Physiotherapy Team Lead – Outpatients

Overview

In this role you lead the outpatient physiotherapy team at the Ella May Barnes Clinic and Spire Norwich Hospital, ensuring high-quality assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. You will combine hands-on clinical work with leadership to develop a high-performing service and excellent patient experiences. You’ll collaborate with consultants, multidisciplinary teams and hospital leadership to drive governance, quality and growth. The position offers a meaningful opportunity to shape private outpatient musculoskeletal care and staff development in a premium, patient-centric setting.

Pay / Benefits

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you reward platform – discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the outpatient physiotherapy team, providing professional and clinical leadership
• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation across a varied caseload
• Ensure the department meets clinical governance, quality and safety standards
• Support service development and identify opportunities for growth
• Support recruitment, training and mentoring of physiotherapy colleagues
• Build strong relationships with consultants, referrers and key stakeholders
• Maintain excellent patient outcomes and patient satisfaction levels
• Promote evidence-based practice and continuous quality improvement
• Support in inpatient where required

Key requirements

• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification
• Current HCPC registration with no restrictions
• Significant post-registration physiotherapy experience
• Previous experience working within an outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy setting
• Leadership or management experience within a physiotherapy service
• Strong clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
• Experience managing a varied caseload independently
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Passion for team development and delivering exceptional patient care

• team development
• communication
• organisational skills
• leadership/management experience within a physiotherapy service
• clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills
• evidence-based practice

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