Specialist Physiotherapist - Medical Team
Band 6
Main area: Physiotherapy. Grade Band 6. Contract Permanent: Bank contract also available or secondment or fixed term contract.
Hours: 18.75 hours per week (Out of hours working requirement in addition to substantive role).
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
Job ref: 279-7571493-OCT25
Employer: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. (St Richard's Hospital, Town, Chichester)
Salary: £38,682 – £46,580 per annum pro rata. Closing date: 12/11/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you a physio with an interest in patients presenting with complex medical conditions? If so, we would welcome you to join our Medical Therapy Team. We are a recently integrated team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, providing assessment, intervention and discharge planning across several medical wards within St Richards Hospital. We are an integral part of the patient journey and key in promoting patient independence in the inpatient setting and supporting them and their families / carers in decision making for their ongoing care.
In this role you will develop leadership skills through supervision of Band 4/5 colleagues, as well as students that attend placement throughout the year.
Main duties of the job
* Provide advanced assessment and treatment for a range of highly complex patients on the medical wards.
* Work alongside the wider MDT in the discharge planning of complex medical patients.
* Supervise, teach and appraise Band 5 physiotherapists, physiotherapy associate practitioners and technicians, students and other members of the Medical Therapy Team.
* Support the team lead with operational management.
* Participate in CPD, IST, audit, evidence-based projects and service development projects which may include making recommendations for change in practice.
* Remain competent for respiratory on-call and work as part of the respiratory on-call rota.
* Remain competent to work as part of the orthopaedic weekend rota.
Person specification
Registration and Qualifications
* BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
* HPCP registration
* Leadership Course
* CPD course in specific area
* Specific Interest Group
Skills
* Evidence of good time management.
* Experience of medical patients and caseload management.
* Respiratory experience to on call standard.
* Experience of managing non clinical demands.
* Evidence of good MDT working and establishing good working relationships.
* Demonstrates understanding of importance of patient flow.
People Management
* Evidence of staff supervision.
* Experience of leading training sessions.
* Ability to lead and motivate others.
* Experience of supporting staff with development needs.
Equality and diversity
* Evidence of improved knowledge and championed diversity.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
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