Band 5 Physiotherapist

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Poole seeks a Junior Physiotherapist to join their Older Persons Therapy team. This role offers the chance to develop extended skills in frailty, working within a supportive team to enhance patient care. Responsibilities include holistic assessments and treatments based on evidence-based practices. Candidates must demonstrate experience and a willingness to work on a 7-day rota.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a physiotherapist, including student experience.
• Willingness to participate in 7-day working on a rota basis.
• Ability to drive and hold a clean driver’s license.
• Willingness to work on an on-call respiratory rota.

Responsibilities

• Work holistically across professional boundaries.
• Develop extended skills and enhanced practice in frailty.
• Provide physiotherapeutic assessment of patients.

Skills

Experience of working as a physiotherapist

Ability to work on a 7-day rota

Clean driver's license

Participation in on-call respiratory rota

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Junior Physiotherapist to join our Older Persons Therapy team. The successful post holder will be encouraged and supported to develop extended skills and enhanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated Older Persons Services (OPS) Team. This will be a great opportunity for a physio passionate about working with older people, or as a stepping stone into working as a physiotherapist at UHD.

Our innovative post provides opportunities to work as part of the therapy team covering:

• Older Persons Assessment Unit - admission avoidance
• Older Persons wards
• Older Persons outliers

This provides therapists with an opportunity to develop a full and rich understanding of our patient's journey, from emergency admission to their transition home.

Expectations of the post holder would include working holistically across professional boundaries, service development and opportunities to work alongside a range of experienced professionals both within the hospital and community.

To be successful in securing this post, you will have:

• Experience of working as a physiotherapist (including student experience)
• Willing to participate in 7 day working on a rota basis
• Ability to drive and hold a clean driver’s license
• Willing to work on an on‑call respiratory rota as participation is expected in this role

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: 13th November 2025

To ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment to a high standard in accordance with HCPC Standards of Registration and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, to provide physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentations, to use clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to identify problems on which to base an appropriate patient‑centred treatment programme, to prepare and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence‑based practice.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Therapies have a planned move to align with planned emergency sites in Winter 2025.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Carla McCarthy Job title: Clinical Lead Physio Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 03000196191