MSK Therapy Lead: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and compassionate leader to join our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Outpatient Therapies service as a Therapy Lead. This role offers operational management responsibility for a key part of the MSK Outpatient Therapies team, including the large Aintree University Hospital service and satellite sites across the north of the city.

The post is based at Aintree Hospital, with flexibility required to maintain strong links with clinical teams across other Trust sites. Alongside site leadership responsibilities, the post holder will oversee clinical teams including trauma outpatients, shoulder and elbow, rheumatology and hydrotherapy. Working closely with the Head of MSK Therapies, existing MSK Therapy Leads and Consultant MSK Therapists, the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of an exceptional, high-quality MSK outpatient therapies service.

We welcome applications from individuals who are passionate about supporting staff, improving services and delivering excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

The Therapy Lead will provideoperational leadership to their teams, driving quality, safety, standards of care and service improvement. Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience of leading and developing teams, delivering evidence-based care, supporting integrated pathways across professions, and contributing to robust governance processes. This includes involvement in the management of incidents, risks and complaints, while promoting a supportive learning culture.

Please refer to JD attached for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level professional registration NMC/HCPC
• Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent
• Significant evidence of post registration continued professional development, working towards masters
• Post-graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent
• Evidence of Leadership development

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable extensive experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls.
• Demonstrate the ability to maintain high standards of care and team management over a sustained period.

Knowledge

Essential

• Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally assess and describe impact on AHPs/clinical professional service.
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS policy and regulatory policy
• Understanding and appreciation of diversity
• Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
• Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy

Skills

Essential

• Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and implement quality improvement strategies.
• Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills
• Research information and use audit skills to applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans.
• Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
• Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the Clinical Service Strategy for the area.
• Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
• Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation
• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
• Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
• Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
• Deal with uncertainty in a political environment
• Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day

Desirable

• Demonstrate competent project management skills

Closing Date: 23 August 2026