Job summary
- Main area
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 326-7364282-RB
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £37,388 - £44,962 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Respiratory Rotational Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well- established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff..
The post will be within the respiratory team that covers critical care (ICU/HDU), surgery, cardiorespiratory (including acute respiratory unit and medical wards) and the Lane-Fox Remeo unit (on-site) a satellite unit of St Thomas’ hospital for long term, complex, respiratory patients.
We are looking for someone with a passion for both respiratory physiotherapy and acute rehabilitation to join our friendly and enthusiastic team and take on the responsibilities of a senior physiotherapist. You will be involved in supervising students, band 5 and support staff and providing in-service training to more junior staff whilst developing your own clinical skills and expertise.
We offer:
- An opportunity to develop acute rehabilitation skills
- Close links with other inpatient physiotherapy teams
- A high level of clinical support from experienced senior staff
- Support to continue professional and personal development with an active in-service teaching programme and established supervision and achievement review structure
- An innovative and forward thinking department with strong clinical governance support and the opportunity to be involved in service development.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities
Working for our organisation
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
- We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- Evidence of essential skills and knowledge evidenced in supporting statement
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role (including oncall working)
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of appropriate CPD/Research relevant to the clinical specialty
- Complete and accurate application
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
- Lara Gomez
- Job title
- Respiratory Physiotherapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737 768511
- Additional information
Christina O'Brien
Christina.O'[email protected]
Ext 6127
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