Senior Physiotherapist
Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a rehabilitation-focused Senior Physiotherapist to join the Inpatient Rehabilitation Service at Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit, Brookfields Hospital, Cambridge.
You will work with inpatients to support discharge, provide holistic assessment and therapy, and contribute to MDT pathways with clinical leadership and safe, person-centred care. The role is based at Brookfields Hospital, with opportunities for home visits as required.
Qualifications
- Post-graduate physiotherapist with UK HCPC registration.
- Experience with frail older adults and complex pathologies.
- Ability to work autonomously within MDT and clinical governance.
Responsibilities
- Provide autonomous clinical care within the multi-professional team.
- Carry own caseload and assess patients with complex pathologies.
- Deliver rehab plans and discharge planning, including home visits when needed.
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to service development.
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Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a rehabilitation focused Senior Physiotherapist to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation Service at Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit, based at Brookfields Hospital site on Mill Road in Cambridge.
This position is working with patients on our inpatient wards to support patients out of hospital and offer holistic clinical assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and specialist therapy knowledge and skills.
Successful applicants will play a vital role in supporting patient flow through the pathways as well as providing clinical skills and knowledge to the MDT. This position offers flexibility, variety and the opportunity to be involved in the transformation of our inpatient rehabilitation service. You will be supported by a band 7 clinical lead.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
- To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
- To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide adaptive equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
- To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. To provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and students.
- To be accountable for a delegated caseload held by Band 5 Therapists and Assistant Practitioners.
- To prioritise all patients' tasks according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost appropriately. To provide a high standard of care.
- To work in various community settings within CPFT as required, completing home visits when required.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 310-OPAC-8330663
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work
- To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines
- To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of specialist clinical reasoning skills
- To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate
- To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting
- Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately
- Conduct risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks
- To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions
- To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication eg hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain
- To actively manage positive relationships with other agencies involved in the patients pathway
- Actively involved in the development of the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Teams and the new model of care
- To work effectively within the team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate
- To provide specialist advice to all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient
- To work within trust and CSP guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards of practice in line with legal and operational requirements.
- To support with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality care
- Degree or equivalent eg. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the Physiotherapy profession
- Current HCPC registration
- Documented evidence of own continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification
- Member of CSP
- Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification
- Relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings
- Clinical supervisor
- Experience working with frail older adults with a broad range of conditions
- Community experience
- Equipment provision
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Able to assess plan and implement care
- Time management & Prioritisation skills
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
- SystmOne
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
- Positive approach to older people
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
- None listed
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer name: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit, Davidson House, Brookfields Hospital, 351 Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 3DF, United Kingdom
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Therapy Lead, Alex Milne, Alex.Milne@cpft.nhs.uk, 07762401807
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