Clinical Lead for Stroke Physiotherapy
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join the Integrated Community Stroke Therapy Team at Furness General Hospital. The role involves providing advanced clinical leadership across both inpatient and community settings. The team promotes an inter-disciplinary approach to patient care, focusing on person-centred goals and timely discharge. Professional development and engagement with research are encouraged within a supportive multi-disciplinary environment.
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of relevant Post Graduate training or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Membership of appropriate Special Interest groups
- Previous relevant Experience at Band 6 or 7 level.
- Current knowledge and experience of caring for patients with conditions related to speciality.
- Evidence of mentoring, assessing, teaching and developing staff
- Exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area
- Experience of undertaking audit
- Evidence of management and leadership experience
- Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills in relevant clinical areas for this post
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others demonstrating effective time management and organisational skills and exercise sound judgements
- Demonstrate advanced people management skills including: o Motivation of staff and team building - Negotiation - Decision Making - Leadership - Staff development - Line management - Conflict and problem solving - Initiating and managing change
- Competent in IT skills (in particular e-mail, use of internet ability to manipulate data electronically, power point presentations)
- Demonstrate ability to make clinical decisions and to develop others in this area.
- Education, Training and Qualigications
- BSc Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of relevant Post Graduate training or relevant experience
- Membership of appropriate Special Interest groups
- Previous relevant Experience at Band 6 or 7 level.
- Current knowledge and experience of caring for patients with conditions related to speciality.
- Evidence of mentoring, assessing, teaching and developing staff
- Exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area
- Experience of undertaking audit
- Evidence of management and leadership experience
- Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills in relevant clinical areas for this post
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others demonstrating effective time management and organisational skills and exercise sound judgements
- Demonstrate advanced people management skills including: o Motivation of staff and team building - Negotiation - Decision Making - Leadership - Staff development - Line management - Conflict and problem solving - Initiating and managing change
- Competent in IT skills (in particular e-mail, use of internet ability to manipulate data electronically, power point presentations)
- Demonstrate ability to make clinical decisions and to develop others in this area.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Clinical Lead for Stroke Physiotherapy
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Integrated Community Stroke Therapy Team, based at Furness General Hospital, providing advanced clinical leadership across both inpatient and community settings.
Our Stroke Therapy Team operates within a culture of a strong, supportive multi-disciplinary team which consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists as well as Assistant Practitioners. We promote an inter-disciplinary approach to working when supporting patients to set and work towards meeting person centred goals, helping to enable positive rehabilitation outcomes and facilitate timely discharge from hospital.
Our Stroke Therapy Team are committed to facilitating an environment which promotes professional development and engagement with research opportunities both in house and in collaboration with local universities. There is encouragement given to engage with regular clinical and managerial supervision, to help promote personal professional development and an interdisciplinary approach is taken with the facilitation of clinical supervision for our Assistant Practitioners.
Main duties of the job
To be professionally and clinically responsible
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