Clinical Lead Physiotherapist/Deputy Manager

Our Bournemouth Hospital physiotherapy team currently have an opportunity for a Clinical Lead Physiotherapist. Continue your journey with us whilst we'll support you to be your best.

This role will ensure the delivery of high-quality physiotherapy care to patients and their journey through treatment. Working with a multi-disciplinary senior management team, you will ensure quality service onsite, whilst also championing central protocols and pathways.

The Role

As the Clinical Lead, you will ensure the team deliver evidence-based quality physiotherapy care, drive innovation and provide support on complex queries. You will support the Integrated Clinical Services Manager by bridging the clinical skills knowledge gap between the physiotherapy team and the operational management team.

As our Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, you will (but not limited to):

• Take clinical standards compliance accountability for the team.

• Support the team clinically (CPD, clinical service development, clinical 1-2-1's).

• Ensure high patient satisfaction and address areas of concern.

• Responsible for investigating clinical complaints in line with the Nuffield Health complaints policy, in collaboration with other stakeholders.

• Understand care pathways and flagships.

• Support recruitment and inductions alongside the Integrated Clinical Services Manager.

• Liaise and work closely with the Integrated Clinical Services Manager for operational concerns, including staffing levels (holidays, sickness and as a department), for example.

The Person

As our Clinical Lead Physiotherapist you will have:

• BSc or equivalent in chosen field with Extensive post grad experience of MSK Physiotherapy

• Registered with the appropriate professional body.

• Evidence of leadership or management roles previously, with ongoing CPD in area of clinical expertise and leadership/management.

• Experience of developing services and delivering quality improvement initiatives.

• Team player with the ability to work collaboratively and share best practice and inspire clinical development.

• Ability to prioritise and deal with varied workload in an effective and timely manner.

• Commitment towards the use of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate excellent clinical skills in the chosen field.

The Benefits

Have protected CPD time, access to a local in-service training program and training events organised by the Nuffield Health Academy including both clinical and leadership courses.

As Nuffield Health continues to grow you can choose to develop your career within clinical roles or by moving into managerial positions. We support and encourage post-graduate education and have formed a partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University which will offer fantastic learning and research opportunities in the future.

We want you to be the best you can be. We promise that we will support you with training opportunities, career development options and our unique health & wellbeing focused benefits package. This includes free membership across all of our Fitness & Wellbeing clubs, along with free private healthcare. Not only this but we also offer a range of lifestyle and financial wellbeing.

Key information about the role.

Salary - up to £42,000 per annum dependent on experience.

Hours - Full time, 40 hours a week

Location - Bournemouth

Applications will be considered as they are received and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefor please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.