Advanced Therapist (PT/OT) - Urgent Care

Integrated Care System; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking an Advanced Therapist for the Urgent Care team at the Royal Stoke Hospital. The position involves managing clinical delivery and leading a team within one of the UK's busiest A&E services. Candidates should possess a degree in Physiotherapy, relevant nursing experience, and strong leadership skills. The role provides opportunities for professional development and offers a supportive environment for staff well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.
• Teaching experience with students and staff.
• Extensive experience in a speciality area within the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Manage the clinical delivery of care in a specialized area.
• Lead the clinical team and organize resources.
• Provide specialist training to therapy staff and other members of the MDT.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical Education

Project management

Education

Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy

Registered with HCPC

Master's/Post graduate qualifications

Job description

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Advanced Therapist (PT/OT) - Urgent Care

The closing date is 05 August 2025

The Medical Therapies team are looking for an enthusiastic Advanced Therapist to work in a senior decision making and leadership role within the Therapies Urgent Care Team based at the Royal Stoke Hospital.

The post offers the opportunity to work in one of the busiest A&E services in the UK within an exciting University Hospital environment with a mixed caseload of patients across a number of areas including A&E Front of House, the Clinical Decision Unit, Acute Medical Unit, Resus, Short Stay Ward, Frail Elderly Assessment Unit and ambulatory care. The team consist of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and dual trained Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Technical Instructors. The successful candidate will have substantial previous NHS experience and experience of working within Medicine and the Urgent Care setting with experience of treating patients including the acute and chronic respiratory, multi pathology / complex patients, neurological, cognitively and perceptually impaired.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a specialised practitioner managing the clinical delivery of care in a specialised area.
• To lead the clinical team within your area and organise staff and resources to meet service standards and demands.
• To be responsible for the provision of specialist training to therapy staff and other members of the MDT.
• Use analytical and problem solving skills to interpret, analyse and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources
• The University Hospital of the North Midlands is based across 2 hospital sites, the Royal Stoke and the County Hospital. The Therapy department is made up of two divisional based teams within multiple clinical areas and has excellent links with Keele University. The successful candidate will be involved in student education as well as staff in-service training. Supervision will be provided by Principal Therapists and continuous development is supported through appraisal, supervision, internal training and external learning.

About us

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact Clare Johnson (see contact details)

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Portfolio of personal & professional development
• Post holder committed to working at master's level e.g. attended courses accredited at master's/post graduate level
• Working towards a higher qualification qualification relevant to speciality e.g. Master's degree

Experience

• Experience of working as a senior physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist within the speciality area
• Experience of teaching students, staff & other proessional groups
• Post graduate (NHS) experience with considerable experience in speciality area
• Experience of undertaking out of hours working
• Experience gained within an acute setting

Skills, ability & knowledge

• Proven leadership and management skills
• Trained Clinical Educator
• Evidence of project work

Personal Qualities

• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust