Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- AfC Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF21576.B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 (per annum) includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Physiotherapist
AfC Band 6
Job overview
Senior Physiotherapist - Band 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our orthopaedic team.
The successful candidate will support the assessment and management of elective orthopaedic patients, providing both pre- and post-operative care as part of an established multidisciplinary team.
With the opening of the Cancer and Surgery Innovation Centre (CASIC), this post will be based primarily within the new facility, delivering high-quality rehabilitation to orthopaedic patients. The role will contribute to our extended-day service model (08:00-20:00) and seven-day service provision, supporting timely patient recovery and discharge. There will also be opportunities to gain experience across the wider orthopaedic service, including trauma and orthogeriatric patient caseloads.
You should have:
• Excellent communication and teamworking skills
• Experience working within an acute NHS setting
• Completion of core junior rotations, including medicine/elderly care, surgery and orthopaedics
• HCPC and CSP registration
Main duties of the job
To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within clinical specialty area, in a range of settings including inpatients, outpatients and patient homes.
We actively support continuing professional development through regular clinical supervision and a comprehensive in-service training programme. You will be well supported by an experienced physiotherapy team and have opportunities to develop senior clinical and leadership skills through supervision, audit, quality improvement and service development.
The physiotherapy department is committed to delivering high-quality patient care across seven days. The successful candidate will also participate in the emergency respiratory on-call rota
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assess and treat patient’s in relevant rotational area. To support the team in the organisation and provision of an efficient, high quality and co-ordinated physiotherapy service for patients in each area. To undertake a defined clinical caseload. To ensure that patient and service standards and priorities are met. To provide clinical supervision to assigned Band 5 physiotherapists, technical instructors (TI), physiotherapy assistants (PTA) and students.
Please see the full job description for detailed duties
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- BSc Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
- Member of Specific interest group
- Post graduate qualifications in orthopaedic Physiotherapy or post surgical rehabilitation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous Acute NHS experience at Band 5 level
- Achieved core skills in all core Band 5 rotations, including respiratory
- Evidence to support knowledge base in orthopaedic and post operative management.
- Previous Senior Experience in orthopaedics and/or surgery.
Desirable criteria
- Previous Senior Experience in orthopaedics and/or surgery.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jess Williams
- Job title
- Inpatient Superintenden
- Telephone number
- 01483 464819
- Additional information
If you are interested and would like any further information please contact Jess Williams, Inpatient Superintendent, telephone 01483 464819.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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