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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Service covers 365 days a year, weekend, bank holiday and late shifts covered on a rota system
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (30 hours a week would be considered: 7 day service, weekend and bank holiday (working on a rota system))
Job ref
190-0404-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Zest
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
26/06/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Community Services rated outstanding by the CQC are looking to recruit a full time Band 6 Physiotherapist for a rotational position between the acute and community.

This Specialist Physiotherapist post is a yearly rotation working between Integrated Community Team- Therapy (ICTT) West and the Acute Medicine Team within the inpatient hospital setting (NGH)

In the acute medicine team you will deliver acute and on-going patient care within a range of specialties including Geriatric medicine, Frailty, Parkinson’s disease and palliative care. The team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support staff work closely covering multiple medical wards providing early rehabilitation, assessment, intervention, and discharge planning for a complex and diverse case-mix of patients .

The work in the community includes a varied caseload of Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedic and Neurology conditions. You will have direct access to clinical specialists for support with complex patients. 

 You should be used to working in a multidisciplinary integrated environment, have significant post registration NHS experience and have excellent communication skills. 

 Therapy provides an comprehensive in-service training program and support staff with their post graduate training. The opportunity to develop leadership skills such as the development and delivery of education, supervision, mentorship, research and service development. 

 

Main duties of the job

To assess, diagnose, plan and develop specialised physiotherapy treatment programmes for patients/clients with a wide variety of physical/mental health needs in a community setting.

To manage a caseload of community based patients with complex needs using specialist skills and evidence based/patient centred principles.

To supervise/train inexperienced physiotherapists/ assistants/ students working within the service.

This service is a 7 day service, which includes Bank Holiday cover but this is done on a rota basis.

 

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of 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 a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

 

 

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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post-registration NHS experience of sufficient to acquire appropriate core competencies in Physiotherapy practice and the knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the chosen field
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Governance or Health & Safety, link worker
  • Member of special Interest Group
  • Fieldwork educators Course
  • Clinical Effectiveness course/Project

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • Current HPC registration
  • Short Specialist post-registration training programmes

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 Governance
  • MSC modules

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Organisational skills to manage yourself and other supervised staff to contribute to service delivery
  • Computer Literate with excellent written and oral presentation skills
  • Ability to pass on skills/ knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments

Other Factors

Essential criteria
  • Willing to comply with uniform standards
  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • Positive , proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork
  • Due to the requirements to  A I June 2011 8 Specialist Physiotherapist undertake visits and transport nonportable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to an alternative means of transport

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Susan Steiner Garnder
Job title
Operational Lead West ICT Therapy Team
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07785314850
Additional information

Additional contact Rachel Globe, Clinical Service Manager on telephone 0114 2269527 or [email protected]

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