Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

MSK Physiotherapy Team Leader

The closing date is 20 May 2025

Job summary

The working pattern is 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday and will be based at Evesham Community Hospital, Evesham. As part of the Leadership role you will be expected to be flexible and supportive to the leadership teams across localities.

The Service delivers Community MSK outpatient services across Worcestershire. It is comprised of Pelvic Health, Advanced Practitioner and Mainstream Physiotherapy Rehabilitation services. The leadership team comprises of 4 team leads who have operational responsibility over geographical areas, 4 clinical leads and 2 administrative leads.

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Main duties of the job

You will provide day to day operational management over a team of Advanced Practice physiotherapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, and Administrators.

You will be part of a wider leadership team responsible for the county wide delivery of MSK services.

You will be responsible for recruitment of new staff and appraisal of existing staff members.

You will be responsible for the development and delivery of efficient and effective clinical and administrative pathways.

You will be flexible and adaptable being responsive to service and patient needs as they arise.

You will utilise prioritisation and delegation skills to meet deadlines.

You will deputise for the Therapy Lead as required. You will building connections with local partners.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Pro-Rated for Part-Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9798-1386

Job locations

Evesham Community Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 1JT


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma / Degree in
  • Physiotherapy
  • HPC registration
  • Evidence of relevant post
  • graduate courses / CPD
  • maintained in portfolio
  • i understand that i will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Desirable

  • Relevant validated clinical course
  • Clinical educators qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge of
  • physiotherapy in relevant areas
  • Awareness of research processes
  • Knowledge of IT skills

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Good critical appraisal skills
  • Teaching and presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others
  • Be able to lead a team effectively
  • Able to maintain judgement and work under pressure
  • Excellent time management
  • Ability to appropriately delegate work

Experience

Essential

  • A minimum 5 years post graduate
  • experience including work in a
  • variety of specialities
  • Experience of leadership
  • Experience of supervision of junior
  • staff and students
  • Experience of audit

Desirable

  • Band 7 experience or team leader

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Committed to service development
  • Excellent motivator of self and others
  • Forward thinking
  • Confident and enthusiastic
  • Sensitive to needs of others
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma / Degree in
  • Physiotherapy
  • HPC registration
  • Evidence of relevant post
  • graduate courses / CPD
  • maintained in portfolio
  • i understand that i will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Desirable

  • Relevant validated clinical course
  • Clinical educators qualification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge of
  • physiotherapy in relevant areas
  • Awareness of research processes
  • Knowledge of IT skills

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Good critical appraisal skills
  • Teaching and presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others
  • Be able to lead a team effectively
  • Able to maintain judgement and work under pressure
  • Excellent time management
  • Ability to appropriately delegate work

Experience

Essential

  • A minimum 5 years post graduate
  • experience including work in a
  • variety of specialities
  • Experience of leadership
  • Experience of supervision of junior
  • staff and students
  • Experience of audit

Desirable

  • Band 7 experience or team leader

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Committed to service development
  • Excellent motivator of self and others
  • Forward thinking
  • Confident and enthusiastic
  • Sensitive to needs of others
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

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

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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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Evesham Community Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 1JT


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Evesham Community Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 1JT


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

PA

Nicola Futcher

nicola.futcher1@nhs.net

07856281879

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Pro-Rated for Part-Time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9798-1386

Job locations

Evesham Community Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 1JT


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