Senior Physiotherapist - Medical & Surgical Rotation

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to manage a diverse caseload in a dynamic rotation. This role involves prioritizing patient care, supervising junior staff, and participating in specialized training programs. The successful applicant will be adept in critical care and demonstrate excellent communication and teamwork skills. Opportunities for professional development and clinical leadership are provided, enhancing one’s career in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Free 24-hours counselling support

On-site Nursery

Flexible staff bank

Qualifications

• Postgraduate experience as a Physiotherapist in a rotational opportunity.
• Experience supervising students or physiotherapy assistants.
• Involvement in service improvement audit and research.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients and prioritize care effectively.
• Support junior staff in developing their skills.
• Provide clinical leadership within physiotherapy specialty.

Skills

Supervision of junior staff

Effective communication

Critical care experience

Education

Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy

Registration with the Health Professions Council (UK)

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist - Medical & Surgical Rotation

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Senior Physiotherapists to join us within our established inpatient Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation! You would rotate in 9 monthly blocks around specialties including Stroke and Neurosciences, Older Persons Medicine, Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine as well as others. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, pro-active and enthusiastic about supporting patients during acute illness whether than be post-operatively, managing and preventing acute respiratory compromise, supporting admission avoidance or acute stroke rehabilitation. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working within a variety of teams and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.

If you were successful in the role, you would support supervision of junior staff, assistant staff and students, delegating workload as appropriate. You will have opportunity to support in house teaching programmes and external teaching opportunities through our links with the University of East Anglia.

This exciting role offers the opportunity to further develop your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development. You will receive supervision and annual appraisal and take an active role within your own personal development.

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist, you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and the delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients.

You will be expected to participate in out-of-hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physiotherapeutic intervention. This will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on-call and weekend duties.

As a senior member of the team you will rotate between you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required.

You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements.

The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations.- Neurosciences- Neuro-Oncology- Critical Care- Medical Respiratory- Thoracic Surgery- Vascular Surgery- Renal and Cardiology- Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay- Older Persons Medicine- Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma)

Interview date: 13th January 2026

About us

• 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:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• 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 Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

The demand on our services is high, and we pride ourselves on providing quality care. If successful you will work alongside highly specialised Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients. The teams are driven, hardworking and seek opportunities to develop themselves and the service they provide, and you would have the opportunity to be part of this. As part of the Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation you would support the Respiratory weekend and On Call rota, further developing skills including acute decision making, emergency treatment planning and Respiratory care integrating medical and therapeutic knowledge to support care.

• To assess, prioritise and manage own caseload of patients, determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated, and maintain records as a legally autonomous practitioner. Patients may present with a range of complex/highly complex conditions, as specified in Appendix 1.
• 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 are 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 Physiotherapy Operational Lead/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 NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
• To maintain a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a defined caseload of patients and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. Rotation-specific clinical duties are outlined in Appendix 1.
• To use communication tools (verbal and non-verbal) and assess understanding of treatment proposals to gain valid informed consent. With support, to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.

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

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
• Registration with the Health Professions Council (UK)

Experience

• Postgraduate experience as a Physiotherapist in a post with broad-based rotational opportunities. Candidates should have experience in all core areas, however those offering less experience, but meeting all other criteria, will be considered on their merit.
• Student or physiotherapy assistant direct supervision
• Involvement in service improvement audit, research and understanding quality issues

Skills

• Ability to supervise other staff e.g. assistants/Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioners
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

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