Team Lead Physiotherapist Elderly Care

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Job description

Employer Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Croydon Health Services

Town Croydon, Surrey

Salary £51,883 - £58,544 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Outer)

Salary period Yearly

Closing 17/04/2025 23:59

Team Lead Physiotherapist Elderly Care

Band 7

Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.

Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon

Job overview

Team Lead Physiotherapist Elderly Care

Band 7

We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Acute Therapy Team to lead the Elderly Care Team alongside a Team Lead Occupational Therapist.

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and driven to deliver high quality, patient centred care and is willing to actively participate and lead the services going forward in order to deliver the best possible model of care, fit to meet the needs in the modern NHS. As the Team Lead you will need to drive forward service development, promoting excellent care by leading on implementation of guidelines and promoting evidence based practice.

The successful person should have substantial post-graduation experience, with significant Band 6 experience including relevant NHS experience.

The Trust is committed to providing an excellent service to patients and we believe strongly in the continued development of all our staff.

Interview date - 28th April 2025

Main duties of the job

• To manage a caseload of patients with routine and complex needs across all the Elderly Care wards including an acute Care of the Elderly ward.
• To actively participate in the weekend and on call rota.
• Take a lead role in the supervision, teaching and appraisal of team colleagues including students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• As team leader, be responsible for operational management and participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Physiotherapy services, especially in regards to clinical governance within the Elderly Care team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• To provide full and flexible leadership across the whole Acute Therapy Service.
• To work collaboratively with Discharge Team and community based services to facilitate timely discharge.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***

Person specification

Qualification

• Graduate in physiotherapy
• HCPC registered
• Basic Management course

Experience

• 5 years plus
• On call experience
• Demonstrable experience in managing an elderly caseload
• Recent experience working in an acute setting at band 7 in Elderly Care.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

• Excellent team worker with leadership skills
• Ability to manage potential conflict/difficult situations
• Knowledge of relevance and application of outcome measures.
• Awareness of appropriate standards and national guidelines
• Insight into hospital ward best practice ways of working
• Involved in Acute Service clinical audit.
• Ability to understand and effectively apply Quality Improvement methodologies.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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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.

Name: Sarah Vernon

Job title: Operational Clinical Lead Acute Therapy

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07773 978 373

Sarah Vernon, Operational Clinical Lead Acute Therapy and Discharge Team

on 020 8401 3000 Ext 4259 / 07773 978 373

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