Job summary
Are you a motivated and experienced physiotherapist ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? We're looking for a dynamic individual to lead our dedicated team supporting respiratory and surgical patients at King's Mill Hospital.
As the ICU and Surgery Physiotherapy Team Lead, you will:
* Manage a team of qualified and non-qualified staff delivering care to respiratory and surgical patients
* Provide strong clinical leadership and ensure adherence to clinical governance standards
* Support recruitment, retention, and development of Band 5 and Band 6 physiotherapists
* Play a key role in service planning, delivery, and evaluation for both inpatient and outpatient care
* Participate in the respiratory on-call rota
You will also contribute to the ongoing development of high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy services, ensuring alignment with national standards and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver effective physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and orthotic interventions to maximise patient outcomes
* Lead training and education for therapy, medical, nursing, and allied health staff
* Drive continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery
* Support the development of new ways of working across the therapy service
Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Details Date posted
15 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-CSTO-7295270
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification Knowledge Essential
* A highly developed knowledge and ability to meet the standards and expected criteria for this therapy service
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Leadership skills
* Supervisory skills
* Able to work within a team independently
* Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
* Effective communication skills - oral and written
* Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
* Able to provide and receive complex and /or sensitive information
* Remain updated with professional practice and new research
* Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to therapy
Desirable
* Cardiac rehabilitation
Qualifications Essential
* Degree in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons)or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
Further Training Essential
* Attendance of post-graduate courses relevant to this post.
* Evidence of proactive CPD
* Has completed a physiotherapy student's supervisor's course.
Desirable
* Evidence of postgraduate respiratory course work.
* Member of Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Leadership / management course
Experience Essential
* Significant post graduate clinical experience including recent experience at band 6 level on acute medical wards
* Experience of student supervision
Contractual Requirements Essential
* Participation in the physiotherapy emergency on call service.
* Must be extremely flexible and able to do 7 day working
Desirable
* Car driver
Person Specification Knowledge Essential
* A highly developed knowledge and ability to meet the standards and expected criteria for this therapy service
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Leadership skills
* Supervisory skills
* Able to work within a team independently
* Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
* Effective communication skills - oral and written
* Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
* Able to provide and receive complex and /or sensitive information
* Remain updated with professional practice and new research
* Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to therapy
Desirable
* Cardiac rehabilitation
Qualifications Essential
* Degree in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons)or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
Further Training Essential
* Attendance of post-graduate courses relevant to this post.
* Evidence of proactive CPD
* Has completed a physiotherapy student's supervisor's course.
Desirable
* Evidence of postgraduate respiratory course work.
* Member of Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) Leadership / management course
Experience Essential
* Significant post graduate clinical experience including recent experience at band 6 level on acute medical wards
* Experience of student supervision
Contractual Requirements Essential
* Participation in the physiotherapy emergency on call service.
* Must be extremely flexible and able to do 7 day working
Desirable
* Car driver
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.
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.
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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
#J-18808-Ljbffr