Children's Physiotherapy Team Lead

The Children's Physiotherapy Team leader will work with the Children's Therapy Service Lead to ensure delivery of a high quality, patient centred and outcome focussed Physiotherapy service within Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

The Team Lead will manage a cross-site team of Physiotherapists and Technical Instructors in an operational role. They will carry out supervisions, appraisals, HR tasks and staff/service development as appropriate. They will also act as a link between the team and Service Lead and will role model good practice, clinical expertise and provide good leadership.

This role also involves a close collaboration with Clinical Leads and other Team Leads (SLT and OT) within Childrens Therapy to promote an ethos of continuous development and joint working.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Service Lead in the delivering of service strategy and objectives on a day to day basis, planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the therapy service provided.

To manage and lead the designated team, offering clinical and management support and advice.

To provide, leadership, supervision, training and appraisal for the designated team of staff.

To assist in the planning, development and evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects to develop services for patients using the service as agreed with the Service Lead.

To work closely with other members of the hospital team to provide a co-ordinated service for patients within the Trust.

To contribute to the Trust and therapy service clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards.

To lead on clinical governance issues within relevant areas.

To lead on monitoring capacity and caseload issues for the Children's Physiotherapy Team, planning staffing and services.

Initiate and promote excellence in clinical practice acting as a role model within every team you work within

We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.