Clinical Lead / Therapy Team Lead

Main area Community & Neighbourhood Health Services Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 23.5 hours per week Job ref 328-CN-8192847-A

Site Low Grange Health Village Town Middlesbrough Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you interested in leadership and a dynamic individual looking for a new challenge in an environment that is undergoing a major change programme? Hospital at Home, Urgent community Response and Homefirst Tees has an opportunity for a permanent clinical lead post and this could be the opportunity for you.

If so, then we have the career changing opportunity for you at South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust.

We are undergoing a significant programme of radical transformation and we have a great opportunity for a clinical lead to provide leadership to the team within your area of responsibility working collaboratively with the Clinical Matron and General Manager in Hospital at Home Directorate.

Main duties of the job

You will provide assurance of safety, quality and the overall patient experience as well as ensuring the effective day to day management of nursing/ therapy in your area to deliver key quality, performance and financial plans to achieve key service and standards improvements.

To support the trust’s future success, you will:

• Ensure cost controls in your area expenditure in line with agreed budgets
• Work with the Clinical Director for Hospital at Home to develop new models of working.
• Ensure provision of excellent standards of clinical practice
• Inspire a culture of excellence focused on patient engagement and experience
• Ensuring patient safety is a priority with regular audits in place to monitor compliance
• Responsible for standards of care being provided
• Have a proven track record of leadership developing a culture of high performance
• Promote an environment where learning, research and innovation are actively encouraged and promoted

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that will be critical to the success of a truly transformed future state for the trust and will fundamentally challenge traditional processes and ways of thinking to build an industry leading service that provides excellent quality care to the communities in which we serve.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Experience (Therapy Lead)

• Experience of working within a community therapy service

Qualifications & Training (Clinical/Therapy Lead)

• Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) / Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• To hold a Degree in relevant field awarded by professional body
• Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development

Knowledge & Skills (Clinical/Therapy Team Lead)

• Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to therapy provision in the community
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills

Experience (Clinical/Therapy Lead)

• Experience of leading /managing staff within a health /social care operational environment.
• Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
• Evidence of teaching / training experience.
• Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.

Important - Once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy may close early.

Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are newly to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.

Qualifications
Please note the essential qualifications required for the post are outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to provide original evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be shortlisted. You will also be required to provide original copies as part of the pre-employment check screening.

New Starters – Probationary Period

For any new employees commencing employment with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will be subject to satisfactory completion of a 6 month probationary period. Please note that internal applications and individuals that are appointed to fixed term appointments of less than 6 months duration are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or a bank member of staff).

As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history including any gaps. Applicants are requested to ensure e‑mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references are not acceptable.

Working Hours

If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Everything we do is shaped by our values: Respect, Support, and Collaborate.

At University Hospitals Tees we want our workspaces to be places where everyone feels welcome, valued and safe. We treat people with respect, and we celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.

We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, background, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family circumstances or beliefs.

We are here to support you throughout your application and at every stage of your career with us. We believe we work best when we collaborate, learn from each other and build teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Supporting disabled people and people with long‑term conditions

We are a Disability Confident committed employer aspiring to become a lead employer in 2026.

This means we give fair and full consideration to applicants and will offer reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. If you need help with your application, or need the information in a different format, please contact our recruitment team and we will support you.

If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at Stees.Recruitment1@nhs.net or call us on 01642 854610.

Right to Work in the UK

The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self‑assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship hereWork in the UK - GOV.UK ( www.gov.uk ).

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

Further Important Information

Please check your email on a regular basis for updates on your application. If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be invited to email via this method

Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.

Please ensure you read the ‘Guidance Notes for Applicants’ document attached to this advert before completing and submitting your application.

Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

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