Lead Physiotherapist

• Lead and inspire: Oversee the day-to-day delivery of the physiotherapy service, coordinating and evaluating care across inpatient and outpatient settings while supporting your team to achieve shared goals.
• Deliver exceptional clinical care: Use advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to assess and treat people with a wide range of complex neurological presentations.
• Drive meaningful outcomes: Establish clinical diagnoses and develop holistic, personalised treatment plans with SMART goals, working in partnership with each person and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Champion clinical excellence: Use appropriate outcome measures to evaluate progress, demonstrate clinical effectiveness and continually improve the quality of rehabilitation.
• Develop your team: Provide day-to-day leadership, supervision, training and professional development, ensuring colleagues feel supported and work safely within their competencies.
• Shape the future of rehabilitation: Work alongside the Head of Therapies to influence service development, embrace innovation and help maximise the potential of our new rehabilitation gym and specialist technology.
• Build strong partnerships: Communicate effectively with residents, families, the multidisciplinary team and wider colleagues at Hunters Moor, as well as commissioners and external agencies.
• Collaborate and influence: Work closely with the Therapy Manager, MDT and Service Manager to drive service improvements and maintain outstanding standards of care.
• Keep learning and evolving: Maintain your continuing professional development (CPD) and ensure your skills and knowledge continue to meet the changing needs of the service.
• Put people first: Champion safety, dignity, choice and human rights, ensuring every person receives compassionate, respectful and person-centred care.

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group
• Welcome bonus will be paid in two instalments; £2000 upon joining and £3000 following probation*

Essential

• Specialist respiratory knowledge: Proven experience supporting people with tracheostomies or altered airways, delivering advanced chest physiotherapy, complex airway clearance and respiratory management.
• Spinal injury experience: A strong understanding of the rehabilitation needs of people living with spinal injuries and the ability to support their individual recovery goals.
• A passion for sharing knowledge: The confidence and ability to deliver in-depth training to the clinical team on neurorehabilitation, respiratory techniques and complex clinical conditions, helping others develop their skills and confidence.
• A person-centred approach: The ability to build trusting relationships through empathy, encouragement and reassurance, motivating people to participate actively in their rehabilitation and work towards meaningful goals.
• Leadership and team development skills: Experience in supervision and line management, with a commitment to supporting colleagues, nurturing talent and promoting high standards of clinical practice.

Essential

• Professional expertise: Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), alongside significant experience working within a neurorehabilitation setting.