Band 6 Physiotherapist - Rotational

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Supervision and training

CPD funding

Education collaborations

Job summary

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Integrated Therapy Team on a full-time rotational post (37.5 hours per week). The role offers eight-month rotations across Stroke/Neuro, Acute Medicine, ICU/Cardio-Respiratory/General Surgery, and Orthopaedics, with supervision and opportunities to contribute to service development.

We are committed to developing staff through structured supervision, CPD funding, and education

Qualifications

• Registered physiotherapist with HCPC and NHS Band 6 eligibility.
• Experience in rotation-based physiotherapy or multispecialty teams preferred.
• Strong communication and supervisory capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload across multiple specialties within rotations.
• Lead on the development and supervision of junior colleagues.
• Apply advanced assessment skills to formulate and evaluate treatment plans.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions with patients, carers and partners.
• Lead team meetings and participate in education and service development projects.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Team leadership

Time management

Education & supervision

Education

Physiotherapist degree (HCPC registration)

Job description

BAND 6 PHYSIOTHERAPIST - ROTATIONAL Full-time (37.5 hours per week) | Permanent
We are pleased to offer an opportunity to join our forward-thinking Integrated Therapy Team, consisting of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians and assistants working seamlessly together. Our diverse Band 6 rotations include:

• Stroke/Neuro
• Acute Medicine
• ICU/Cardio-Respiratory/General Surgery
• Orthopaedics

Rotations are eight months, giving you time to develop and embed new skills, as well as play a key role in service development ideas and projects before transferring these to your next rotational area. We have a strong positive relationship with our community partners enabling us to work closely together.

We offer excellent supervision, training and skill development opportunities within each specialism provided by supportive clinicians and opportunities to build on skills such as student/junior supervision, audits and service development projects.

We have a strong reputation for home grown career progression through welcoming every new team member and supporting them to settle, develop and grow. We are large enough to offer a number of rotational experiences but small enough to be able to respond quickly in delivering services in response to patient needs.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions and lead on the development of junior colleagues. Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed to balance clinical and non-clinical duties.

You will be responsible for ensuring the use of advanced effective assessment skills to identify appropriate patients and to formulate, implement and evaluate individualised treatment and rehabilitation plans, some of which will be specialist in nature, basedon expert analytical and clinical reasoning skills. You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care and will be in regular discussions with patients, carers, JPUH colleagues and community partners on therapy plans. You will be responsible for other non-clinical duties such as leading on team meetings; in-service development ideas; training/supervision of students, therapy assistant practitioners and Band 5 and 6 colleagues. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.

The James Paget is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to the people of east Norfolk and north Suffolk. Situated on the coast with beautiful beaches and the Broads National Park on the doorstep we are within commuting distance of Norwich City with many of our staff car sharing from here. Onsite parking is available.

Service Improvement

The Integrated Therapy Department is positive and forward thinking, always striving to improve services, particularly post-pandemic. Our links with the Research Department are growing with joint projects being worked on. Our therapists represent the Trust at CSP, RCOT, BOA and BGS conferences.

Personal and professional development is key

We are developing our research and innovation strategy in line with the national AHP Strategy. We will support you in achieving your career goals through our well-structured supervision and appraisal system, actively encouraging utilisation of training courses (clinical, non-clinical and leadership skills) with use of CPD funding. We also have a Band 6 peer support group.

Development of others

You will be supported to provide education to your team but also to our wider workforce. We support development of our future workforce through our close links with the University of East Anglia, Suffolk College and City College Norwich providing teaching and placements to apprentices, under and postgraduates.