Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational) *Internal*

NHS Jobs; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Vivup counselling service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational) to join the Band 6 Rotational Physiotherapy Team. This internal role is suitable for experienced clinicians or Band 5s ready to develop leadership across settings.

The post offers varied rotations with advanced assessment and treatment, supervision of Band 5s, students, and opportunities to contribute to service development, with emphasis on MDT collaboration and CPD.

Qualifications

• Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent.
• HPC registered.
• Clinical supervision / mentoring certificate or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Managing a varied and sometimes complex caseload with increasing independence.
• Providing specialist assessment and treatment.
• Supporting Band 5s, assistants, and students through supervision and teaching.
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement projects.
• Participating in MDT working and supporting effective patient flow.
• Engaging in CPD, in-service training, and supervision structures.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Supervision

Teamwork

Clinical reasoning

Education

Degree in physiotherapy

HPC registered

Clinical supervision / mentoring certificate

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational) *Internal*

The closing date is 04 October 2026

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY

We are pleased to offer an exciting internal opportunity for a motivated Physiotherapist to join our Band 6 Rotational Physiotherapy Team. This post is ideal for experienced clinicians or Band 5 physiotherapists ready to step up and develop their clinical leadership skills across a range of settings.

This Band 6 rotational post provides the chance to build advanced skills while working across a range of specialty areas. Each rotation offers the opportunity to consolidate clinical reasoning, develop autonomy, and contribute to service improvement.

• Managing a varied and sometimes complex caseload with increasing independence
• Providing specialist assessment and treatment
• Supporting Band 5s, assistants, and students through supervision and teaching
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement projects
• Participating in MDT working and supporting effective patient flow
• Engaging in CPD, in-service training, and supervision structures

Main duties of the job

• Managing a varied and sometimes complex caseload with increasing independence
• Providing specialist assessment and treatment
• Supporting Band 5s, assistants, and students through supervision and teaching
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement projects
• Participating in MDT working and supporting effective patient flow
• Engaging in CPD, in-service training, and supervision structures

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP:

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicy for eligible vacancies.

AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information.This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Other Requirements

• Flexible approach to work patterns. Able to participate in on-call duties.
• Ability to travel between sites.
• Driving licence.

Knowledge and Experience

• Rotations in a broad range of core areas, e.g. cardio-respiratory, ITU, elderly rehabilitation, acute medicine, orthopaedics, MSK, neurology and community rehabilitation.
• Deputising for senior colleagues.
• Involvement in service development through clinical audit, use of outcome measures etc.
• Working to full band 5 outline.
• Supervising e.g. students, newly qualified staff, support staff
• Delegation and caseload prioritisation
• Working independently on call.
• Consolidation and development of undergraduate training through attendance at in service training and other CPD opportunities.
• Portfolio of evidence of post-graduate learning e.g. ALERT, neurology, cardio-respiratory etc. Key NHS drivers for change and implications for physiotherapy services.
• Following NHS discharge policy Professional code of conduct and confidentiality.
• Awareness of complaints procedure.
• Understanding of Equality and diversity issues.
• Work within a community setting.
• Responsibility for an area of work, e.g. health & safety, in-service training
• Equality legislation and best practice.

Qualifications

• Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent.
• HPC registered
• Clinical supervision / mentoring certificate or equivalent.

Skills and Aptitudes

• Able to work as a member of a team, using initiative appropriately.
• Able to prioritise and manage competing demands, appropriately delegating work.
• Able to make sound decisions based on clinical reasoning skills, without continued recourse to colleagues.
• Developing leadership skills.
• Able to communicate complex information.
• Able to motivate others.
• Able to give feedback to students.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust