Therapy Team Lead: Sponsorship Available

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to lead our front door therapy team at Lincoln Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic Physiotherapist or Occupational therapist who has wide ranging clinical experience, good communication and interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering high quality patient-centred care to join our Front door Therapy team. The ideal candidate will have the motivation and passion to drive the development of the acute front door therapy service

As the team lead you will provide and develop your team to ensure a high standard of therapy service is delivered for the Front door specialty, including Frailty. You will be required to work closely in an integrated manner with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to promote independence, provide rapid assessments and facilitate safe, timely and appropriate discharges within the Emergency departments, medical assessment units and any other admission unit within Lincoln County Hospital.

You will play a major role in the overall service development of the team and specialty, working with senior team members, operational lead, Head of Therapies and manage, supervise the development of staff members within the team.

Therapies at the Front Door is a Trust wide service, you will be required to travel to other site (Pilgrim Hospital) as demands arise.

 

Main duties of the job

Operating hours -7 day service working 8.00AM – to 8.00PM

Flexible working – Our extended hours provide the appointable candidate with the flexibility to create a work schedule that suits their needs.

The successful applicant will lead a developing an experienced clinical team of therapy staff of Bands 3-6 and will support the development of Therapy staff as part of the wider MDT to deliver evidence based interventions in the front door and frailty speciality. The successful candidate must be flexible, innovative & highly motivated. The role requires the appointed person to be proactive and adaptable to support the smooth and prompt transition of hospital care to the individuals’ place of discharge, taking into account their needs. The successful applicant will be well supported within the therapy department and will be encouraged to develop the service. This is an exciting time to join us; you will be part of a team that continues to deliver excellent services for our patients.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree/MSc in Physiotherapy/Occupational therapy
  • Evidence of relevant post graduate courses/CPD
  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above including English Language and Maths
  • IELTS level 7 for staff whose first language is not English
  • Registration with HCPC

Desirable

  • Supervisory skills
  • Membership of CSP/RCOT

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Proven NHS experience including work at Band 6 level in a variety of clinical areas.
  • Proven skills in specialist area
  • evidence of supervising staff and students

Desirable

  • Post Graduate clinical education
  • Masters level course attendance.
  • Evidence of previous experience in audits.
  • Relevant validated clinical courses

Knowledge, Skills, Aptitudes

Essential

  • Very good knowledge of physiotherapy/occupational therapy in relevant area
  • Forward thinking
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Self directed learning
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others informally & formally
  • ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the trust framework

Desirable

  • Excellent knowledge
  • Critical appraisal
  • Audit & research
  • Presentation skills

Specific Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to work well within the MDT
  • Committed to personal & team development
  • Ability to work well with others & get the best out of a team
  • Able to maintain judgement under pressure
  • Motivation/drive/enthusiasm
  • Clear vision of role & commitment to speciality
  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.
  • Leadership skills

Desirable

  • Good previous health/attendance record.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 28 January 2026

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