Community Hospitals General Rehabilitation Units Therapy Lead
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL4 7QD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-1274 |
Summary
Clinical 1. To be an expert practitioner, particularly for patients with complex therapy needs. 2. To lead assessment of referred patients requiring therapy. Liaising with medical and clinical staff on the treatment and care of patients referred. 3. To provide specialist advice to other therapy team staff on the management of complex cases and ensure systems to monitor referrals within the acute service. 4. To undertake assessment and care planning of routine and complex patients in a manner that respects peoples privacy dignity and individuality. 5. To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, developing, implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to work undertaken. 6. To co-ordinate the clinical activity of the team to ensure provision of a responsive service that supports patient flow through the service/ organisation, including referral on to other services/ organisations as required 7. To identify risks within the service, report accordingly and identify appropriate treatment plans to negate the risk. 8. To be a core member of the MDT and actively participate in MDT meetings and ward rounds. 9. To ensure effective two-way communication with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals regarding all aspects of patient care, supporting equality and respecting diversity at all times. 10. To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where they might be barriers to understanding. 11. To further develop links with all clinical specialties across the Trust promoting therapy in the management of disease, treatment and prevention of disease. 12. To identify opportunities to extend the scope of practice and in particular the development and expansion of integrated working in clinical teams. 13. To comply with local and Trust policy on documentation guidelines 14. To record and submit clinical and professional activity according to department standards. 15. To provide clinical advice to the as appropriate 16. To contribute and lead on aspects of Service Transformation and service improvements as agreed with the Therapy Directorate Manager. 17. To work collaboratively across the patients clinical care pathway with other clinical leads and Therapies Managers to ensure consistency of service delivery within the clinical streams. See the attached job description for the role, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.