Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Sutton-in-Ashfield is looking for an experienced Senior Rotational Physiotherapist. This role involves assessing and treating patients with complex presentations while managing a diverse caseload. The ideal candidate will have a solid clinical background, experience in NHS settings, and appropriate qualifications in physiotherapy or occupational therapy. If you're passionate about delivering high-quality patient care, apply now to join our dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 18 months in each junior and senior Rotational Programme in varied physical settings.
• Evidence of experience through a professional development portfolio.
• NHS experience required.

Responsibilities

• Providing assessment and treatment of patients.
• Managing a diverse caseload.
• Continuously developing skills and expertise.

Skills

Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques

Ability to prioritise & work under pressure

Ability to formulate and develop individual treatment programmes

Education

BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent

Registration with HPC

Membership of relevant Professional Body

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality patient care? Do you thrive on working with diverse and complex cases? We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Rotational Physiotherapist to join our dynamic team.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing and continually developing the necessary skills and expertise in the assessment and treatment of patients
• Managing a diverse caseload, including patients with complex presentations and multi-pathologies
• Supporting the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

If you are dedicated to advancing your career in therapy practice and are committed to delivering exceptional patient care, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and be a part of our mission to provide the highest quality healthcare!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as “outstanding” for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only “outstanding” NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
• Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
• Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HPC
• Membership of relevant Professional Body
• Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

Further Training

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
• Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training
• Leadership Training

Experience

• NHS experience
• Completion of junior and senior Rotational Programmes (minimum of 18 months in each), or equivalent, working in a wide variety of acute and chronic physical settings
• Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and students
• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital
• Ability to drive own car

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust