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Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with significant experience of working within trauma and orthopaedic pathways and looking for a new challenge in a leadership position?
Are you passionate about supporting services and staff to provide high quality, evidence-based, inclusive, patient-centred care?Could you be an ambassador for your profession within and beyond University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW)?
At UHBW we are currently seeking applications for a Band 8a Pathway Lead Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to support integrated trauma and orthopaedicteam at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. This is a fixed term post, starting on 1st May 2026 and finishing on 30th April 2027
The successful candidate will work alongside the Divisional Therapy Lead, fellow Pathway Leads, T&O Clinical Specialist and theT&O Team at UHBW to provide a range of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy services for patients in Bristol and North Somerset. They will also support the integrated Adult Therapy Service across UHBW as part of the Adult Therapies leadership team. There are lots of opportunity for professional and personal development with support, mentoring and coaching available in addition to a range of other training and resources.
The main aspects of the role are:
1. To provide operational and clinical leadership to the T&O pathway at UHBW (Bristol site).
2. To work with the trauma and orthopaedic and the musculoskeletal leadership teams, both within UHBW and the wider local system, to support and enable delivery of high quality, patient-centred care. The successful candidate will seek and drive opportunities to continuously improve and develop services. A key part of achieving this will be encouraging staff to develop in their profession (both clinical and leadership skills) and supporting staff well-being.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.