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Physiotherapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-9081-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/11/2025 23:59
Interview date
25/11/2025

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Specialist Physiotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic experienced physiotherapist with an interest in respiratory physiotherapy to work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. The post is a static role based within the respiratory medicine team.

The respiratory medicine team cover five respiratory wards and are responsible for supporting patients with physiotherapy intervention on acute non-invasive ventilation based on the respiratory support unit. You will get opportunities to enhance your respiratory assessment and treatment skills and develop strong clinical reasoning with a complex patient group right through a patient journey from presenting acutely to providing education to motivate and empower the patient with the long-term management of their condition. 

In this post, you will work collaboratively alongside an integrated MDT to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Within this role you will continue to consolidate previous respiratory skills and get the opportunity work closely alongside other senior experienced members of the staff to enhance your learning and development.

At present, there are exciting developments happening within the team and the overall division that aim to maximise the service that we deliver to our patients to ensure that they are receiving the optimum standard of care.

 

Main duties of the job

The clinical activities within this role include:

Inpatient respiratory assessment and treatment of patients with chronic respiratory conditions.

Clinic based assessment working in respiratory outpatient clinics supporting patients with breathing pattern disorders and issues with airway clearance.

Supporting with the provision of care by the neuromuscular respiratory team within the inpatient and outpatient environment.

Pillars of Practice-Non-clinical development.

As a band 6 specialist physiotherapist you will continue to build on your clinical knowledge and skills but will also have opportunity to develop:

Leadership- through supporting the day-to-day management of the area, supervising, supporting and developing people, both within the team and students and improving your knowledge of the wider STH/NHS.

Quality improvement -through participation in service improvement and development projects within ATS and the ward teams.

Education skills through the provision of high-quality education both to members of Acute Therapy Services and the multi-disciplinary teams.

We are committed to supporting and developing staff within our areas with robust clinical and developmental programmes both in the process of being embedded.

Ongoing clinical supervision and a strong emphasis on staff Health and Wellbeing.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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.

We are committed to supporting and developing staff within our areas with robust clinical and developmental programmes both in the process of being embedded.

Please be aware, the teams you will be working within deliver acute respiratory services 24/7. Your commitment to extended hours shifts, on call and weekend working will be expected as part of this role.

 

Detailed job description and main 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

Essential criteria
  • BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • Current HCPC registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post-registration NHS experience as a Physiotherapist.
  • Post-registration knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the relevant clinical speciality applied for.
  • Clear demonstration of understanding of NHS admission/referral/rehabilitation pathways for respiratory patients
  • Experience and skills in teaching and development of staff and students
Desirable criteria
  • Service Improvement Project

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence-Based Practice/Clinical Effectiveness Course
  • Field work educators course

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes & practices
  • Excellent 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 utilising relevant IT
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Able to teach and motivate others
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Danica Bowers
Job title
lead Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2715060
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