Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (FTC until 06/10/26 - length dependent on start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working and overnight on call commitment)
- Job ref
- 151-NM260
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Physiotherapist
Band 5
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and well-motivated Physiotherapist to join our four monthly junior rotational programme across both in and out-patient settings across the Wexham and Heatherwood sites.
Rotations are of 4 months duration in the following specialities:
- Medicine
- Surgery/ITU
- Orthopaedics
- MSK OP (Hydro/Gym/Main Department)
- Stroke
- Paediatrics
At Frimley Trust, we promise to provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through the launch of our brand new Multi-professional Preceptorship program which started in September 2024. This program is run in partnership with the clinical education directorate and Therapies department. It provides protected opportunities for training, supervision, networking and education, to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.
Under the guidance of an experienced team you will have the opportunity to develop both clinically and managerially within a friendly and supportive environment where excellence is encouraged. You will receive regular support, supervision and training and be passionate about MDT working and service development.
Post available:
- 6-7 month fixed term contract to start ASAP, post funded up to 6th October 2026 so contract length dependent on start date.
Please note you will be expected to attend a face to face interview.
Main duties of the job
- The successful candidate will demonstrate effective communication skills and be committed to developing your clinical skills.
- You will be proactive, use your initiate and have sound organisational abilities to support prioritising and managing your caseload.
- You will, once trained and competent, take part in weekend working, seven day service, extended days dependant on rotation and on call rota's.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with diverse presentation/multi pathologies, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
- To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing negotiated goals leading to comprehensive discharge plans.
- To take delegated responsibility from the Senior physiotherapist for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation.
- To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes.
- To be involved in the teaching, planning and clinical supervision of physiotherapy technical instructors and physiotherapy assistants.
- To work as part of the physiotherapy team providing weekend service as required in each of the clinical areas. This is approximately 1 Sat or Sun in 4 weeks.
- To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes, and to ensure an understanding of their condition/problem so that patients are supported in self management of their condition.
- To communicate patient related information effectively, to ensure collaborative working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) members.
- To maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation in line with legal and departmental requirements and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
- To ensure that your own practice and that of staff under your supervision meet the required professional standards of physiotherapy practice.
- To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise.
- To be responsible for the supervision and co-ordination of physiotherapy technical instructors and assistants on a daily basis.
- To be responsible for the safe and competent use of gym, hydrotherapy and electrotherapy equipment by patients.
For further information please see attached the job description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC Physiotherapy Registration
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to give clear, concise and effective verbal and written reports
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Be able to work under pressure
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to present information to a small group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate adequate number of core clinical placements have been achieved during physiotherapy course and must include respiratory placement
- Competency demonstrated in these placements.
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and/or experience of the values/challenges of working in the NHS.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Cara Cripps
- Job title
- Principal Outpatient Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 614 0540
- Additional information
Email contact preferred due to cross site working.
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