Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month post as either fixed term contract or secondment to cover maternity leave)
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week (Weekend working and on-call requirement)
- Job ref
- 193-7854419NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro-rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Experienced Physiotherapist in Medicine & ICU (Fixed Term 12 Months)
NHS AfC: Band 6
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 6 Experienced Physiotherapist in Medicine & ICU
This is a fixed-term/secondment post for 12 months to cover maternity leave - and part-time for 33.75 hours per week.
An exciting fixed-term/secondment opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join the ICU and Surgery Physiotherapy team and the Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, in a split role.
For 50% of the hours, the role will be based predominantly on our Intensive Care Unit with an expectation to support the wider ICU/Surgery team on the Surgical Wards.
The other 50% of the hours, the role will be based in our Medicine team, covering the acute medical wards and supporting the wider Medicine team.
You will be supported by the Therapy team and participate in the in-service training programme. Regular supervision/appraisal will be conducted.
An on-call respiratory service is provided by the department, which you will be expected to take part in, once competencies assessed, and you will be required to participate in the weekend working service on a rostered basis.
Main duties of the job
- To be an experienced Physiotherapist delivering patient centered, caring therapy for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
- To be professionally responsible for all aspects of your own work including the therapeutic management of patients in your care, with support from your supervisor.
- To use your physiotherapy knowledge and skills to provide specialist support and advice to the multi-disciplinary team and to manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner
- To deliver a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in the Therapy team.
- To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do! https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
- IT skills, including EPR, Microsoft programmes & email
- Specialist knowledge of current evidence based best practice in Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS structure
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS Experience across all core clinical areas, including ICU
- Experience in supporting students and junior members of staff
- Experience of delivering in-service training presentations/teaching
- Experience of service development in clinical area
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Try
- Job title
- Team Lead Physiotherapist - Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 8545
- Additional information
Louise Koslicki (Team Lead Physiotherapist - ICU & Surgery) [email protected]
Sasha Wood (Physiotherapy Professional Lead) [email protected]
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