Rotational senior physiotherapist

Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Employer Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St. Peter's Hospital Town Chertsey Salary £41,957 - £50,387 per annum inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2026 23:59 Interview date 15/07/2026

Rotational Senior Physiotherapist

Band 6

Job overview

We have an opportunity for a senior physiotherapist to join our rotations at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH).

Applications are welcome from those with physiotherapy training and relevant NHS and UK experience, new or experienced band 6s as well as those returning to practice and waiting for HCPC registration.

Flexible working requests will be considered at the point of interview.

Our rotations are 6 months in duration and include:

• Senior Adult Medical Services/ General Medicine
• Emergency services and admission avoidance
• Intensive /Critical care
• General Surgery
• Cardiorespiratory medicine

Delivering excellence in patient care and patient experience is our driving force and in return we offer commitment to your personal development through supervision, appraisal and both internal and external training. ASPH encourage the staff involvement in research and development, providing opportunities in service evaluation and audit as well as service quality improvement initiatives.

ASPH offers a seven-day service across some teams and you will be expected to participate in seven day working as per service requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous practitioner to manage a significant specialist clinical caseload including using respiratory, medical, neurological and orthopaedic skills and knowledge.
• Complete comprehensive patient assessments, formulate clinical diagnoses and problem lists and provide appropriate therapy input to facilitate onward planning and safe discharge from hospital.
• Contribute to board rounds or problem patient sessions to ensure that patients get the right treatment, at the right time in the right place.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, putting patient care and the patient experience first.
• Actively participate in service development and contribute to monitoring of standards of practice, and take personal responsibility in your professional development and professional registration requirements.
• Show passion for providing a high level of care and safeguarding to patients known to our service.
• Have the ability to use initiative, communicate with empathy and be an effective team player.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and deputise for the team leads whenever necessary.
• Participate in the development of physiotherapists/ occupational therapists and support staff within clinical speciality through training, competencies and supervision.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team teaching.
• To take part in the respiratory on call service.
• To part in specific 7 day working rotas, dependent on the team/area.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,00 people and employing approximately 4,800 staff.

Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and best outcomes for patients and the team. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to deliver our workforce plan.

We are part of a collaborative Group with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. As part of this partnership, colleagues may occasionally work across both organisations to support shared services, development opportunities and patient care.

St Peter’s Hospital delivers complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Day and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and outpatient services are delivered at Ashford Hospital. Additional services are delivered at Woking Community Hospital.

Our Values provide us with the behaviours we respect and can commit to. By living our values through our everyday interactions, we can build a stronger, more resilient, and forward- thinking organisation, guiding us to achieve success and make a positive impact on how we deliver our services.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.

Please note that adverts may close early, so early application is encouraged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical or technical

• To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/ multipathologies.
• To use investigative and analytical skills to assess complex patients and support other more junior therapists with their patients as required.
• To devise individualised physiotherapy management and / or treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills.
• To use ongoing investigative and analytical skills, manual assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures to assess complex patients and formulate a clinical diagnosis.
• To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention.
• To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
• To keep up to date with developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes to your clinical practice.

Leadership or managerial

• To attend all relevant training to maintain competency and confidence.
• To be responsible for and actively record your own personal development. This may include active participation in journal clubs, clinical reasoning and problem patient sessions as participant and facilitator.
• To participate in the appraisal as appraisee and appraiser.
• To disseminate any training received to other staff and health care professionals
• To be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 Physiotherapists on rotation, Students and Assistants
• To support the band 7 Physiotherapy team leader with the appraisals of Band 5 Physiotherapists on rotation and Assistants
• To take a leadership role for the Physiotherapists in the team in the absence of a B7 in order to prioritise the work
• To share the responsibility of organising the rota for the weekend working
• To support the Physiotherapy staff with organising their annual leave within the team

Information and reporting

• To regularly participate in and lead on appropriate work related research/evaluation projects and to be aware of current research relevant to the speciality.
• To participate in and initiate clinical audit and the evaluation of clinical effectiveness in line with Trust Policies.
• To evaluate your own clinical effectiveness.
• To ensure relevant topics are included in annual clinical governance and service plan.
• To undertake and present relevant evidence based projects.
• To contribute to the Trust’s, Division’s and team’s clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda

Service improvement

• To make recommendations when appropriate to changes in practice leading to improvement in the service.
• To be involved with implementing policy and service development changes.
• To be aware of risks involved as part of delivering clinical care and manage this within own patient case load.
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out assessments and interventions, including moving and handling techniques. This involves frequent light to moderate physical effort.

Communications and Engagement

• To be able to communicate highly complex information sensitively to patients in order to gain their cooperation for treatment and valid consent.
• To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patient’s care, both those from within the organisation and those outside to ensure efficient multidisciplinary working
• To use persuading and influencing skills to encourage patients to self manage their conditions.
• To communicate any changes in care plan or treatment approach to other therapists as necessary.
• To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patient in order to progress treatment programmes. This may include patients who will have difficulties in understanding or communicating, e.g. patients who maybe deaf, blind, or be unable to accept the diagnosis, or for whom English is not their first language.
• To be able to manage frequently highly stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
• To maintain accurate records in line with professional body (CSP), Trust and service standards and policies. To ensure that records of directly managed staff also comply with these standards
• To attend staff meetings and actively participate ensuring understanding of information imparted
• To ensure timely and effective communication with the Clinical/Therapy Leads on all professional matters.

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
• To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others at work. This includes being conversant with relevant trust safety policies and procedures. To report incidents and near misses at work; take part in the risk management process; attend all mandatory training courses in the agreed duration as defined by trust policy and carry out tasks and use equipment only when competent to do so.
• To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity. To comply with the requirements of the Data Protection act.
• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties as qualified and able.
• To comply with the trust’s corporate and local policies and procedures on such subjects and clinical management and human resources.
• To ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and involved in decisions about local health service developments. As a trust employee to be mindful of this and do what is appropriate to the role and level meet this duty of responsibility.
• To undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time and are consistent with the responsibilities of the role.
• To comply with the trust’s policies on equal opportunities, the consumption of alcohol and smoking

Person specification

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy Diploma/Degree leading to inclusion on HCPC Physiotherapy register
• Evidence of CPD activity

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience across a variety of clinical areas at band 5 including experience in UK NHS in orthopaedics, respiratory, medicine and neurology
• Work effectively within a team and build strong professional relationships with the MDT
• Ability to identify and set clinical goals with patients, set an appropriate treatment plan particularly in nhs inpatient setting
• Experience with weekend and on call service

Knowledge and Skills

• Supervsions skills including students and performance management
• Demonstrates an understanding of different treatment approaches and the evidence base
• Skills in conflict management
• knowledge in use of outcome measures and audits
• Working knowledge of current NHS priorities and initiatives.

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.