Job overview
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Lead Physiotherapy post in the Mental Health Team, SBU HB. The teams covers MH In -patient areas across two main sites together with several community teams.
You will provide leadership, support, supervision and mentorship to staff whilst also liaising with Heads of Service from both Therapies and Mental Health Directorates.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery, standards and policy implementation within the team. Excellent communication skills with a patient cohort that has profound communication difficulties are essential as well as communicating professional managerial issues to service managers.
There is a significant clinical component within this role including advice on management of highly complex patients
Part time hours may be considered
Enquiries welcome.
Main duties of the job
•Responsible for planning, delivering, managing and evaluating the physiotherapy services across the whole patient pathway including the acute setting through to rehabilitation and out-patient/ outreach follow up and community based therapy where applicable
•Ensure that the provision and delivery of the Physiotherapy is evidence based and in line with recognised best practice.
•Ensure the physiotherapy teams adhere to the Health Board and Departmental Clinical Governance agenda
•Work to ensure the Physiotherapy Service is compliant with all relevant key performance indicators and datasets
•Take the lead role in contributing to and delivering any planned or future service re-design model SBUHB wide
•Contribute specific clinical physiotherapy expertise
•Represent the Physiotherapy Service at SBUHB meetings
•Attend National and International forums providing a highly specialist r resource for other therapy, nursing and medical professionals.
•Ensure the development and implementation of r applicable strategies both locally and nationally ensuring that National and local priorities are met as well as ensuring quality of care across the patient pathway. Delivers specialist training and provides individual development programs of training relevant to clinical experience/ expertise.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Physiotherapy Degree/ Diploma & HPC registration
2. Evidence of attendance on specialist short courses and relevant post-graduate training in area of clinical expertise, equivalent to masters level
3. Accredited Fieldwork Educator or equivalent training qualification e.g. Assessor / train the trainer / PGCE etc Leadership/management training
4. Advanced knowledge of working as a Physiotherapy working in the NHS with knowledge of service delivery in a variety of different clinical settings across the patient pathway Supervision of physiotherapy staff and students
5. Active involvement in specialist interest groups, and leading projects, developing a new service, or service/ or practice innovation Experience of leading an audit and research project
6. Knowledge of interdisciplinary working, partnership working and ability to build and sustain relationships with AHPs from different disciplines Knowledge of leading multidisciplinary team meetings
Desirable criteria
7. Accredited Clinical Educator
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
8. Advanced experience of working as a Physiotherapist with experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical settings across the patient pathway
9. Supervision of physiotherapy staff and students Experience of leading a project, developing a new service, or service/ or practice innovation
10. Experience of leading an audit and research project
11. Experience of interdisciplinary working
12. Experience of partnership working and ability to build and sustain relationships with AHPs from different disciplines
13. Experience of leading multidisciplinary team meetings
14. Post graduate experience relevant to clinical area Active involvement in National specialist interest group Experience of managing information including computer literacy
Desirable criteria
15. Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable