Community Therapy Team Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Community Therapy Team Lead within the HMR Community Therapy Service, responsible for clinical, professional, and managerial oversight. The post holder will deliver high-quality therapeutic care, manage a patient caseload, and lead service development. Key duties include operational management, staff supervision, and providing specialist therapy advice. The role requires advanced therapeutic skills and clinical autonomy.
Key responsibilities
- Independently plan, complete advanced assessment, and deliver therapeutic interventions.
- Manage own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy and advanced clinical reasoning.
- Initiate and drive service development and engage in self-development.
- Supervise staff, delegate tasks, and provide specialist therapy advice.
- Oversee daily service operations, manage staff performance, and ensure quality care delivery.
Essential criteria
- Registration with HCPC
- Relevant Professional Health related degree
- Possess a recognised Clinical skills Module at Masters level or equivalent knowledge
- Substantive post registration experience
- Extensive knowledge/clinical experience in Urgent and or Community setting
- Knowledge and understanding of local health and social care pathways
- Experience in the management of long term conditions e.g. dementia, COPD, CHD etc
- Able to demonstrate previous leadership experience
- IT skills
- Promotes and supports own professional development
- ability to motivate and contribute to develop MDT
Desirable criteria
- advanced level clinical qualification
- leadership qualification
- Previous experience or involvement with the writing of policies and protocols
- Experience of leading, planning and completing audit /research
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 6d
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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Community Therapy Team Lead
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
The HMR Community Therapy Service is constantly evolving to meet the needs of the population of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale.
As team Lead, the post holder will have clinical, professional and managerial responsibility for the community therapy service including clinical and staff governance issues. The post holder is responsible for maximising service provision, including the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice, ensuring that all local and national guidelines and targets are adhered to and met.
Working as Team leader, the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team. The post holder will use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to dayoperational management and leadership to the team.
Main duties of the job
Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently plan, complete advanced assessment and deliver interventions. They will be responsible for independently managing their own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy, advanced clinical reasoning,prioritisation and manage competing demands.
The post holder will initiate and drive service development, demonstrate sel
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