Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 153-SP05205
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) or Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (DHC)
- Town
- Dorset
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/11/2025
Employer heading
Band 5 Physiotherapist
Band 5
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Junior Physiotherapist to join our Older Persons Therapy team. The successful post holder will be encouraged and supported to develop extended skills and enhanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated Older Persons Services (OPS) Team. This will be a great opportunity for a physio passionate about working with older people, or as a stepping stone into working as a physiotherapist at UHD.
Our innovative post provides opportunities to work as part of the therapy team covering :
- Older Persons Assessment Unit - admission avoidance
- Older Persons wards
- Older Persons outliers
This provides therapists with an opportunity to develop a full and rich understanding of our patient’s journey, from emergency admission to their transition home.
Expectations of the post holder would include working holistically across professional boundaries, service development and opportunities to work alongside a range of experienced professionals both within the hospital and community.
To be successful in securing this post, you will have:
- Experience of working as a physiotherapist (including student experience)
- Willing to participate in 7 day working on a rota basis
- Ability to drive and hold a clean driver’s license
- Willing to work on an on-call respiratory rota as participation is expected in this role
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: 13th November 2025
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment to a high standard in accordance with HCPC Standards of Registration and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- To provide physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentations
- To use clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to identify problems on which to base an appropriate patient-centred treatment programme
- To prepare and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence-based practice
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Therapies have a planned move to align with planned emergency sites in Winter 2025.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To consolidate core skills within the area of acute older peoples services, developing own skills and knowledge through active learning.
- To participate in weekend working and extended hours as required, ensuring efficient therapy service provision in line with Trust priorities.
- To participate in the Respiratory Physiotherapy On-call rota providing emergency respiratory physiotherapy service as required.
- To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in all clinical settings including: wards, Emergency department, Acute Admissions Unit, and the community.
- To complete Physiotherapy assessment and intervention to enable patients with frailty to recover and transition home safely.
- To maintain a clinical caseload, completing multidisciplinary, holistic initial assessments for older people within all clinical areas as required.
- Provide education and training support to the team therapy assistants and students working in the service
- To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/ client centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a hospital setting.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner under the direction of more senior qualified staff.
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team regarding assessment outcomes and ongoing treatment required to avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital, to promote early supported discharge and to aid complex discharge planning.
- To provide guidance to all team members regarding physiotherapy assessment and intervention.
For full details, please see the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To already have or be pending HCPC registration
Technical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess and treat older people
- Ability to write documentation of interventions and reports
Experience
Essential criteria
- Student experience/placements in the following areas: o Musculoskeletal OP o Orthopaedics, o Neurology o Elderly care, o ITU/Respiratory Medicine o Acute medicine.
knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence based practice
Other
Essential criteria
- Clean drivers licence
- Ability to use computer and IT systems
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work within a MDT
- Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carla McCarthy
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Physio
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000196191
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