Care of Older People Physiotherapy Team Lead

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Care of Older People Therapy Team at Whittington Health. You will have specialist expertise in assessing and managing older adults with complex medical, frailty, cognitive, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.

As Team Lead Physiotherapist, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across the service. You will manage a complex caseload, provide expert rehabilitation, and support safe and timely discharge planning to maximise patient independence and outcomes.

Working closely with colleagues across health and social care, you will contribute to patient flow, service development and quality improvement, ensuring patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

You will provide leadership, supervision and education to therapists, therapy assistants and students, promoting evidence-based practice and workforce development. The role requires excellent clinical reasoning, communication and leadership skills, together with a commitment to outstanding care for older people.

Whittington Health is committed to supporting your professional and leadership development through regular supervision and development opportunities. The post includes participation in weekend working as part of the departmental rota., 1. Lead the Care of Older People Therapy Team, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care.
2. Assess, diagnose and treat older adults with complex medical, frailty, cognitive, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
3. Represent physiotherapy within multidisciplinary meetings, board rounds and service development.
4. Deliver specialist rehabilitation to maximise function, independence and recovery.
5. Coordinate effective discharge planning and support safe, timely transitions of care.
6. Liaise with community, social care and voluntary sector services to support patient flow.
7. Prioritise workload and resources to ensure safe and efficient service delivery.
8. Develop and support rehabilitation and discharge pathways.
9. Provide leadership, supervision, appraisal and education to staff and students.
10. Contribute to organisational objectives, quality improvement and patient outcomes.
11. Communicate effectively with patients, families and carers, promoting person-centred care.
12. Lead and participate in audit, service evaluation and research activities.
13. Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant clinical records.
14. Participate in weekend working and extended service provision as required.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.