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Job summary

Main area
Medical/Surgical Team
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (To April 2027)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Would include some weekend and bank holiday working.)
Job ref
269-SFT9689
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Acute Inpatient Physiotherapist

Band 6

 


Job overview

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and dynamic place to work. Our values – Patient Centred and Safe, Professional, Responsive and Friendly – are at the core of our practice and care and are the basis for our interactions with patients and each other.

We work collaboratively with our NHS partners across Wiltshire and into Dorset and Hampshire to ensure that local people have access to the best possible healthcare services.

We are looking for a motivated individual who is keen to work as part of our acute inpatient therapy team , covering acute medical and surgical wards and our 12 bedded critical care unit.

We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist  with acute medical/surgical or critical care skills and experience. The role will be based at Salisbury hospital assessing and managing a varied clinical caseload and will include supervision of rotational physiotherapists and/or therapy assistant staff.

Professional and specialist supervision is available from senior members of staff, and successful candidates will be work closely with the wider MDT.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Emma Humberstone ([email protected]) or Michelle Bray ([email protected])

Phone - 01722 336262 bleep 1102 or 1691.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate will be confident with appropriate experience, clearly able to demonstrate a desire to actively participate in all aspects of the role. They must be willing and able to lead on various elements of the work in this exciting and demanding acute area of physiotherapy. The successful candidate must be an effective team player with excellent communication and organisational skills. They will be able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and have the ability to explain their decisions and actions in a way that all concerned will be able to understand. They must also be able to demonstrate evidence of recent learning and examples of continued professional and clinical development.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

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 visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 2 years NHS experience post qualification
  • Experience of service development
  • Diploma or degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Range of postgraduate experience across core areas in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of supervising students
  • Experience of qualified staff / unqualified staff

Additional

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of CPD from internal and external courses
  • Desire to work at Salisbury Foundation Trust
  • Desire to work with acute med/surg patients
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of teaching others

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of MDT working
  • Evidence of good communication skills
  • Evidence of complex discharge planning
  • Evidence of autonomous working
  • Evidence of priortisation skills
  • On call competence
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of deputising in absence of senior staff
  • Evidence of representing the therapy team at ward-level meetings e.g. MDT meetings, care reviews, handovers

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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

Please note that due to high interest in this advert we reserve the right to close early. Please ensure you submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Humberstone
Job title
Inpatient Lead Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

Bleep 1102

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