Therapy Service Lead
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Preston, PR2 9HTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
4 days leftJob description
Are you passionate about the provision of excellent Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services that are fit for the future? Do you want to join t...
As a Therapy Service Lead you will work across professional and organisational boundaries to expand and develop the therapy services and act as a point of contact for advice on professional and operational issues.
In this role you will be responsible for the assurance of high standards of clinical governance and demonstrable best practice across the therapy services, ensuring high quality therapy for patients. You will also promote a culture of continuous improvement using local and national data to enhance clinical practice, service delivery, efficiency and performance.
This is an exciting leadership opportunity within a large NHS organisation, delivering specialist therapy services both locally and regionally. If you feel ready to influence the future of our therapy services within acute medicine, frailty and admission avoidance this is the role for you.
Duties to include but not be limited to:
- You will be responsible for leading the delivery of our Therapy Services alongside your Therapy Lead colleagues.
- To lead the therapy teams ensuring all members are practicing effectively within agreed standards and competency frameworks.
- To work closely alongside the senior therapy leadership team to provide cohesive and efficient therapy services.
- To implement innovative models of service delivery in partnership with key stakeholders and community partners utilising continuous Improvement methodology.
- To actively participate in meetings in regard to a number of aspects of service delivery and professional support.
- To provide regular supervision to clinical lead therapists.
- To ensure the service meets local and national standards as well as clinical governance requirements.
- To identify professional and operational issues that need to be addressed at a strategic level.
- To successfully use advanced communication and change management skills to implement changes in work structure.
- To support learning and development opportunities for therapists and therapy assistants to support service delivery and provide professional development opportunities.
- To ensure that professional, departmental and trust standards, policies and procedures are adhered to.
Interested?
For more details regarding the role please do not hesitate to get in contact with one of our Heads of Service:
Jo Perryjoanne.perry@lthtr.nhs.uk Head of Physiotherapy
Anne Tucker anne.tucker@lthtr.nhs.uk Head of Occupational Therapy
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Post graduate training, level 7 study.
- Leadership/Management training
- Recent relevant Continuous Professional Development
Desirable: - Member of professional body; - Masters qualification attained; - Project management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant and varied experience in Leadership
- Significant and varied experience in clinical governance and application to practice and service delivery
- Significant and varied experience in workforce management including: recruitment and selection, staff development and performance management
- Significant and varied experience in leading audit activity
- Significant and varied experience in implementing national, local and professional health service agendas
- Significant and varied experience in clinical settings
Desirable
- Experience working in a therapy setting
- Integrated clinical working
- Multi-professional team leadership
- Knowledge of budgetary management
- Participation in business planning/ contribution to business case development
- Participation in strategic workforce planning
- Knowledge of commissioning and procurement processes
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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