Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy Lead
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 36 months (Fixed term/Secondment starting October 2025)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 390-B&D-BR-3313-A
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £55,690 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Therapist
Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join St Andrew;s Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery at Broomfield Hospital in the role of Clinical Therapy Lead for Respiratory, Surgery and Orthopedics on a 3 year fixed term contract. This post will be offered as a job share and is a pivotal role in shaping therapy services across a complex, high-acuity division.
You’ll be joining a compassionate and high-performing team, working in close partnership with divisional leaders, the MSE Clinical Director for Therapy, General Manager for Therapy, and senior multi-disciplinary colleagues.
We are seeking a motivated and committed physiotherapist or occupational therapist with clinical and leadership experience who is keen to further develop the service.
Main duties of the job
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Provide visible and expert leadership across Hand Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services within the Burns, Plastics and Dermatology division.
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Hold a small but complex clinical caseload, ensuring the continued delivery of expert patient-centred care.
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Support and co-lead the management of the therapy team, overseeing staffing, development, service standards, and resources (including a delegated budget).
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Drive quality improvement, service development and innovation aligned to Trust priorities and national best practice.
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Work collaboratively with clinicians, managers, and system partners to ensure integrated, equitable, and safe care.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be accountable for improving clinical care standards.
- To be accountable for infection control for all defined departments/clinical areas used by Therapy Staff.
- To be accountable for ensuring that departmental areas are compliant with the CQC essential standards of quality and safety.
- Manage and provide professional leadership to the Burns & Plastics Therapy Staff.
- Empower senior staff to manage the quality elements for their area.
- Using evidence based practice/techniques to highlight that the above roles are delivering an increased quality in the delivery of patient care.
- To be responsible for improving patient’s experience of care and treatment including resolving complaints locally, answering formal complaints and undertaking trust wide initiative to enhance the experience of patients.
- To take a major role in the advance assessment and treatment of a highly complex caseload of patients within the Burns & Plastics Surgical Unit.
- Maintain patient safety
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered Physiotherapist
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in management
- Post graduate training in clinical specialist area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working in the NHS or similar
- Experience of line management responsibilities
- Experience of managing change
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a multi-professional team
- Budget Management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Teresa Tredoux
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004433700
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