Rotational physiotherapist - medical & surgical

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our established inpatient Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation. You would rotate in 9 monthly blocks around specialties including Stroke and Neurosciences, Older Persons Medicine, Acute Medicine, Critical Care, and Respiratory Medicine, as well as others. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, pro-active and enthusiastic about supporting patients during acute illness, whether that be post-operatively, managing and preventing acute respiratory compromise, supporting admission avoidance or acute stroke rehabilitation. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working within a variety of teams and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.

Responsibilities

• Support supervision of junior staff, assistant staff and students, delegating workload as appropriate.
• Collaborate with highly specialised Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients.
• Support the Respiratory weekend and On Call rota, further developing skills including acute decision making, emergency treatment planning and Respiratory care integrating medical and therapeutic knowledge to support care.
• Assist in house teaching programmes and external teaching opportunities through links with the University of East Anglia.
• Contribute to personal and professional development through supervision, annual appraisal and opportunities to engage in research and service development including poster presentations at conferences.

Qualifications and Skills

Dynamic, pro-active and enthusiastic physiotherapist with the ability to work across a range of medical/surgical specialties. Excellent communication skills and ability to work within diverse teams and with patients who may have complex communication needs.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Additional Information

Interview date: 1st July 2026.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

About Us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff. The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, home to state-of-the-art facilities such as the Quadram Institute, and work closely with the University of East Anglia.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Laura Grimsey, Clinical and Operational Lead Physiotherapist. Email: laura.grimsey@nnuh.nhs.uk | Telephone: 01603 286286 X2979