Job summary The Older Persons Assessment & Liaison (OPAL) team are looking for a motivated and dynamic Physiotherapist to join the team on a fixed term secondment. We are looking for someone with an ethos of continual improvement and development to help us provide appropriate and tailored person-centred care to our patients. The is a fantastic opportunity to join the award-winning OPAL team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The OPAL team consists of Advanced Clinical practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants. The team work closely with the Frailty MDT to provide specialist assessment and treatment to patients with Frailty within the emergency department, and acute medical unit within a same day emergency care (SDEC) model. The service prides itself on its success rate and is committed to providing opportunities to develop both clinical and non-clinical skills through our Mentor and Coaching programmes. Main duties of the job To provide specialist assessment and treatment to patients with Frailty within urgent and emergency care services. Must be able to work in a generalist manner to ensure continuity of care. To work closely with other members of the Frailty MDT in providing acute hospital-based assessment for frail older people, including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. As an experienced Physiotherapist, to provide therapy advice and support to other disciplines or services, within the team and across the Trust. To work collaboratively with the wider Frailty Therapy Team to ensure operational and clinical priorities are delivered, to ensure safe patient care. To extend the scope of clinical practice to enable the support of medical and nursing colleagues to provide excellent patient care. About us Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk Date posted 10 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata if part-time Contract Fixed term Duration 9 months Working pattern Full-time, Part-time Reference number 269-SFT9099 Job locations Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Odstock Road Salisbury SP28BJ Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job Description. We welcome anyone that would like to come and meet the team or ask further questions about the role prior to applying. Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job Description. We welcome anyone that would like to come and meet the team or ask further questions about the role prior to applying. Person Specification Requirements Essential Experience of Frailty/front door services Experience of supervising junior staff or students HCPC registered Physiotherapist 1 years' Experience of working with acute, frail patients Desirable 'Front door' working experience with a focus on discharge Experience of Service Improvement Projects oCross professional working with OT - experience with Equipment, capacity assessments and functional assessments Person Specification Requirements Essential Experience of Frailty/front door services Experience of supervising junior staff or students HCPC registered Physiotherapist 1 years' Experience of working with acute, frail patients Desirable 'Front door' working experience with a focus on discharge Experience of Service Improvement Projects oCross professional working with OT - experience with Equipment, capacity assessments and functional assessments Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Address Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Odstock Road Salisbury SP28BJ Employer's website https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)