Senior Physiotherapist - Acute & Older Persons Medicine- AMU

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Excellent pension scheme and annual/le

Wagestream

Free Park & Ride service

Confidential counselling support

On-site staff discounts

Career development and training

Job summary

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join the AMU clinical team. You will work across Acute and Older Persons Medicine, supporting early mobility, discharge planning and multidisciplinary collaboration.

The post offers fixed-term opportunities, flexible hours, and a development-friendly culture with access to teaching, supervision, and leadership responsibilities, including supporting junior staff and contributing to service

Qualifications

• Broad skill base including acute respiratory skills and acute medical knowledge.
• Ability to balance risk and support early discharge.
• Strong communication with patients, families and MDT.
• Commitment to professional development and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of patients with an emphasis on early mobility and discharge planning.
• Provide clinical leadership within the specialty including educational and managerial guidance.
• Support junior and student staff and contribute to band 5 induction programmes.
• Provide high-quality, safe and compassionate physiotherapy as part of the AMU team.

Skills

Acute respiratory skills

Acute medical knowledge

Effective decision making

Communication with MDT

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist - Acute & Older Persons Medicine- AMU

Company:

Company: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

52 weekfixed term contract/ secondment opportunity

The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is a leading teaching hospital with world-class facilities. Physiotherapy is playing an instrumental role in the exciting developments in the Trust and our team is growing.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the front door service of our Acute and Older Persons Medicine Team. We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in Acute Medicine/Admission Avoidance to work alongside our established AMU team.

As a team we are committed to providing Physiotherapy intervention in parallel with medical treatment at the start of the patients care facilitating early mobility and discharge planning and preventing unnecessary admissions. The wider multidisciplinary team value our role in assessing and supporting patients respiratory and physical function, informing acute care planning, alongside our therapeutic skills supporting early mobility and function to manage and prevent deconditioning supporting early return home.

Our clinical caseload is varied and embedded in a culture of education, development, and service improvement. Excellent communication skills and a willingness to develop yourself and others around you are essential. In turn this exciting role offers you the opportunity to develop both your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development.

As post holder you will work within a team of Physiotherapists across our 3 admission units to undertaking a variety of clinical and non-clinical tasks to support the delivery of physiotherapy services to patients with a home first ethos, promoting early mobilisation and function. You will support junior and student staff, delegate to junior and assistant staff and have a role in teaching opportunities, including our band 5 induction programme. The role will also require supporting deteriorating patients within the ED footprint.

As the successful candidate, you will need:

• a broad skill base including acute respiratory skills and acute medical knowledge
• effective decision making skills, balancing risk to support early discharge
• be required to utilize effective communication skills with patients, their family and MDT colleagues
• a drive to provide quality care to our patients is essential

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Weekend working will be required at a frequency of 1:5 within the role.

Full and part time hours available. Working a compressed hours pattern of 8-6, 4 days per week.

This is a fixed term role which concludes on 18/12/2027.

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Senior Physiotherapist responsible for the physiotherapy management of a defined caseload of patients within the specialty presenting to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• To assess, prioritise and manage own caseload of patients, determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated, and maintain records as a legally autonomous practitioner. Patient presentation may be complex/highly complex.
• Work will be undertaken without direct supervision. Clinical/professional supervision may take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and occasional direct observation of practice. Advice and support is always available.
• To provide clinical leadership within the speciality including educational, professional and managerial guidance.
• To have an active role in the planning, development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the physiotherapy service provided to patients within and out-reaching from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• To deputise for the Team Leader/Senior physiotherapy staff as required.
• To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust