority, acute partners Provide education and training that is accessed by a broad range of health professionals and by employees Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership Accountable to the Senior Manager Work alongside Operational Services Managers and Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist To support in areas of strategic service planning and development
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professionals Council (HCPC) Proven expertise inclusive of completing professionally recognised post registration training at Masters Level or equivalent, with evidence of continuous professional development and the commitment to implement and facilitate this with all staff across the service. Clinically Accredited Specialist course(s)
Desirable
Member of the Chartered Society Physiotherapy
Experience Essential
Substantial post graduate experience with experience as a Clinical Specialist/Advanced practitioner or clinical management post Experience of implementing Department of Health initiatives, national priorities and clinical guidelines Experience in implementing clinical governance frameworks within and out with clinical teams Experience of managing a service or department
Other requirements Essential
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub
Avenue Rd
Seaton Delaval
NE25 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)