Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to lead specialist inpatient physiotherapy within Trauma & Orthopaedics and Healthcare of Older People. You will work autonomously, assess complex patients, plan discharge, and contribute to 7-day service provision across diverse caseloads.

You will supervise students and junior staff, engage in service improvements, and align with HCPC standards.

Qualifications

• Registered physiotherapist with HCPC and degree.
• Maintains competence through CPD and post-graduate training.

Responsibilities

• Manage specialist inpatient caseload in Trauma & Orthopaedics and HOOP.
• Provide expert physiotherapy using advanced clinical reasoning.
• Supervise and develop junior physiotherapists and support staff.
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement, and service development.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Clinical education

Leadership

Communication

Education

Physiotherapy degree

HCPC registration

A levels or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Join the Trauma & Orthopaedic Therapy Team at Solihull Hospital as a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist and play a key role in delivering high-quality physiotherapy services across a diverse inpatient caseload. This post provides an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills within Trauma & Orthopaedics and Healthcare of Older People, supporting patients following fractures, elective orthopaedic procedures, frailty-related admissions and complex discharge pathways. As an autonomous practitioner, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment and discharge planning whilst working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to optimise patient outcomes and length of stay. You will contribute to a 7-day service, participate in respiratory on-call duties following competency achievement, and support innovative patient pathways. The role offers structured supervision, leadership development, opportunities to lead service improvement, audit and research projects, and experience of supervising students, therapy support workers and junior therapists. This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic physiotherapist looking to progress their clinical, leadership and educational skills within one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts, while contributing to high-quality, patient-centred care and ongoing service development. Interviews will take place face to face.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

Manage a specialist inpatient caseload within Trauma & Orthopaedics and Healthcare of Older People, undertaking comprehensive assessment, treatment planning and physiotherapy intervention for patients with complex needs. Work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate safe, effective and timely discharge planning.

Provide expert physiotherapy interventions using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice. Participate in weekend, extended-hours and 7-day services and contribute to the Trust's respiratory on-call rota following competency achievement.

Supervise, teach and develop junior physiotherapists, therapy support workers and students, acting as a clinical educator and role model. Support operational management of the service, deputising for the Team Lead when required and assisting with workload allocation and service delivery.

Maintain accurate clinical documentation, manage clinical risk and ensure practice meets HCPC, CSP and Trust standards. Participate in audit, quality improvement initiatives, research and service development projects, using outcome measures and data to improve patient care. Provide specialist advice and education to patients, carers and healthcare professionals, promoting recovery, independence and safe discharge outcomes.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma / degree in physiotherapy.
• Current registration with Health Professions Council.
• A levels or equivalent qualification
• Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
• Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership training.
• Attendance at Clinical Educators Course.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
• Significant experience of working in a health care environment / acute hospital setting, including acute hospital experience in T&O.
• Experience of working with patients with a range of complex needs including respiratory, neurology, and older people's medicine/frailty.
• Experience of treating acute chest patients +/- respiratory on-call experience.
• Evidence of Team /service development.
• Supervision of students, assistants, therapy Support Workers.
• A specialist knowledge across a range of physiotherapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of physiotherapy

Desirable

• Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area.
• Demonstrate a professional attitude.
• An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
• An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
• An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
• Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.
• Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical areas.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
• Contribute to extended hours service/6/7 day working.
• Ability to travel across all UHB Sites and to external sites/patient homes if required.

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 Professional Registration

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

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-9019428

Job locations

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Attachments

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