Clinical Lead in Post Covid Service

Main area Post Covid Service Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

30 hours per week (2 of the days need to be a Tuesday and Wednesday) Job ref 372-COM2788

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Allan House Clinic Town Sowerby Bridge Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/ :59 Interview date 13/10/2026

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us.

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit

Job overview

This is an exciting Band 7 opportunity to clinically lead the Calderdale Post Covid service.

You will join a multiprofessional team who are passionate about the service they deliver. The team works with a strong emphasis on self management and delivers symptom based rehab. You will provide expert triage, assessment, treatment and clinical coordination of patients in CHFT’s pathway.

The expectation is that this service will develop in line with West Yorkshire ICB recommendations to expand to include other conditions who would benefit from a similar symptom based approach. You will work alongside the service lead to develop this new vision and pathway.

You will also be leading, facilitating and working with a number of professions including direct liaison with primary care, referrers and consultants in secondary care.

This service is delivered in a variety of settings: classes, patient homes, clinic and virtual. You will support the training and skill acquisition within the core team but also support training needs of services across the Calderdale place. As a new and emerging service, you and the service lead will be responsible for the development and evaluation of the service.

Main duties of the job

See Job description and Personal Spec for full details:

The postholder will deliver a high quality specialist Post Covid service to CHFT 's Calderdale residents. They will take a specialist lead clinical role and will work as an integral part of the Post COVID pathway providing leadership, consultation and supervision to other professional colleagues.
An important element of the role is the ongoing development of a newly emerging speciality, therefore knowledge in post infectious conditions their presentation and treatment is essential alongside service development.

Working for our organisation

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See job description and Job Specification for full details.

• To be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating clinical case work within the Post Covid service, to include triage, initial assessment and MDT working.
• To provide evidence based, highly specialist knowledge, assessment and treatment skills to the Post Covid service
• To be responsive to emerging evidence around post viral illnesses. Educating staff members and altering/adapting clinical pathways as appropriate.
• To manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients with Post COVID and post infectious/viral conditions at a highly specialist level.
• To support the Post Covid service lead in developing, establishing and evaluating the new emerging service and pathway.
• To contribute to measuring the effectiveness of the service, collecting and analysing data, producing team reports and making recommendations.
• To take responsibility for effective functioning of the overall team within the Post Covid pathway. This will require effective communication and direction of professionals from CRT, Pulmonary Rehab, Inpatient Therapy, Respiratory Care and Psychology.
• To take a lead with quality improvements in the Post Covid service.
• To support the training, education and development of the team, students and services across the system.
• To lead the promotion of the service and encourage communication; education and joined up working, in particular with primary care and public health. Support partnership working with patients, peer support groups and local authority teams and voluntary services.
• To participate in the supervision and appraisal process with staff and students as required.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• Degree or equivalent award in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Registered with HCPC
• MSc or MSc level learning in a relevant subject or can demonstrate equivalent clinical experience
• Recent post graduate courses relevant to the management of post viral conditions/respiratory conditions /cardiac conditions/dysautonomia/breathing disorders/ME/CFS
• Member of the Professional body
• Successful completion of a professionally validated specialist course
• Member of clinical network relevant to post viral illness e.g. Clinical Post COVID Society, British Thoracic Society

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Highly Specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in Long COVID including the assessment, treatment and management of people recovering from Long COVID and post viral illness
• The ability to lead assessment and treatment sessions and create detailed and comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with Long COVID
• Significant experience of prioritising own and other caseloads with experience of delegation of work to the relevant grade of staff
• Excellent organisational and planning skills both individually and in a team
• Extensive experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Recent relevant experience of multidisciplinary guideline development, implementation and audit
• Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
• Experience of supervising other staff members and conducting annual reviews
• Significant experience of planning and delivering teaching sessions, covering both theory and practical skills to own and other professions
• Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
• Comprehensive, relevant and recent experience working in relevant clinical areas e.g. respiratory/cardiology/neurology
• Recent experience in dealing with Human Resource issues such as recruitment and retention, performance management, sickness and annual leave
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders across clinical pathways
• Knowledge of clinical standards and guidelines with the ability to implement and audit these in the team
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research. With evidence of implementing these.
• Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports and compile presentations in a range of contexts
• Experience of using virtual ways of working e.g. telehealth, video conferencing, use of digital platform and other remote methods of working and supporting clinical practice.
• Experience of taking part in or leading an audit or research project
• Experience of working in partnership across different organisations
• Recent experience of leadership /management role

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening, motivational interviewing and empathy
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
• Comfortable leading groups of people with complex needs and at times manage highly emotional situations
• Excellent interpersonal skills for developing complex working relationships, expressing opinions constructively, seeking consensus and maintaining networks
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and supporting other staff to manage highly emotional or aggressive patients and carers, this may be in a group or individual setting and may be in the patient’s home or external site.
• Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills in complex situations and ability to facilitate these skills in others
• Excellent analytical and reflective skills and ability to support others in developing these skills
• To have the ability to communicate at a high level when working with the MDT
• Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
• Ability to organise and lead meetings
• Ability to inspire staff demonstrating clear and inspiring clinical leadership to deliver high quality services.
• Has a strong degree of personal integrity; able to adhere to standards of conduct based on a culture of equality and fairness

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact for assistance.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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