ICU and Surgery Physiotherapy Team Lead
The closing date is 23 July 2025
Job summary
Are you a motivated and experienced physiotherapist ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? We're looking for a dynamic individual to lead our dedicated team supporting respiratory and surgical patients at King's Mill Hospital.
As the ICU and Surgery Physiotherapy Team Lead, you will:
- Manage a team of qualified and non-qualified staff delivering care to respiratory and surgical patients
- Provide strong clinical leadership and ensure adherence to clinical governance standards
- Support recruitment, retention, and development of Band 5 and Band 6 physiotherapists
- Play a key role in service planning, delivery, and evaluation for both inpatient and outpatient care
- Participate in the respiratory on-call rota
You will also contribute to the ongoing development of high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy services, ensuring alignment with national standards and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver effective physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and orthotic interventions to maximise patient outcomes
- Lead training and education for therapy, medical, nursing, and allied health staff
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery
- Support the development of new ways of working across the therapy service
Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
15 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-CSTO-7295270
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-ashfield
NG17 4JL
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