Therapy Team Lead

Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced clinician to join the Integrated Discharge Team (IDT) as a Therapy Team Lead, supporting the delivery of safe, timely, and effective patient discharges across acute and community pathways.

The post holder will play a pivotal role in coordinating complex discharge planning within a multidisciplinary environment, ensuring person-centred care and optimising patient flow across urgent and emergency care systems. Working closely with acute teams, community services, local authorities, and system partners, they will lead on facilitating seamless transitions of care, reducing length of stay, and preventing avoidable delays.

The role requires advanced clinical reasoning and leadership to manage patients with complex needs, including frailty, multi-morbidity, and social care requirements. The successful candidate will proactively identify and resolve barriers to discharge, supporting the delivery of national discharge standards and models such as Discharge to Assess (D2A).

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the post holder will provide leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and help drive performance against key operational metrics. Strong communication, decision-making, and system-working skills are essential to succeed in this fast-paced, high-impact role.

Main Duties of the Job

• Lead and coordinate complex discharge planning for patients with multifactorial needs, ensuring safe, timely, and person-centred transitions of care
• Work collaboratively within the Transfer of Care Hub and wider MDT to facilitate effective patient flow and reduce length of stay
• Act as a key point of contact between acute services, community teams, local authorities, and external providers, ensuring seamless communication and care coordination
• Proactively identify and resolve barriers to discharge, utilising escalation processes where required to prevent delays
• Support the delivery of national and local discharge standards, including Discharge to Assess (D2A) pathways and same-day discharge principles
• Use advanced clinical reasoning to assess patients with complex physical, cognitive, and social care needs, including frailty and multi-morbidity
• Provide leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff and therapy colleagues, promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional development
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and pathway redesign to enhance patient outcomes and operational performance
• Monitor and support performance against key metrics related to discharge, flow, and system pressures, taking action to address gaps where identified
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and professional standards

About Us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including: Extensive range of learning opportunities; NHS Pension Scheme; Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions; Comprehensive health and wellbeing support; NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme; Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Details
Date posted: 16 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 18 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 272-8086839
Job locations: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, DN2 5LT

Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Significant post graduate experience including work at Band 6 within admission avoidance and discharge planning
• Experience in clinical audit/research and effectiveness
• Evidence of networking within Health/Social Care Community
• Experience in the management and support of patients/carers with complex problems
• Service development experience

Desirable

• Change Management
• Experience of professional 'cross boundary' working

Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Degree in relevant AHP profession
• Current registration with Health Care Professions Council
• Evidence of relevant clinical and post graduate courses/CPD
• Leadership Development Programmes
• Portfolio evidence of reflective practice and relevant experience
• Evidence of advanced specialist clinical knowledge
• Knowledge of professional roles within MDT
• Knowledge of all relevant clinical guidelines/ professional standards and clinical governance requirements
• IT skills

Personal Attributes & Skills
Essential

• Ability to motivate others and develop team working
• Positive approach to problem solving
• Leadership skills
• Influencing skills across professions and organisational cultures
• Presentation skills
• Confident
• Flexible
• Self-motivated
• Resilient
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies, including data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients and carers.
• Report writing
• Effective time management/ prioritisation skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.