• Job Description

  Req#: C9381-25-0170?language=en&page=82&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you an experienced clinician who is:

  Ambitious to improve services?

  • Passionate to teach and inspire?
  • Seeking freedom to lead?
  • Innovative and driven?

  Sandwell & West Birmingham are seeking to recruit an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with well-developed leadership, communication and engagement skills as the Service Lead within our Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Service. This Service Lead role includes both clinical and service leadership & development responsibilities so is ideally suited to someone with advanced clinical skills looking to retain a clinical portfolio whilst also having the opportunity to lead and influence service change.

  This exciting role could either provide a new opportunity for an existing Service Lead, or an opportunity for an individual looking to work at this level who is keen to broaden their experience and scope within the specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedics.

  Main duties of the job

  As an integrated Acute and Community Trust, this role will be acute service facing, based at our new acute hospital site - Midland Metropolitan University Hospital - but with a focus on development of services and pathways to provide excellence in clinical care across the patient journey.

  The successful candidate will have a clinical background in Trauma and Orthopaedics and the ability to work at an advanced clinical level, alongside a proven track record of leading for quality improvement including the ability to develop multidisciplinary working relationships to enable and lead delivery of change at pace whilst strengthening quality and safety standards.

  Alongside relevant clinical experience, applicants will demonstrate excellent communication and critical thinking skills, with strong leadership skills, including in challenging situations. The successful applicant will also be passionate about the value of our AHP workforce and in continuing to develop our workforce of highly engaged and skilled therapists and therapy support workers.

  The successful candidate will also be an integral part of the multidisciplinary iBeds Directorate Senior Leadership Team, with a chance to develop operational and service development skills and to influence improvements across multiple clinical areas.

  About us

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

  We have three strategic objectives:

  1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
  2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
  3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

  As a team, we live our core Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. Our Trust takes a strongly integrated, person-centred approach where independence and early intervention is promoted and encouraged using 'What matters to you?' principles. We are looking for a suitably aspirational candidate who will share these core values and behaviours. Following appointment, ongoing support and coaching, with a variety of learning opportunities and a detailed induction and handover will be provided.

  Date posted

  11 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  381-CT-7040353

  Job locations

  SWB NHS Trust

  Sandwell and West Birmingham

  B66 2QT

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job including main responsibilities.

  Candidates interested in the role are encouraged to make contact and/or arrange an informal visit to find out more about this exciting new post and the upcoming opportunities it presents.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job including main responsibilities.

  Candidates interested in the role are encouraged to make contact and/or arrange an informal visit to find out more about this exciting new post and the upcoming opportunities it presents.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree in Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC Registration
  • Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent
  • Leadership or management formal qualification

  Desirable

  • Membership of the CSP/RCOT

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post graduate experience across a range of specialties including experience within either a trauma & orthopaedic therapy setting
  • Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (Band 7) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post
  • Evidence of having delivered change for improvement
  • Working with Higher education institutes
  • Developing policy and clinical protocols
  • Education of therapy staff and the MDT
  • Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree in Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC Registration
  • Post-graduate education to Masters level or equivalent
  • Leadership or management formal qualification

  Desirable

  • Membership of the CSP/RCOT

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive post graduate experience across a range of specialties including experience within either a trauma & orthopaedic therapy setting
  • Sufficient experience at Team Lead level (Band 7) to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post
  • Evidence of having delivered change for improvement
  • Working with Higher education institutes
  • Developing policy and clinical protocols
  • Education of therapy staff and the MDT
  • Involvement in clinical audit, research and quality improvement projects

  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

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

  Address

  SWB NHS Trust

  Sandwell and West Birmingham

  B66 2QT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

  Address

  SWB NHS Trust

  Sandwell and West Birmingham

  B66 2QT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

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