Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (Weekend working and twilight shifts plus support on-call rota) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and twilight shifts. Contributing to on call rota) Job ref 349-CSS-7490986*
Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Trafford General Hospital Town Manchester Salary £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2025 23:59
Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Specialist Physiotherapist to join the Elective Orthopaedic Therapy Team at the Trafford Surgical Elective Hub on a fixed term basis for 9-months.
You will be part of a dynamic, well-established multidisciplinary team, working alongside a Clinical Lead, experienced Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Rehabilitation Assistants. Our team is committed to delivering a holistic approach to patient care, ensuring high-quality outcomes for elective orthopaedic patients.
This Band 6 role offers the chance to contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the education of students and junior staff, while continuing your own professional development.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist assessment and management of elective orthopaedic patients across theDay Surgery UnitandInpatient Orthopaedic Ward at the Trafford Elective Hub.
Supervise and support Band 5 Physiotherapists and unregistered staff, ensuring high standards of care.
Act as a clinical mentor for undergraduate physiotherapy students.
Lead and participate in service development projects, including audits and quality improvement programmes.
Contribute to the Trust’s 7-day service, including weekend and twilight rotas.
Participate in the on-call respiratory rota as required.
If you are an enthusiastic Physiotherapist with relevant clinical experience and a passion for service development, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Graduate Diploma/ BSc / Pre-Registration MSc in Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registered
* Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development
Experience
* Post graduate clinical experience
* Broad Range of post graduate experience in a rotational post
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Supervision and education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
* Knowledge of the working of community physiotherapy services
* Involvement with audit and research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Orla Whittaker
Job title Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
Email address orla.whittaker@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 0161 746 2053
Additional information
Heather Livingstone (Band 7 Physiotherapist)
heather.livingstone@mft.nhs.uk
0161 746 2053
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