Physiotherapist

NHS; England; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Physiotherapist for a flexible part-time role. The successful candidate will develop and deliver tailored treatment programs, prioritize patient care, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team across urgent care and inpatient wards. This position is ideal for professionals looking to enhance their clinical skills while ensuring work-life balance, with a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice and quality care.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Continuous professional development

Qualifications

• State Registered Physiotherapist essential.
• Previous experience in an Acute NHS setting.
• Ability to work across a 7-day service.

Responsibilities

• Provide a diagnosis and develop treatment programmes.
• Plan and prioritise patient caseload.
• Participate in the on-call rota as needed.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Physiotherapy Respiratory skills

Good communication skills

Physical effort capability

Education

Professional Physiotherapy qualification

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a passionate and motivated Physiotherapist looking for a flexible opportunity to top up your current hours or try something new, in a new environment? We offer flexible working hours on our bank across urgent care and inpatient wards to suit your current lifestyle as we know work / life balance is important. We are particularly looking for physiotherapists to support our weekend service across urgent care and medical wards.

The Therapy team holds a high profile within the wider trust and is at the forefront of many service development strategies, continually developing and introducing new, pioneering prospects for the service.

Main Duties

• Provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
• Plan and prioritise own patient caseload, working with support of a senior member of staff. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions and peer review.
• Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• Provide high quality, evidence-based care across the seven day service and participate in the oncall rota for adults, children and young people as the service requires.

About Us

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

Details

Date posted: 28 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rota

Contract: Bank

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 264-7537523-BANK-A

Job locations: Kettering General Hospital, Rothwell Road, Kettering, NN16 8UZ

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

• Professional Physiotherapy qualification. State Registered Physiotherapist

Desirable Qualifications

• Member of CSP

Essential Knowledge / Experience

• Good range of core pre-reg student placements
• Previous experience of working within an Acute NHS setting
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable Knowledge / Experience

• Previous working in a care / public sector environment

Essential Skills

• Evidence of well-developed good clinical reasoning skills.
• Proven Physiotherapy Respiratory skills appropriate to Band 5 level
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of Physiotherapy working practices within an Acute NHS setting.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• Able to undertake moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day
• Ability to keep accurate and legible notes.
• Evidence of having developed a wide clinical knowledge base within student placements and early professional career.
• Good awareness of national and NHS strategies
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles underlying the appropriate delegation of tasks to others
• Ability to work across 7 day service
• Car driver or able to travel to the trust within 45 minutes when responding to oncalls (24 hours)

Desirable Skills

• Evidence of post graduate training if not 1st post
• Ability to work in a stressful environment.
• Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Presentation skills.
• Detailed knowledge of national strategies and impact on service provision.

Essential Other Qualities

• Team worker.
• Prepared to be flexible in order to gain good rotation base within the Acute setting.

Desirable Other Qualities

• Reliable.

Disclosures and Barring

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.

UK Registration

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

EEO Statement

We encourage applications from people who identify from all protected groups and ensure an inclusive and collaborative environment. We recognise the valuable contribution of the Armed Forces community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds, ensuring everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.