Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Staff would be expected to cover weekends and bank holiday rotas. All existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis.)
- Hours
- Part time - 22 hours per week (Bank holiday and weekend rota and late shifts running 10-6)
- Job ref
- 190-1983-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Firth Park Clinic
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/10/2026
Employer heading
Static Community Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Sheffield’s community based Integrated Care Team (ICTT) in the North of the city.
This post is fixed term for 9 months and is part time 22 hours.
This is a city-wide service, operating 8 am - 6 pm, 7 days a week (including Bank Holidays). The successful candidate will be required to work flexibly to achieve this. The service works to facilitate early discharge of patients from hospital and supports patients at home to prevent unnecessary hospital admission, together with providing community-based therapy for patients with a variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, frailty, musculoskeletal and anxiety issues.
This post will be based within a well-established, multi-disciplinary team consisting of: Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist/Senior Therapy Assistants and Administrative staff, with access to mental health nurses and co-located with the Integrated Care Team Nursing.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will carry out Physiotherapy and generic therapy assessments, and plan and deliver treatment programmes for patients in their own homes including residential care settings. This involves working closely with therapy assistants; contributing to their training and development and facilitating them to provide care and rehabilitation to a designated caseload. The role also involves ordering, transporting, providing and fitting of equipment and onward referral to other health and social care services.
A generic training programme is provided to ensure competency in basic nursing and Occupational therapy tasks.
Experience in the rehabilitation of older people, access to your own transport and HCPC registration is essential. Experience in community-based services is desirable.
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 commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 9 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.
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/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Student fieldwork experience in core areas of Musculoskeletal, respiratory and neurology
Desirable criteria
- Work or life experience in healthcare or teaching practical skills
- Work or life experience in organising and managing multiple tasks
- Clinical Governance or Health & Safety
- Work / student experience in a NHS community setting
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
- Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology & respiratory
Desirable criteria
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Clinical Governance
- Exercise Instruction training
Special skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes and practices
- Good 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
- Calm approach to changing work situations
- Able to teach and motivate others
- Motivated to learn
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Electronic patient records e.g., System one
- Demonstrate an understanding of Physiotherapy in an acute and community setting
- IT literate
Other factors
Essential criteria
- Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
- Car Driver
- Full UK Driving licence
- Positive attitude to patient care and teamwork
- Ability to manage change
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
- Maggie Quinn
- Job title
- North ICTT Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 007388997670
- Additional information
For an informal discussion and or visit please contact Maggie Quinn (Operational Lead) via e mail on .
Email: [email protected]
(Monday – Friday 08.30-4.30)
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