Band 7 Clinical Specialist Therapist (OT or PT)
Requirements
Requires current UK professional registration as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with significant clinical expertise and leadership experience. Must possess strong organizational skills and the ability to manage complex discharge pathways for older adults.
Job Description
Are you an ambitious and experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your leadership career?
University Hospitals Birmingham is seeking a highly motivated and skilled clinician with a passion for community based rehabilitation to join the Solihull Community Therapy Team as a Band 7 Therapy Team Lead.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine both clinical leadership and operational management, leading a large multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate, and person-centred care across the community.
The successful candidate will be adaptable, resilient, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You will support the team in meeting the challenges of increasing demand, facilitating patient flow from acute hospital settings, and delivering high-quality therapy interventions within the community.
A key clinical focus of this role will be the leadership and delivery of objectives relating to Pathway One Plus (P1+) an enchanced hospital discharge service, working closely with system partners to support safe, effective, and responsive discharge pathways for older adults in Solihull.
If you are a dynamic leader with excellent clinical expertise, strong communication skills, and a commitment to service excellence, we would love to hear from you.
There are two vacancies available, providing a combined total of 52.5 hours per week.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
To provide advanced assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for community patients requiring specialist therapy interventions, supporting safe and effective hospital discharge and ongoing recovery within the community. The post holder will act as a clinical expert and source of advice for therapists, managers, healthcare professionals, and partner organisations, contributing to complex decision-making and risk management to ensure safe discharge planning.
Working collaboratively across partners and organisations the post holder will facilitate timely access to appropriate assessment, intervention and support for older adults with rehabilitation needs. They will provide clinical and operational leadership for the enhanced discharge pathway, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective services that achieve key performance and patient outcome measures.
The role includes responsibility for the supervision, appraisal, training, and development of staff and students, alongside day-to-day workforce management and associated HR responsibilities. The post holder will work closely with fellow Therapy Team Leads and the Clinical Team Lead to support service delivery, workforce planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The successful candidate will lead service development through clinical audit, evaluation of evidence-based practice, research, and data analysis, demonstrating the impact and value of the service through exceptional leadership and management skills.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good General Education (eg. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
- Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment
- AMSPAR Certificate/equivalent qualification or equivalent knowledge of medical terminology
- Working knowledge of medical terminology
Essential
- Experience of working as a Medical Secretary
- Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
- Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook)
- Experience of using IT systems
- Experience of working in Healthcare
- Good Organisational skills
- Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable
- Able to work under pressure and to multi-task
- Able to work to deadlines
- Experience of working in a busy environment
Essential
- Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
- Confident in dealing with people at all levels
- Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
- Mature open and flexible approach to work
- Demonstrates care and compassion
- Good inter-personal and communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Team Player
- Conscientious
- Demonstrates reliability, motivation and commitment
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
- Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Harriet Brown
harriet.brown@uhb.nhs.uk
01214244113
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018251
Job locations
Solihull Hospital
Lode Ln
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 2JL
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS Band 7 Senior Therapy Team Lead CTT.pdf – 504KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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