Senior Physiotherapist - Neuro Rehabilitation Team | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Shefford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join their Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team. In this vital role, you will support patients with neurological conditions through personalized therapy in various settings including their homes. You will collaborate with other healthcare professionals and contribute to service development. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patients' lives while developing your professional skills in a supportive environment. Applications close on December 31, 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in advanced physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment of complex patients.
• Capability to manage own caseload of patients.
• Experience in delivering training and development to other staff.

Responsibilities

• Undertake advanced physiotherapeutic assessments.
• Manage a caseload of patients autonomously.
• Provide training for less experienced staff.
• Assist in service evaluation and development.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning skills

Ability to work autonomously

Team collaboration with healthcare professionals

Patient-centered interventions

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• To provide and co‑ordinate postgraduate development to less experienced staff and clinical placements for student physiotherapists.
• 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.
• Assist in service evaluation and development.

Service Context

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.

Values and Equality

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.

Application Notes

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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025