Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays with areas including longer days.)
- Job ref
- 423-7462118
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Physiotherapist (Band 5)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
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Job overview
Are you looking for a physiotherapy role that offers variety, the chance to work in welcoming supportive teams, and make a real difference every day? If so we would love to hear from you, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
We are looking for enthusiastic physiotherapists to join our rotational programme, designed to help you to grow into confident, skilled clinician.
What we offer:
Rotations across core specialities, including MSK outpatients, acute teams, community and BDCT Mental Health Team.
Supportive preceptorship programme, dedicated supervision from experienced physiotherapists
Access to regular CPD and in service training, opportunities to develop wider professional skills.
Rotation peer support group
Monthly on call training and support to develop confidence and competence to take part in on call rota.
What we are looking for:
HCPC registration, or about to graduate
A passion for delivering patient centred care and promoting independence
Strong communication and teamwork skills
A willingness to learn, adapt and make the most of every rotation.
Why join us:
Whether you are keen to explore a range of clinical options before specialising, want a broad foundation for your career, want to work on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales or want to join an organisation undergoing exciting changes as part of the New Hospital Programme our rotation offers the perfect opportunity.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
• To prioritise, plan and deliver clinical case work within the rotational physiotherapy areas with support of a senior therapist.
• To apply evidence based, knowledge and skills to the clinical area
• To work in partnership with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
• To work with team members to ensure the effective functioning of the team
• To participate in quality improvements to improve the clinical area
• Contribute to student training and development
• To undertake “On Call” work following training and competence assessment, and to join the On Call rota
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further detailed Job Description, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity
- Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments and treatments relevant to physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant and recent undergraduate experience working in a variety of clinical areas and settings
- Undergraduate experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies
- Experience in use of IT applications
Desirable criteria
- Recent post graduate experience with relevance to the job.
- Experience of audit and research
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working NHS
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in physiotherapy
- State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
- Courses relevant to physiotherapy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical reasoning skills
- Communication skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Current UK driving licence and access to own transport
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
- Jo Sainty
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293656
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