Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Sheppey Community Hospital

Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Sheppey Community HospitalAs a Band 7 Physiotherapist, youll be a key clinical leader within our Urgent Care Response and Intermediate Care Teams based in Sheppey, North Kent.You will feel valued as a senior physiotherapist within HCRG Care Group, with access to a wide range of rewards, benefits and professional development opportunities, including:AFC Band 7 salary, NHS Pension, and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, cashback offers, and vouchers for you and your familyAccess to your wages as you earn them, helping you manage unexpected costs without overdraft fees or high interest chargesComprehensive wellbeing support, including online and in-person resources to support mental and physical health from healthy lifestyle tools to trauma support, legal and debt advice, and confidential counsellingOutstanding CPD and career development opportunities through our Learning Enterprise, with access to specialist training, eLearning, leadership pathways, and professional growth programmesAn open, supportive culture where your ideas are welcomed and backed by at least 100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working within services consistently rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, with a strong focus on quality and patient-centred careOn-site parking at your base locationFree tea, coffee, and milk at your base locationAbout the RoleWere looking for a highly skilled and confident Physiotherapist to take on a senior clinical and leadership position within our Urgent Care Response and Intermediate Care Teams. Youll be responsible for day-to-day team operations, caseload oversight, staff support, and the delivery of expert rehabilitation for patients with complex needs.This role offers a balance of advanced clinical work, service improvement, and professional leadership perfect for someone ready to step up or already working at senior level.What Youll Be DoingYoull lead the physiotherapy function across both services, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care. This includes:Providing specialist assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation for complex casesOverseeing physiotherapy staff, caseloads, and resourcesSupporting and deputising for senior managers as requiredContributing to service development, clinical standards, and evidence-based practiceSupporting and developing colleagues through supervision, mentoring, and trainingEnsuring compliance with documentation, governance, audit and CQC requirementsWhat Were Looking ForEssentialPhysiotherapy degree and HCPC registrationCSP membershipExperience in Urgent Care Response and/or Intermediate CareStrong clinical experience working with complex rehabilitation and Older AdultsExperience supporting or supervising junior staffExcellent communication, organisation, and clinical reasoningConfident with IT systems and digital documentationCommitted to professional development and evidence-based practiceDesirableMSc in management/leadership (or equivalent experience)Experience in service development or policy implementationExperience delivering training or presenting at conferencesAbout the CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Created: 2025-12-13