Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Burns

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking an experienced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Burns to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing expert care to patients recovering from burn injuries, managing complex cases, and supporting rehabilitation from inpatient to outpatient settings. Ideal candidates have extensive burns care experience and relevant qualifications. The position offers competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Professional development

Commitment to staff wellbeing

Integrated occupational therapy and physiotherapy

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience including burns care.
• Experience across the full patient pathway – acute to community.
• Ability to supervise and manage Therapy staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead physiotherapy management of patients with complex burn injuries.
• Provide expert rehabilitation across various care phases.
• Work alongside Clinical Specialist OT as part of a Burns MDT.

Skills

Rehabilitation skills

Respiratory physiotherapy

Splinting

Leadership

Communication

Education

BSc in Physiotherapy

Current HCPC Registration

Postgraduate Masters level module

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Burns

The closing date is 20 November 2025

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Burns and Plastics team, providing expert care to Burns patients across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

This is a rare and rewarding opportunity to work within a specialist burns unit, delivering high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy to adults recovering from burn injuries.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, you will:

• Lead the physiotherapy management of patients with complex burn injuries, scarring, and associated complications.
• Provide expert rehabilitation across acute, sub-acute, and long-term phases of burn care.
• Support patients through their inpatient stay and follow them through their outpatient rehabilitation journey.
• Manage respiratory care needs in burn patients on the ward.
• Assess, fabricate and manage splinting and positioning regimens.
• Work alongside the Clinical Specialist OT as part of a well-established Burns MDT.
• Be involved in Regional and National Burns networks.

We're seeking a compassionate, driven clinician with:

• Substantial post-registration experience, including relevant practice in burns care or a related field.
• Proven skills in rehabilitation, respiratory physiotherapy, and splinting.
• Experience working across the full patient pathway – acute to community.
• Strong leadership, organisational and communication skills.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

MSK Therapy provides integrated Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy to the MSK Care Group at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The MSK Care group is made up of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Pain Management, Metabolic Bone, Hand Centre, MSK Therapy and Podiatric Surgery.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in Physiotherapy.
• Current HCPC Registration.
• Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning.

Experience

• Extensive experience as a qualified therapist.
• Significant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty.
• Clinical Educator.
• Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development.
• Supervision and line management of Therapy staff including appraisal.
• Professional Presentations Experience in emergency respiratory on call including weekend work (PT only).
• Member of Special Interest Group
• Governance.
• Teaching.

Further Training

• Evidence of continuous personal & professional development.
• Current advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty.
• Current knowledge of evidence-base for specialty.
• Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology.
• NVQ Assessor.
• Clinical Governance.
• Research, Clinical Audit or Practice.
• Leadership Teaching
• Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, team working and leadership skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
• Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change.
• Confident in working with a wide range of senior professionals.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• IT literate.
• Understanding of stress and ability to help others to cope under pressure.
• Understanding of therapy in an acute hospital or community setting.

Other Factors

• Car Driver

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff