Job vacancy: Physiotherapist Advanced, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton

Job summary

Main area

Annette Purkis

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Permanent: 12 months secondment can be considered

Hours

Part time
Flexible working

35.5 hours per week

Job ref

188-CL100825

Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospital Southampton
Town: Southampton
Salary: £47,810.00-£54,710.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata
Closing: 28/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 12/09/2025

Physiotherapist Advanced

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are interested in this amazing opportunity, please read the job description and person specification to ensure you have the skills and experience we are looking for, including someone who is
• enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible, forward thinking
• a fun individual with excellent communication and team working skills
• passionate about working with children and young people with long term respiratory conditions
• flexible to work at weekends and be participate on the acute respiratory On-call service, with adult and children, working across the intensive, high care and acute wards.

The key duties of this post are:
• Therapy assessment and treatment to children of all ages including adolescents with cardio-respiratory conditions, with a specific emphasis on children with CF/Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and other long term respiratory conditions. This will include local clinics in Southampton and regional clinics throughout South-West England) and appointments via video consultation
• Physiotherapy input to the PCD diagnostic and MDT follow-up service, and includes history taking, PCD diagnostic procedures to both children and adults, managing the physiotherapy aspect of PCD care
• As a specialist centre for CF/ PCD, provide expert advice to hospitals across the UK, attend outreach clinics and work in conjunction with the other specialist centres.
• Develop and co-coordinate respiratory physiotherapy inpatient, outpatient and clinic services-providing assessment and treatment for a range of respiratory conditions including exercise testing, lung function, and classes where appropriate.
• Supervise, initiate and participate in clinical audit and evidence-based projects and implement changes within paediatric cardio-respiratory care, setting and monitoring standards of practice

Our team prides itself in providing support, progression and development, with the successful post holder expected to work within our team philosophy:
“We strongly believe in team working in a happy working environment. Workloads are shared and communication/ support is strongly encouraged. We are mutually responsible for the service and its development and expect everyone to carry out a certain level of responsibility.”.

Essential skills and experience needed for this post:
As well as the person specification we are also looking for the following skills and experience related to this specific post:

• Experienced Physiotherapist with a broad range of post-qualification respiratory experience
• Comprehensive experience within paediatrics.
• Experience at B6 or B7 level working in respiratory care
• Proven, documented experience in doing shifts within an acute respiratory on-call service, including intensive care, in both adults and children
• Clear expressed desire on your application to work at UHS therapy services and within paediatrics
• Excellent communication skills: to enable close working relationships being able to adapt their communication to meet the child’s, family, and MDT needs considering their age and development
• Be able to work with children with complex needs using different equipment and working in different positions and environments. This includes working on the floor, being water-confident in the hydrotherapy pool and therapeutically handling patients.
• Car driver, for working between hospital sites, home and school visits. Please note some clinics can necessitate overnight stays secondary to their location i.e Cornwall

Please note:
• Interviews will be face to face only due to practical skills assessments, including working with equipment.
• We do not accept CV applications.

If this post is not for you and you are interested in other therapy opportunities, please e-mail: [email protected]

We welcome enquiries and are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

Patient First
Always Improving
Working Together

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
Current HCPC registration
Experience with a variety of physical and mental health conditions/multiple pathology
Experience of working with support staff
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience in independently managing a caseload of patients
Previous experience within relevant clinical area
Previous experience on-call, where relevant to clinical area

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

For more information about our Trust

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk

Getting to work - our travel promise

Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.

Our commitment to equality

Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

How and why we use your information

The Trust is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

The European General Data Protection Regulations enhances individuals’ rights and safeguards all of their data in place under the DPA.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 296.4KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Shelley Geary
Job title: Therapy manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 023 8120 4560

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Job summary

Employer heading

Physiotherapist Advanced

Band 7

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

For more information about our Trust

Getting to work - our travel promise

Our commitment to equality

How and why we use your information

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

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