Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Team Lead- Therapist to join our Intermediate Care Team based in Cambridge.
The Intermediate Care Service provides care and therapy in patients' own homes and in private provider care home settings, facilitating discharges from hospitals, using a home first care model and admission avoidance.
The post holder will offer therapy focussed leadership and management to ensure the effective delivery of the Intermediate Care Service across the locality as part of the countywide Intermediate Care Service.
The post holder will work in collaboration with other Clinical Team Leads, to deliver high quality, patient-centred care within the Intermediate Care Service.
The role will manage, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Care Coordinators and Integrated Care Workers.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will need to be innovative, decisive and display strong leadership and organisational skills.
They will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the team, maintaining quality standards and maximising resource within the multidisciplinary team.
In addition playing a key role within the local system to optimise discharges and patient flow, working with countywide service colleagues and collaboratively with our partner organisations.
The post is open to those with a professional qualification in physiotherapy or occupational therapy.
About Us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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Details
Date posted
11 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
310-MOPAC
Job locations
Chesterton Medical Centre
Union Lane
Cambridge
CB4 1PX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
Providing leadership and management on matters relating to admission avoidance, early supported discharge, transfer of care process.
Work closely with the MDT and coordinators, integrating working practices to streamline processes, share knowledge, and benefit patient experience, outcomes and flow.
Manage systems to ensure the effective allocation and deployment of staff.
Act as a resource for the team and others involved in the patient pathway, providing advice to facilitate timely discharge and flow through the pathway and with the aim of reducing hospital stays, maximising patient independence, enabling patients to receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
Ensure systems and processes are in place to receive and prioritise referrals to the team and delegation to staff
Ensure own leadership style facilitates effective communication, collaboration and motivation of staff and partners to achieve effective transfer of care.
Work collaboratively with the team and professional leads to support professional and practice developments including CPFT Clinical Supervision framework
To ensure the effective daily delivery of the service in the community responding to needs identified in the community or following hospital admission
Job description
Job Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
Providing leadership and management on matters relating to admission avoidance, early supported discharge, transfer of care process.
Work closely with the MDT and coordinators, integrating working practices to streamline processes, share knowledge, and benefit patient experience, outcomes and flow.
Manage systems to ensure the effective allocation and deployment of staff.
Act as a resource for the team and others involved in the patient pathway, providing advice to facilitate timely discharge and flow through the pathway and with the aim of reducing hospital stays, maximising patient independence, enabling patients to receive the right care at the right time in the right place.
Ensure systems and processes are in place to receive and prioritise referrals to the team and delegation to staff
Ensure own leadership style facilitates effective communication, collaboration and motivation of staff and partners to achieve effective transfer of care.
Work collaboratively with the team and professional leads to support professional and practice developments including CPFT Clinical Supervision framework
To ensure the effective daily delivery of the service in the community responding to needs identified in the community or following hospital admission
Person Specification
Essential
Experience
Proven record of experience and achievement in the care of adults and older people
Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams
Demonstrate effective liaison with care providers, voluntary and statutory partners
Knowledge of the chronic long-term conditions affecting adults and older people
Desirable
Budget management
Managing across sites
Essential
Education / Qualifications
Registered physiotherapist or registered occupational therapist.
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Demonstrate continuous professional development
Desirable
Management qualification
Essential
Skills & Abilities
Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
Demonstrates leadership ability
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good working relationships with all levels or people
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Demonstrates ability to analyse and act on performance and quality data.
Desirable
Experience in training and education
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
Accepts responsibility and professional accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
Demonstrates professional curiosity.
HR systems and processes.
Person Specification
Essential
Accepts responsibility and professional accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
Demonstrates professional curiosity.
HR systems and processes.
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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chesterton Medical Centre
Union Lane
Cambridge
CB4 1PX
Employer's website
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Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chesterton Medical Centre
Union Lane
Cambridge
CB4 1PX
Employer's website
(Opens in a new tab)
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