Band 6 Senipr Physiotherapist

NHS; Sutton Coldfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join their dynamic therapy team. You will support patients in their discharge and provide quality physiotherapy care across various wards. The ideal candidate will have a Physiotherapy degree, HCPC registration, and experience with elderly patients. This role includes participation in a seven-day working rota and offers a supportive environment for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a caseload of elderly and frail patients.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Willing to participate in a seven-day working rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic assessment and treatment of patients.
• Facilitate discharges home or to other care pathways.
• Supervise and coordinate Therapy Assistants and Junior therapists.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy

Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC)

Good standard of general education including GCSE Maths and English grade C and above

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist

The closing date is 20 October 2025

Are you a B5 looking for progression or a B6 looking for a change in your career, then look no further. Here is your opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and ever-evolving therapy team at Good Hope Hospital; part of UHB. You will be working as part of the therapy team and the wider Multidisciplinary Team supporting patients to return home as soon as possible by providing timely and regular therapy interventions maximising their chances of staying at home.

You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of physiotherapy treatments. In return, we offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills, supporting your career development with an individual personal development plan; closely linked to our maximising potential framework.

Main duties of the job

To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of wards within the hospital setting. Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases across the Acute hospital wards, applying Physiotherapy knowledge and skills.

There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and supporting patients into the outpatient community setting. You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team.

Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Assistants and Junior therapists.

You should be willing to participate in our seven-day working rota and on-call service.

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.

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy.
• Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC).
• 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.
• Member of specialist interest group.
• Attendance at Clinical Educators course.

Experience

• Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality / within the NHS with experience of elderly and frail elderly, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
• Experience of working on a physiotherapy on-call service.
• Experience of working with student physiotherapists and assistants.
• An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans.
• An ability to supervise and delegate work to physiotherapists, assistants and students.
• It is desirable that the candidate will have had some experience within the speciality area.

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrate enthusiasm, vision and a desire to achieve.
• Committed to developing expertise within physiotherapy and clinical speciality.
• Demonstrate a forward-thinking and professional attitude.
• An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
• An ability to cope with frequent exposure to distressing /emotional situations.
• An ability to work as team leader, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• An ability to motivate and develop the team.
• Able to contribute to the 7-day weekend service, extended out of hours and overnight on-call Respiratory Physiotherapy service.
• Demonstrate an interest in promoting physiotherapy to health professionals and other agencies.

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.