Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-7274072
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-in Ashfield
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity: Experienced Physiotherapist – Stroke Therapy Team, King’s Mill Hospital!
Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated physiotherapist with a passion for stroke rehabilitation? We’re expanding our therapy workforce and looking for a dedicated professional to join our inpatient Stroke Therapy Team at King’s Mill Hospital.
Join us at a pivotal time as we grow our team and strengthen our commitment to delivering outstanding outcomes for patients recovering from stroke across Mid Nottinghamshire. You’ll work alongside specialist clinicians in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, supporting patients with hyper acute, acute, and rehabilitation needs.
What We Offer:
- A purpose-built stroke unit and therapy gym designed to support high-quality rehabilitation
- A collaborative and forward-thinking team environment
- Opportunities to develop your clinical expertise and leadership skills
If you’re ready to make a real impact and grow your career in a supportive and innovative NHS Trust, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An advanced level of knowledge and skill of clinical and professional practice in neurological conditions including stroke
- Familiarity with evidence-based research that underpins the clinical and professional practice in neurological conditions and Knowledge and Skills Framework for practice development in Neurology
- Listening skills
- Supervisory skills
- Leadership skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy, BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State registration with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- ACPIN membership
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Introductory Bobath Course
- Evidence of post-graduate courses relevant to physiotherapy skills in Neurology
- Undergraduate Clinical Educator Course
- Leadership training
Desirable criteria
- Basic Bobath Course (In-depth 3 week course at MSc Level) or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial postgraduate clinical experience with most recent experience in Stroke/Neurology
- Experience of supervision of undergraduate students
- Experienced member of Physiotherapy ‘on-call’ service
Contractual
Essential criteria
- Ability to work over 7 day rota
- Participation in Physiotherapy ‘on-call’ service
- Ability to travel between sites as required
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
- Fran Platts
- Job title
- Therapy Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920 877507
- Additional information
For further information or an informal discussion about this position please contact Fran Platts, Therapy Operational Manager for Community Services at [email protected]
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