Band 8a Hand Therapy and Pelvic Health Team Lead

Band 8a Hand Therapy and Pelvic Health Team Lead

The closing date is 22 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust as a senior Hand Therapist, providing clinical and operational leadership for the Hand Therapy service alongside operational leadership for the Pelvic Health Therapy team. Serving three diverse London boroughs, we are committed to delivering inclusive, high‑quality, patient‑centred care and are seeking an experienced clinician to help shape and develop these services.

In this role, you will clinically lead the Hand Therapy team, delivering expert, evidence‑based care and supporting professional development, while also holding operational and line management responsibility for the Pelvic Health Therapy service. Working closely with a diverse multidisciplinary team, you will embody the Trust's PRIDE values, fostering an inclusive environment where different perspectives are valued and high standards of care are maintained.

We welcome applications from HCPC‑registered Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists with significant experience in hand therapy and leadership.

Join us in making a positive impact on pelvic health for patients across three diverse London boroughs.

This is a patient‑facing role. For further information please contact Rebecca Coughlan via email

To provide expert clinical leadership in the assessment, treatment, and management of patients within the Hand Therapy outpatient service, maximising patient outcomes within service boundaries.

To offer specialist guidance and advice to members of the MDT and external professionals (e.g., GPs) on matters relating to Hand Therapy care.

To provide leadership for the physiotherapy team, in consultation with the Line Manager, in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the physiotherapy service provided to neuromusculoskeletal out‑patients.

To provide a leading role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, band 7s, 6s, 5s, physiotherapy assistant and Student Physiotherapists.

To deliver highly specialised care for complex Hand Therapy patients, including advanced clinical assessment and interventions where appropriate.

Support the Therapy Manager in developing the Hand Therapy and Pelvic Health services and contributing to clinical innovation and service improvement initiatives.

Deputise in the absence of the Therapy Manager as required in outpatient clinics.

Deputise in the absence of the Therapy Manager as required in other areas (e.g. reception and admin team).

To evaluate the day‑to‑day running and initiate the development of the Hand Therapy and Pelvic Health outpatient services through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and clinical guidelines using evidence‑based practise and current research and recommend and implement changes.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefit ting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them…