Therapy Team Manager | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	31 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro-rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	30 August 2025
Location:	Crewe, CW1 4QJ
Company:	Mid Cheshire Hospitals
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7350571/412-DCSS-7350571

Summary

We are excited to offer a leadership opportunity for a motivated Therapy Team Manager to join our integrated Inpatient Therapy Service. This role is ideally suited to an Occupational Therapist, though applications from other Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) with relevant experience are welcome.

As one of three Team Managers, you will play a key role in the operational management and development of the therapy team. While a small clinical caseload may be considered, it is not essential.

We are seeking someone with strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills, who can support staff, manage rotas, and drive service improvement. A working knowledge of HR processes and experience in an acute or related setting is highly desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity for career progression, offering involvement in ongoing service development projects and close collaboration with a supportive management team. You will report to the Inpatient Therapy Service Manager and contribute to a well-integrated, forward-thinking division.
• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and management of the integrated inpatient therapy team.
• Support staff development through supervision, appraisal, and mentorship.
• Lead on service improvement initiatives and contribute to strategic planning.
• Manage staff rotas, allocations, and ensure appropriate skill mix across clinical areas.
• Promote effective communication within the team and across multidisciplinary services.
• Address performance or conduct issues in line with HR policies and procedures.
• Monitor service delivery standards and contribute to quality assurance processes.
• Collaborate with other team managers and the service manager to ensure cohesive service provision.
• Participate in recruitment, induction, and onboarding of new staff.
• Represent the therapy service in relevant meetings and forums.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.



The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.



We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.



At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

SERVICE DELIVERY

Leadership and Management.
• To take responsibility for the operational management of the team, including the management of sickness absence, discipline, poor performance etc.
• To create a positive team culture, open to new ideas, concepts and innovation.
• To provide consistent, assertive and visible leadership to ensure productive team working and high standards of service.
• To demonstrate effective time management and organisational skills.
• To ensure effective day to day organisation and provision of service, including the coordination of staff to meet service priorities.
• To monitor staff workloads / caseload, reallocating resources as appropriate.
• To implement annual staff appraisal, ensuring that all staff have a PDP, in line with Trust policy.
• To co-ordinate and prioritise training requirements for the team.
• To contribute to the workforce and service plan
• To take responsibility for the recruitment and selection process, including the planning and delivery of the induction programme.
• To actively contribute innovative ideas, leading on the development and implementation of service improvements.
• To proactively improve service provision and quality through the development and delivery of service objectives, leading on designated projects and evidence-based patient care.
• To represent the department and contribute to relevant working parties and meetings.
• To monitor all aspects of Health and Safety within the clinical area and take responsibility for applying all aspects of relevant legislation with the support/advice of the Clinical Risk Management and Legal Services Department.
• To ensure all other risk assessments are completed as per Trust policy, being reviewed annually or as the situation changes, e.g., identified risks and hazards, pregnancy, fire evacuation and COSHH.
• To take a lead role in the management and investigation of complaints and incidents, ensuring action plans are completed, feedback is obtained and issues are discussed with the team to prevent recurrence and to improve and maintain standards.
• To ensure accurate data collection, providing reports as required.
• To actively participate in monthly team leader meetings.
• To carry out regular team meetings to ensure that effective communication and delivery of care is maintained, and service developments and initiatives are implemented.
• To effectively monitor and manage an allocated budget and resources, highlighting any concerns regarding expenditure variances.
• To contribute to and assist with the re-configuration of existing and proposed staffing and resources, with the support of the Service Manager.
• To ensure that appropriate stock control levels are effectively implemented and monitored.
• To ensure that junior staff have an understanding of team budgets and the need to manage resources effectively, reducing costs where possible.
• To work with administrative staff to maintain accurate staff records, through the financial reconciliation and ESR workforce systems.



Clinical

To act as a resource and lead for the team by providing specialist advice and guidance to all staff members with regard to the management of effective patient care.
• To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may include in-patient wards, out-patient and community clinics and the patient’s home.
• To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients, contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
• To create and maintain effective communication processes within the team, facilitating all aspects of patient care whilst working in partnership with patients, carers and external agencies.
• To demonstrate a high level of evidence-based clinical competencies, knowledge and skills that is commensurate with the post, managing a defined complex caseload.
• To ensure that the team provide safe, effective, evidence-based and patient centred care delivered to the highest standard.

GOVERNANCE

Audit and Research

To take the lead for clinical audit and research within a highly specialist field of practice, developing clinical practice and treatment outcomes.
• To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research, applying it to practice and disseminating the relevant findings.
• To support and advise junior staff and students who undertake audit and research within the service.

Professional
• To maintain professional practice within the context of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). This includes standards of proficiency, conduct, performance, ethics and continuing professional development.
• To provide professional leadership, acting as a role model.
• To maintain an awareness of relevant new and current professional, Trust and development standards, policies, procedures and guidelines, ensuring compliance.
• To maintain competency to practice through CPD activities, producing a personal portfolio which reflects professional development.
• To evaluate and reflect on professional performance, identifying implications for practice.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, fostering an environment which supports professional respect and quality.
• To participate in the Trust’s appraisal system, undertaking any identified training and development relating to the post.
• To gain appropriate support from senior colleagues and participate in supervision/peer review to enhance clinical practice.
• To fulfil all mandatory training requirements of the Trust, ensuring others within the team fulfil theirs.
• To be responsible for the development and implementation of clinical pathways and guidelines, including compliance with access and discharge policies.
• To be a member of a relevant professional association.
• To ensure the promotion of safety, wellbeing and interests of patients, staff and visitors to department.

EDUCATION/LEARNING

Education and Training
• To co-ordinate the planning, delivery and evaluation of formal and informal training to other health care professional staff groups, patients and carers, across a range of settings.
• To co-ordinate the supervision of junior staff and assistants, including the implementation of induction and competency training programmes to develop clinical skills.
• To identify staff training needs and contribute to the Annual Training Needs Analysis process.
• To support the development of competency packages and teaching resources, and the delivery of teaching sessions within the team.
• To ensure that members of the team maintain competency to practice through CPD activities in order to maintain their professional registration.
• To be aware of professional organisations and specialists that can assist with the implementation of evidence-based care, ensuring links with local and regional groups are established.

This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks.

All staff at MCHFT have a responsibility to:
• Maintain active registration status
• Always act in accordance with professional Codes of Conduct and guiding documents
• Where applicable, always act in accordance with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers,
• Maintain up to date skills and knowledge
• Maintain an awareness of patient led service issues
• Maintain a professional/personal portfolio
• Adhere to all Trust policy, procedures and guidelines.
• Adhere to Trust standards of behaviour and expected performance
• Comply with Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and procedures as appropriate to their role and responsibilities in their individual work setting. Staff are required to be personally accountable for their actions and be responsible for their own compliance in relation to IP&C polices, protocols or advice.
• Ensure they work in accordance with local procedures and report any issues which they consider to be a risk to the health and safety of themselves and/or others.
• Act in accordance with the Trusts values and behaviours
• Where applicable to participate in and provide data on the efficacy of treatment and specialties



Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to ensure that we provide equity of services across seven days of the week. This post may be reviewed in line with this plan and in some cases an element of weekend working may be required.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025