North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead Physiotherapist *Internal applicants only*

The closing date is 13 November 2025

Job summary

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to undertake a band 7 emergency secondment role within the Carlisle & District ICC . Are you looking for an innovative role in a multidisciplinary team? This fantastic opportunity awaits a dynamic, motivated Physiotherapist looking to develop clinical, operational and leadership skills.

As a Clinical lead Physiotherapist you will work closely with other clinical leads within the team. Within this role you be expected to work towards providing clinical leadership and operational management to the team and manage the clinical caseload of patients to ensure safe patient flow. This is a multidisciplinary team that consists of nurses and AHPs to support the clinical need of the patients and involves working closely with our partner organisations.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing clinical input, demonstrating advanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and management of clinical needs of a complex caseload.
  • Supporting the development of individuals and the team through appraisal, personal development planning, coaching and mentoring.
  • Provide assurance and governance for the service.
  • Lead the implementation of clinical protocols/pathways in the service.
  • Work with the Professional Lead to implement the AHP strategic plan.
  • Develop rehabilitation & recovery focused services to enabling people to be independent for longer, manage their health needs & lead healthy, active lives in their community.
  • Supporting the service to implement clinical effectiveness programs by taking part in any agreed research/audit projects, leading key aspects as appropriate.
  • Provide strategic clinical leadership using the most up to date evidence based theory.
  • Work as a key member of the wider Carlisle and District ICC Leadership Team

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted

29 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7563687

Job locations

Hilltop Heights

London Road

Carlisle

CA1 2NS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oQualified to degree level or equivalent experience
  • oEvidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
  • oChartered Society of Physiotherapy recognised Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • oMembership of relevant professional body
  • oRegistered with Health Professional Council

Desirable

  • oPost registration qualification in teaching/ assessing (ENB 998/NST 307)
  • oTraining and/or qualification relating to clinical supervision
  • oIndependent non-medical prescribing qualification
  • oPost graduate teaching qualification
  • oLeadership qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience post qualification
  • Experience of providing supervision
  • Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/training
  • Demonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Ability to manage complex caseload
  • Ability to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
  • Ability to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
  • Conference presentations of publications in this area (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters)
  • Computer literate
  • Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
  • Knowledge of up to date practice using research and evidence based learning

Desirable

  • Community Health care rehabilitation

Skills & aptitudes

Essential

  • Skills in the use of methods of assessment, diagnosing, formulation / interventions, and evaluation
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service user, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Well-developed skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and potentially challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work sensitively and supportively with staff who are retraining and/or changing their way of working
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to develop staff and their levels of skills and expertise
  • Ability to understand the NICE guidelines and the role of such guidelines in the NHS
  • Able to travel independently.
  • Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings. The resilience necessary to overcome obstacles and resistance.
  • Sensitivity towards organisational and political complexities
  • Evidence of being a team player.
  • Ability to work flexibly inside and outside of office hours

Other requirements

Essential

  • Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oQualified to degree level or equivalent experience
  • oEvidence of post registration qualifications/ professional development in related health field
  • oChartered Society of Physiotherapy recognised Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • oMembership of relevant professional body
  • oRegistered with Health Professional Council

Desirable

  • oPost registration qualification in teaching/ assessing (ENB 998/NST 307)
  • oTraining and/or qualification relating to clinical supervision
  • oIndependent non-medical prescribing qualification
  • oPost graduate teaching qualification
  • oLeadership qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience post qualification
  • Experience of providing supervision
  • Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/training
  • Demonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge and skills in area specialism
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Ability to manage complex caseload
  • Ability to drive high level multi-disciplinary practice to maximum potential
  • Ability to engage in audit/ research process in order to influence care according to best practice
  • Conference presentations of publications in this area (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters)
  • Computer literate
  • Knowledge of relevant national policies pertaining to profession
  • Knowledge of up to date practice using research and evidence based learning

Desirable

  • Community Health care rehabilitation

Skills & aptitudes

Essential

  • Skills in the use of methods of assessment, diagnosing, formulation / interventions, and evaluation
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service user, their families, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
  • Well-developed skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi- media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, academic settings
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and potentially challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work sensitively and supportively with staff who are retraining and/or changing their way of working
  • Leadership skills
  • Ability to develop staff and their levels of skills and expertise
  • Ability to understand the NICE guidelines and the role of such guidelines in the NHS
  • Able to travel independently.
  • Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings. The resilience necessary to overcome obstacles and resistance.
  • Sensitivity towards organisational and political complexities
  • Evidence of being a team player.
  • Ability to work flexibly inside and outside of office hours

Other requirements

Essential

  • Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity

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).

Additional information

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

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hilltop Heights

London Road

Carlisle

CA1 2NS


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hilltop Heights

London Road

Carlisle

CA1 2NS


Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Managers

Mark McCready

mark.mccready@ncic.nhs.uk

07786391331

Details

Date posted

29 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7563687

Job locations

Hilltop Heights

London Road

Carlisle

CA1 2NS


Supporting documents

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