Senior Physiotherapist - Trauma Orthopaedics Band 6

NHS; Poole; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in Poole is looking for a dynamic Senior Physiotherapist to join their Trauma Orthopaedic Therapy Team. The role involves providing care for patients with complex orthopaedic conditions and includes opportunities for professional development and teamwork. You will be responsible for managing a clinical caseload and supporting junior staff in a Major Trauma Unit, with a strong emphasis on quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing orthopaedic patients with various conditions.
• Experience in training, supervision, and mentoring therapists.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a busy clinical caseload.

Responsibilities

• Work with complex presentations including fractures and multi-traumas.
• Provide staff supervision and training.
• Engage in service development and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Communication

Orthopaedic assessment and treatment

Goal setting and performance analysis

Teaching ability

Education

BSc (Hons)/MSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy or equivalent

HPC Registration

Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Physiotherapist - Trauma Orthopaedics Band 6

The closing date is 26 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and dynamic Trauma Orthopaedic Therapy Teams at Poole Hospital.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our team and you will have past experience in Orthopaedic physiotherapy. The team is passionate about teaching and development.

The post holder will be primarily based in the Trauma Orthopaedic Therapy Team working on the wards of a Major Trauma Unit, within the Wessex Trauma Network. The post will involve working with service users with a range of complex presentations including Fractured Neck of Femur, Multi-trauma and Spinal fractures.

This position is for a permanent full time Senior Physiotherapist within Trauma Orthopaedic therapy. The role will be based at Poole Hospital initially before services move to Bournemouth in Jan 2026. Working patterns will vary but will be across 7 days, include some evening, bank holidays and respiratory on-call as rostered.

Base Location: Poole Hospital/Bournemouth Hospital

Main duties of the job

The therapy team has been integral to recent service developments, including the implementation of new therapy pathways and excellent multidisciplinary teamwork. On-going work on the Trust's transformation of services will provide exciting developmental opportunities in the future, working towards the team's move to Royal Bournemouth site in the future.

You will be highly organised and have the ability to independently manage a busy clinical caseload. You will be involved in staff supervision and training, quality improvement projects and service development. You will be forward thinking, flexible in your approach to work and have excellent communication skills. You will flourish in the team environment and have well developed supervision skills. Support of junior staff is an important aspect of this position. You will have previous experience of working as a Physiotherapist, across a variety of clinical areas as well as a comprehensive knowledge of the physiotherapy assessment and treatment of a range of clinical conditions. You will be well supported by your fellow Physiotherapy colleagues and necessary training will be provided.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

This service has a planned move from Poole site to Bournemouth site in 2026

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons)/MSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy or equivilant.
• HPC Registration
• Evidence of C.P.D
• Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Membership of appropriate clinical interest group.

Experience

• Experience of working in orthopaedics, managing orthopaedic patients with a variety of conditions.
• Experience in the training, supervision and mentoring of less experienced therapists.
• Experience of service initiation and development.
• Experience of clinical service improvement.
• Experience as a clinical educator.

Skills

• Highly developed communication skills.
• High level orthopaedic assessment and treatment skills.
• Experienced in goal setting and analysis of performance.
• Good teaching ability/ education experience.

Knowledge

• High level knowledge of orthopaedic conditions, treatment and interventions
• Sound knowledge of evidence based practise and its application within a service.

Other

• Flexibility to respond to urgent requests, changes to plans etc;
• Excellent organisational skills, managing own workload and assisting others with theirs.
• Able to work in stressful situations including the ability to manage distressing and emotive situations successfully.
• Highly developed verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to drive and hold a clean drivers licence
• Excellent presentation skills.

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust