We are looking for a Clinical Team Lead to join our Community Rehabilitation team based in the Orbital Swindon.As a band 7 Clinical Team Lead for Community Rehabilitation, you will work closely with the Head of Intermediate Care Therapies and Therapy Service and Team Leads to ensure the delivery of Community Rehabilitation services. You will provide effective rehabilitation within community services to promote a caring, compassionate and responsive therapy service to the population of Swindon, through management and leadership of the Community Rehabilitation Team which includes Acute Care at Home, Reablement, Bedbased, and Home-based services. You will develop effective working relationships with staff to promote a supportive environment in which they can develop and learn.Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Clinical Team Lead within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: AfC Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsFree tea, coffee and milk at your base locationMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesIn this inspiring leadership role, you will work in close partnership with local Commissioners, GPs, social care teams, and third-sector colleagues to ensure a seamless, effective patient journey between primary, community, intermediate, and secondary care. At the heart of this role is a commitment to clinically leading a community rehabilitation team—fostering excellent patient outcomes through strong clinical leadership, operational oversight, and consistent adherence to NICE rehabilitation guidelines. You'll ensure timely patient flow, minimize delays, and deliver a service that patients and their families can trust and rely on.As a transformational leader, you'll guide service development and implement locally agreed changes while maintaining high standards across all deliverables. Collaborating with stakeholders at every level—including patients, public representatives, and staff—you'll build and nurture positive relationships that drive innovation and performance. With a strong emphasis on using data and insight, you will help shape strategic planning and business objectives, always aiming to exceed key performance indicators and improve patient experiences.A central focus of the role is supporting and developing the Community Rehabilitation Team. You'll ensure governance excellence, lead learning from incidents, and create an open culture that encourages continuous improvement and innovation. Your clinical credibility will empower you to offer guidance to staff, safeguarding vulnerable adults and ensuring the highest levels of care. Though not a budget holder, you'll effectively manage available resources and ensure workforce quality targets—including CQUINs—are met.You'll also play a vital role in staff development—conducting appraisals, identifying learning needs, and shaping workforce plans that foster team growth and safety. From managing performance and absence to supporting change and ensuring consistency across the organisation, you'll be a role model for professional excellence. With responsibilities that span across clinical governance, complex decision-making, and occasional work with distressed patients, you'll bring resilience, compassion, and drive to a service that operates on a 7-day rota and serves a broad community, including travel within Swindon and beyond.Please see the attached Job description for the full listThe Ideal CandidateEssential A confident, credible, and resilient AHP leader with active registration and postgraduate-level education or equivalent experience. Brings a strong foundation in leadership, supported by formal training or ongoing development, and a proven track record in team leadership, HR, resource management, and service improvement. Skilled in clinical governance, investigations, and managing change, with sound knowledge of finance, performance, and workforce planning. Deeply familiar with community services, national agendas, and GWH Trust practices. A collaborative, compassionate professional who communicates effectively, thrives under pressure, and consistently puts patient care first—motivating and inspiring teams with integrity and empathy.DesirableBrings experience in leading projects with confidence and clarity, supported by a formal leadership qualification. Demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence, enabling strong, empathetic connections and effective team dynamics. Comfortable networking across diverse settings and skilled in preparing and delivering engaging presentations to various audiences.Other requirements:Flexible and supportive in approach, with a willingness to work across different areas of the Trust as needed. A confident driver with the ability to travel between sites, and comfortable using IT systems to support effective and efficient working.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you would expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. 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