Specialist Physiotherapist - UK Residents Only

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a caring and experienced rotational specialist band 6 physiotherapist based at Furness General Hospital. The role involves overseeing daily clinical provision, developing patient goals, and providing essential treatment while supervising junior staff. Candidates must have acute respiratory experience and excellent communication skills. This role requires physical attendance for interviews.

Qualifications

• Acute respiratory experience including on-call and weekend working is essential.
• Experience in clinical leadership or supervision is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily clinical provision of physiotherapy within a designated clinical area.
• Provide clinical training and support for other physiotherapists.
• Participate in IST and external CPD activity.
• Take an active part in overnight on-call and weekend rotas.
• Supervise and support junior staff.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

MDT working experience

Ability to respond to difficult situations

Safeguarding awareness

Problem-solving approach

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.

This post is open to UK Residents Only. For international applicants, please apply on the Non-UK Residents vacancy.

Due to the format of the interview process face to face attendance at the assessment centre is required. There will not be an option for a teams remote interview.

We are looking for a caring, experienced, creative and dynamic physiotherapist to fulfil the role of rotational specialist band 6 physiotherapist at Furness General Hospital.

This role will cover a range of clinical areas including: Trauma and Orthopaedics, ICU/Surgery, Elderly care and Frailty, Acute Medicine including acute neuro management, Acute respiratory, and MSK outpatients (consultant referrals).

We have a team of skilled and experienced band 6 physiotherapists who provide peer support with monthly meetings and are included in leadership and development training programmes.

Each of the above areas is lead by an experienced Advanced physiotherapist team leader, with whom the band 6s work closely identifying areas for service development.

Rotations are currently for a period of 8 months with some flexibility for discussion around service and individual development needs.

This post is based at FGH.

This is a patient facing role with the primary responsibility for overseeing the daily clinical provision of physiotherapy within a particular clinical area. This includes the assessment of patients, development of goals and plans, providing the required treatment and contributing to the MDT for discharge planning.

The role will include the provision of clinical training and support for other physiotherapists within the team and to take an active part in In-Service Training (IST) and external education in line with Continual Professional Development (CPD) Division Guidelines thus maintaining standards of care in line with evidence based practice. It is also expected that any external training attended will be disseminated to the wider team.

Acute respiratory experience including on-call and weekend working is essential for this role. The individual will be expected to take a full and active part in the overnight on-call and the weekend working rotas and prior experience at Band 5 level or similar is essential.

Communication skills and MDT working experience are essential to facilitate ongoing developments with integrated working.

The individual needs to be able to respond well to difficult situations, have an awareness of safeguarding, be hardworking and have a problem solving approach.

This role will include the supervision and support of junior staff including the completion of inductions, appraisals and the supervision and training of both junior staff and students.

The individual will be responsible for their own clinical record keeping, utilising electronic patient records, in accordance with Trust, Division, Health and Care Professions Council and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists standards.

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Co- board units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily clinical provision of physiotherapy within a designated clinical area; assess patients, develop goals and plans, provide treatment and contribute to discharge planning as part of the MDT.
• Provide clinical training and support for other physiotherapists; participate in In-Service Training (IST) and external CPD activity; disseminate external training to the wider team.
• Take an active part in overnight on-call and weekend rotas; prior experience at Band 5 level or equivalent is essential.
• Supervise and support junior staff, including inductions, appraisals, and training of students.
• Maintain own clinical records in line with Trust, Division, HCPC and CSP standards.

Qualifications and Skills

• Acute respiratory experience including on-call and weekend working is essential.
• Excellent communication skills and MDT working experience.
• Ability to respond to difficult situations; safeguarding awareness; hardworking with a problem-solving approach.
• Experience in clinical leadership or supervision is desirable.

Team and Work Environment

We have a team of skilled band 6 physiotherapists who provide peer support with monthly meetings and are included in leadership and development training programmes. Each area is led by an Advanced physiotherapist team leader, with whom the band 6s work closely on service development.

Logistics & Closing

The role is based at Furness General Hospital. Rotations are 8 months with flexibility for development needs. This role is patient-facing and requires physical attendance at the assessment centre for interviews. This advert closes on 29 Sep 2025.