Senior Physiotherapist - Neuro Rehabilitation Team

NHS; Shefford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist for their Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team. The role involves delivering high-quality therapy to patients in their own homes and collaborative work with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have substantial physiotherapy experience, HCPC registration, and a degree in physiotherapy. This position offers opportunities to contribute to service development and enhance patient independence, in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Substantial post-registration experience in a relevant physiotherapy position.
• Experience as working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Previous clinical experience relevant to post.

Responsibilities

• To undertake advanced physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment of patients.
• Hold own caseload of patients, accepting and discharging as an autonomous practitioner.
• Provide and coordinate postgraduate development to less experienced staff.
• Assist with delivering training programmes for the MDT and carers.

Skills

Ability to manage a clinical caseload

Ability to communicate with healthcare professionals and the public

Presentation and training skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to motivate others

Education

HCPC Registration

Degree or Equivalent in Physiotherapy

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Physiotherapist - Neuro Rehabilitation Team

The closing date is 02 January 2026

A rare and exciting opportunity has opened for a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and well-established Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team.

In this rewarding role, you'll play a vital part in supporting patients with neurological conditions, delivering high-quality therapy in the places that matter most to them - their own homes, residential settings, and nursing homes. You will provide specialist physiotherapy interventions tailored to individual needs, working closely with occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and other healthcare professionals. Together, you'll empower patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals, improve independence, and enhance their quality of life.

Beyond direct patient care, you'll contribute to service development and share your expertise to continually raise standards across the team. This is more than just a job - it's a chance to make a meaningful difference every day, while developing your skills in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

Main duties of the job

To work within the community physiotherapy service to provide appropriate physiotherapy input to patients and assist with service development and evaluation. Treatments will be in the patients' own homes, in a community setting i.e. nursing/residential homes or any other facilities as service requires.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Job responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities

1. To undertake advanced physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment of patients, who have a complex and/or chronic presentation. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine individualised treatment programmes and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

2. To hold own caseload of patients referred. Taking responsibility for accepting and discharging these patients and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. Assess and treat own caseload of patients within the community or outpatient setting providing patient centred interventions.

3. To provide and co-ordinate post graduate development to less experienced staff and clinical placements for student physiotherapists.

4. To assist with delivering training programmes to ensure that professionally qualified, professionally unqualified staff, other members of the MDT and carers, are optimally competent to deliver appropriate care to patients.

5. Assist in service evaluation and development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration
• Degree or Equivalent in Physiotherapy

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience in a relevant physiotherapy position.
• Previous clinical experience relevant to post
• Experience as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Knowledge

• Ability to manage a clinical caseload
• Ability to communicate with healthcare professional and the public
• Ability to motivate others
• Ability to communicate with people with communication difficulties
• Interpersonal skills
• Presentation and training skills
• Evidence of involvement in audit and research

Personal Skills

• Open/Reflective/Warm
• Enthusiastic and self-aware
• Creative and Flexible
• Team focussed
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Other

• Experience of participation in weekend and out of hours services as additional hours
• Clear vision of role/commitment to speciality team you are working with.
• Ability to independently undertake visits to patients in their own homes and deliver equipment.
• Able to travel around Bedfordshire

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.