Senior Physiotherapist – Cardiac and Respiratory

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join the cardiac and respiratory team in Guildford. The role involves managing specialist caseloads in the CCU and cardiac ward, with opportunities to supervise juniors and contribute to audits and service development.

You will be part of a dedicated physiotherapy team delivering seven-day care, with a focus on NIV, medical rehabilitation and cardiac patients. This fixed-term post runs for 12 months.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• BSc Physiotherapy is essential.
• Membership of CSP is desirable.
• Postgraduate qualifications in Respiratory/Cardiac Physiotherapy are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy to inpatients and relevant settings within the CCU and cardiac ward.
• Manage specialist caseload and contribute to daily medical team workload.
• Supervise junior staff and participate in audits and service development.
• Support seven-day service provision and emergency respiratory on-call rota.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

BSc Physiotherapy

HCPC Registration

CSP Membership

Postgraduate Respiratory/Cardiac Physio

Job description

Main area Physiotherapy Grade AfC Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Fixed contract ending 13/11/2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 384-JH-EMF21441-B6

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Town Guildford Salary £41,957 - £50,387 (per annum) includes high cost area supplements (HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

Senior Physiotherapist – Cardiac and Respiratory

AfC Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our medical team.

The successful candidate will join our pre-existing medical physiotherapy team who currently look after a wide caseload of in-patients including NIV, medical rehabilitation and cardiac patients.

The post holder will be responsible for the specialist management of our CCU and cardiac ward, as well as assisting with the daily caseload management across the medicine team.

• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Completed core junior rotations including ITU, medicine / elderly care, neurology and orthopaedics
• HCPC and CSP registration

We actively encourage continuing professional development through clinical supervision and a comprehensive in-service training programme.

You will be well supported by an experienced team of physiotherapists including consultant respiratory physiotherapists and a cardiac rehabilitation team. You will have the opportunity to develop your senior skills with supervision of juniors and students and involvement in audit and service development.

Main duties of the job

The physiotherapy department is committed to providing excellent patient care across seven days. You will also contribute to the emergency respiratory on-call rota.

To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within clinical specialty area, in a range of settings including inpatients, outpatients and patient homes.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess and treat patient’s in relevant area. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in each area. To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met. To provide clinical supervision to assigned junior physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students.

Person specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• BSc Physiotherapy
• Member of CSP
• Member of Specific interest group
• Post graduate qualifications in Respiratory/Cardiac Physiotherapy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jess Williams Job title Inpatient Superintendent Email address [e-mail] Additional information