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Job summary

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Physiotherapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-1238-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/03/2026 23:59
Interview date
30/03/2026

Employer heading

NHS

Physiotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a specialist band 5 physiotherapist to work within the Neurology and Stroke Services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

The post holder will complete annual rotations in specialist neurological areas across neurosciences and stroke. Rotations include acute and community stroke, neuromedicine and neurosurgery. The neurosurgery rotation incorporates working across both general and neurosurgical critical care. This team also covers a neurosurgical ward which offers a spinal surgery service and an ENT / Max Fax Ward.

 The stroke rotations cover the full stroke pathway from the hyper-acute management to the community stroke team which delivers rehabilitation within a patients home and a community based stroke centre.

The neuromedicine team cover a ward treating complex long term neurological conditions including patients requiring non-invasive ventilation.

Main duties of the job

This post offers excellent personal and professional development opportunities within well-established services. The post holder will have opportunities to supervise students and to contribute to the development of the service. The post holder will be supported by senior staff to carry a clinical caseload, provide assessment, intervention and discharge planning utilising their clinical reasoning skills. 

Candidates will need to demonstrate:

•         Post graduate experience; sufficient to have acquired and completed core competencies in Physiotherapy practice in respiratory and neurology

•         The knowledge and skills to manage a complex neurological and respiratory caseload.

•          Evidence of continuing personal and professional development

•          Effective interpersonal, communication and team working skills

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The post holder must hold a full UK driving licence and access to a car as community working and domiciliary visits are a core component of the community stroke team rotation.

Therapy Services provides a number of services over 7 days (including Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays). The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a seven day therapy roster including evening on-call cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Current HCPC registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Preceptorship experience achieved through a range of relevant specialities supporting a breadth of clinical skills and knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Governance or Health & Safety

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development relevant to the speciality
  • Evidence of learning through participation in local band 5 IST programmes and clinical supervision
  • Post-graduate physiotherapy NHS experience in an acute inpatient area.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Clinical Governance
  • Post-graduate experience in an acute respiratory area

Speciali Skills/Apptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes and practices
  • Good interpersonal, communication and team working skills
  • Able to maintain confidentiality
  • Able to act on own initiative, organise and prioritise work and manage multiple tasks
  • Able to maintain accurate written records & statistics
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Able to teach and motivate others
  • Motivated to learn
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of therapy in an acute hospital
  • IT literate

Other Factors

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork
  • Full UK Driving licence & access to a vehicle
  • Willing to comply with dress code standards

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Leighton
Job title
Clinical Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2715673
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