We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Band 7 Physiotherapist to lead the Health Care of the Older Person (HOP) inpatient physiotherapy service at Torbay Hospital.
This is a senior clinical leadership role combining advanced physiotherapy expertise with operational and team management responsibilities. You will lead a team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to older adults with complex needs, including frailty, multimorbidity, cognitive impairment, and functional decline.
Working within a fast-paced acute environment, you will play a key role in improving patient flow, reducing length of stay, and preventing deconditioning, supporting a “home first” approach to care.
You will provide visible leadership across multiple wards, ensuring safe staffing, effective use of resources, and the delivery of evidence-based, compassionate care. The role includes a clinical caseload alongside responsibility for team performance, workforce planning, and service improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and develop services for older people within an integrated system, working collaboratively across acute, community, and social care interfaces.
- Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Health Care of the Older Person physiotherapy team to deliver safe, effective, high-quality care
- Manage a specialist clinical caseload involving complex frailty, multimorbidity, and cognitive impairment
- Lead physiotherapy input into multidisciplinary team (MDT) working, supporting coordinated care and patient flow
- Drive proactive discharge planning and support safe, timely transitions of care
- Promote rehabilitation, recovery, and independence within a “home first” and deconditioning prevention model
- Supervise, appraise, and develop physiotherapy staff, support workers, and students
- Coordinate staffing, rota management, and workforce deployment across inpatient wards
- Monitor service performance, contributing to reduced length of stay and improved outcomes
- Lead service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with clinical governance, professional standards, and Trust policies
- Work collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support integrated care pathways
- Act as a clinical expert and role model for complex decision-making and high-risk cases
These duties reflect the requirement to balance advanced clinical practice with leadership, workforce management, and service delivery responsibilities.
Why Work With Us
You will join a compassionate and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The service is committed to delivering proactive, person-centred care and fostering a supportive culture where staff are encouraged to learn, innovate, and contribute to service improvement.
Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised ‘Priority’ or ‘At Risk’ status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.
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