Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 176-F-8127938
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Critical Care and Surgery Therapy Team at Peterborough City Hospital. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our team in this part-time role.
The Critical Care Team provides acute inpatient services to Critical Care Unit, Surgical, Respiratory and Cardiac wards as well as Respiratory Outpatient clinics. The post whilst static in the team has internal rotations to experience the wide variety of clinical opportunities within the team.
Successful candidates need to be fully qualified and HCPC registered with relevant experience as well as drive and dedication. You should be forward thinking, dynamic, and have the desire to develop and improve the service further. This role includes supporting the provision of a 365 day a year On Call service. Experience of working on an On Call rota is essential.
Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively
Main duties of the job
To enable Physiotherapy to provide Therapy Skills within the inpatient
service
To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in
line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards
To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams
To participate in delegated projects for service development with the
team
To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within
the speciality who may have a complex presentation
To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole
inpatient/patient team
To undertake weekend working as required within service developments
To be available to provide Clinical Supervision
This role entails 80% Clinical Contact and 20% Operational Management as
appropriate within team requirements
To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of
therapeutic care plans
Working for our organisation
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the person specification and job description for more details regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completion of preceptorship programme
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience in use of basic IT system for data recording
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Completion of student educator course
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide variety of experience in core rotations as a Band 5 Physiotherapist or equivalent including respiratory care
- NHS Acute Hospital Experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical knowledge in clinical conditions associated with specialist area/sound level in theoretical knowledge of inpatient areas
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work as a team member and independently
- Ability to present information in logical concise manner
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Strong belief in CPD and Reflective Practice
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Weekend working , either as part of front of house or on-call
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- CSP member
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good Clinical Reasoning skills
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own time and pressure
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Independently mobile to access all work sites within job role i.e. Manual car driver
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts Values and Behaviours
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
- Professional appearance & behaviour
Desirable criteria
- Value added contribution to the team – may take on additional roles e.g. Health & Safety representative
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cat Badham
- Job title
- Critical Care & Surgery Therapy Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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