Clinical Specialist Therapist

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Clinical Specialist Therapist

The closing date is 05 March 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Specialist (Band 8a) within Critical Care to join the Therapies Directorate at the University Hospital of North Midlands. The post holder will be required to facilitate clinical development and extend the scope of current practice with the aim of delivering the highest quality and most up to date evidence-based care.

The clinical specialist role will be responsible for the generation of new research opportunities and implementation of the most up to date evidence based practice. The role will have a responsibility to enhance the on-going training and education framework of a large therapy team to ensure an optimum learning environment for both static and rotational staff and students. The role will have a responsibility to represent the organisation at a national networking level, in order to influence service development and marketing our service to key stake holders.

Main duties of the job

Our Critical Care Unit is a regional trauma centre and has 36 beds including trauma, surgical, medical, neurosurgical and Spinal Cord Injury and lends itself naturally to innovative ways of working. It is supported by an experienced therapy team which consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy technicians. The Critical Care therapy team work as part of a wider, dedicated multidisciplinary team. This will give the post holder an excellent opportunity to help build further clinical expertise that will enhance and broaden respiratory and rehabilitation skills within a highly motivated team.

Supervision is provided by Principal Therapists and peer supervision. Continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning.

There may be a requirement of some out of hours working.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

The clinical specialist role will be responsible for the generation of new research opportunities and implementation of the most up to date evidence based practice. The role will have a responsibility to enhance the on-going training and education framework of a large therapy team to ensure an optimum learning environment for both static and rotational staff and students. The role will have a responsibility to represent the organisation at a national networking level, in order to influence service development and marketing our service to key stake holders.

Please see Job description and person specification attached for further information about the post

Person Specification Education & Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physio/OT
• Working at master's level e.g. has attended courses accredited at masters/post graduate level
• Specialist critical care knowledge experience of working in critical care NHS environment

Experience

• Post graduate (NHS) experience with considerable experience in Critical care
• Experience of working as an Advanced Therapist leading and managing a team
• Experience of teaching students, staff and other professional groups
• Established in audit/research
• Experience gained within an acute setting
• Experience of leading and managing a team within a relevant speciality

Skills

• Experience of supporting/supervising staff
• Proven leadership and management skills
• Good communicator in writing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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