Static Community Physiotherapist

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Static Community Physiotherapist to join a busy ICTT team in the North of Sheffield. The post is fixed term for 9 months and part time (22 hours), with a city-wide service operating 8 am–6 pm, seven days a week.

The role involves home visits, equipment management, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should have a BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy, HCPC registration, and experience in community settings.

Qualifications

• BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration are required.
• Experience in rehabilitation of older people and community settings is desirable.
• Evidence of continuous professional development and practice in therapy.
• Competency in physiotherapy clinical reasoning and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out physiotherapy assessments and plan/deliver home-based treatments.
• Work with therapy assistants and facilitate their training.
• Order, transport, provide and fit equipment; refer to other services as needed.
• Maintain accurate records and participate in governance and safety tasks.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Communication

IT literacy

Confidentiality

Initiative

Organise and prioritise

Accurate record keeping

Teaching others

Motivated to learn

Electronic patient records

Education

BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy

Current HCPC registration

Tools

System One

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Static Community Physiotherapist

The closing date is 21 September 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Sheffield's community based Integrated Care Team (ICTT) in the North of the city.

This post is fixed term for 9 months and is part time 22 hours.

This is a city-wide service, operating 8 am - 6 pm, 7 days a week (including Bank Holidays). The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly to achieve this. The service works to facilitate early discharge of patients from hospital and supports patients at home to prevent unnecessary hospital admission, together with providing community-based therapy for patients with a variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, frailty, musculoskeletal and anxiety issues.

This post will be based within a well-established, multi-disciplinary team consisting of: Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist/Senior Therapy Assistants and Administrative staff, with access to mental health nurses and co-located with the Integrated Care Team Nursing.

*** THIS VACANCY MAY BE CLOSED EARLY DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ***

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will carry out Physiotherapy and generic therapy assessments, and plan and deliver treatment programmes for patients in their own homes including residential care settings. This involves working closely with therapy assistants; contributing to their training and development and facilitating them to provide care and rehabilitation to a designated caseload. The role also involves ordering, transporting, providing and fitting of equipment and onward referral to other health and social care services.

A generic training programme is provided to ensure competency in basic nursing and Occupational therapy tasks.

Experience in the rehabilitation of older people, access to your own transport and HCPC registration is essential. Experience in community-based services is desirable.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 9 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.

Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration

Experience

• Student fieldwork experience in core areas of Musculoskeletal, respiratory and neurology
• Work or life experience in healthcare or teaching practical skills
• Work or life experience in organising and managing multiple tasks
• Clinical Governance or Health & Safety
• Work / student experience in a NHS community setting

Further Training

• Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
• Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology & respiratory
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Clinical Governance
• Exercise Instruction training
• Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes and practices
• Good interpersonal, communication and team working skills
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Able to act on own initiative, organise and prioritise work and manage multiple tasks
• Able to maintain accurate written records & statistics
• Calm approach to changing work situations
• Able to teach and motivate others
• Motivated to learn
• Experience of using Electronic patient records e.g., System one
• Demonstrate an understanding of Physiotherapy in an acute and community setting
• IT literate

Other factors

• Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
• Car Driver
• Full UK Driving licence
• Positive attitude to patient care and teamwork
• Ability to manage change

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearpa pro rata for part time staff