Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Adult Critical Care

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Cambridge seeks an experienced Physiotherapist for its Critical Care team. The role involves planning and delivering physiotherapy services to critically ill adults, supervising staff, and ensuring a high standard of care. Opportunities for CPD and management skills development are available. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant physiotherapy degree and experience in a critical care environment. The institution offers a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, aiming to foster professional growth and development.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Reduced bus travel costs

Subsidised parking

24/7 hot food availability

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experienced in adult critical care physiotherapy service delivery.
• Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate physiotherapy services.
• Strong supervisory and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evaluate the adult critical care physiotherapy service.
• Supervise staff and students.
• Provide high standard physiotherapy services to patients.
• Coordinate workloads and participate in recruitment.
• Maintain competencies for respiratory physiotherapy service.
• Act independently without supervision.

Skills

Physiotherapy expertise

Supervisory skills

Team collaboration

Respiratory care knowledge

Education

Relevant Physiotherapy degree

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A permanent or fixed term/secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced individual to join the Critical Care team, working in the trust’s Adult Critical Care areas. You will work within a large team of physiotherapists led by a Consultant physiotherapist to support the respiratory care, weaning and rehabilitation of a wide range of critically ill patients.

We are a large multi‑speciality hospital supporting both the local population and wider tertiary populations. You will have the opportunity to work in all of our perioperative specialities – John Farnam Intensive Care unit and Neuroscience Critical Care Unit (both are large multi‑speciality and tertiary ICU’s).

You would be supported in learning new skills and gaining additional training to support your work within these large multi‑speciality intensive care units.

We can offer you:

• Strong peer support
• Positive commitment to CPD and post‑graduate education. The department has a proven record of accomplishment in supporting those staff wishing to undertake Master’s level studies.
• Development of your supervisory, teaching and management skills
• Service development opportunities.

The team is friendly and dedicated towards the delivery of an excellent service for all our users, as well as constantly looking at better ways to provide a service. You will be required to partake in our Emergency out of hour’s services, which includes our weekend and on‑call services.

Responsibilities

• Planning, delivery and evaluation of the adult critical care physiotherapy service.
• Supervision of staff and students.
• Provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in a perioperative bed (John Farman ICU, IDA, Neuro Critical Care Unit (NCCU)). You will also be required to occasionally treat patients in a level one surgical bed.
• Undertake management roles including coordinating workloads, delegating duties, appraising and mentoring physiotherapists, and participate in recruitment and selection.
• Maintain specialist respiratory physiotherapy competency to participate in the out of hour's respiratory physiotherapy service and assist in the training of physiotherapy staff to a level of agreed competency.
• Act independently and without supervision.

Eligibility & Conditions

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa,
• or you have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment,
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th December 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 9th January 2025.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.

• Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
• Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals.
• Subsidised cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
• 24/7 hot food available on CUH campus at a reduced cost for colleagues.
• Purpose‑created colleague‑only café with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.
• Flexible arrangements may include part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Equal Opportunities

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve.

We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Application Process

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Note: If you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025.