Senior Physiotherapist - MSK Outpatients (Band 6) - Physiotherapy - University Hospitals of Nor[...]

Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6

Contract Permanent

Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call hours required)

Job ref 205-7130872

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Royal Stoke Hospital

Town Stoke-on-Trent

Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata

Salary period Yearly

Closing 27/04/2025 23:59

Senior Physiotherapist - MSK Outpatients

Band 6

Job overview

Senior Physiotherapist (MSK Outpatients)

Have you had good experience across a range of specialties at Band 6 level and now want new challenges? Are you looking to widen your experience? Would you like to develop your leadership and teaching skills alongside growth of your clinical ability? If so, come and join the Network Services Therapies team at the University of North Midlands NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has presented itself for a static Senior Physiotherapist within MSK Outpatient services. The post will give the successful candidate an excellent opportunity to expand their expert clinical skills in Musculoskeletal treatment & rehabilitation of acute patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic therapist with strong clinical and team working skills. We are looking for candidates with a positive and resilient outlook and are able to embrace the challenges and opportunities of working in a large acute trust.

Main duties of the job

This experience will give the post holder an excellent opportunity to develop their leadership and management skills, as well as building clinical expertise that will enhance and broaden clinical skills.

Supervision will be provided by the Advanced Therapists and Principal Therapists; continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning.

The University Hospital of North Midlands is located on 2 hospital sites and the post works within a 7 day shift system which includes weekend, late shift, bank holidays and on-call working.

Working for our organisation

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke is a large acute teaching hospital, with a turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on this post please refer to the attached job description and personal specification.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Registered with HCPC
• CPD relevant to speciality area

Experience

• Minimum of 18 months graduate experience as a Physiotherapist
• Experience of supporting/supervising staff
• Experience relevant to speciality area
• Experience gained within an acute NHS setting
• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites

Knowledge, Skills & Training

• Experience of Audits
• Trained Clinical Educator

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.

If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Amy Shirley Job title Interim Head of Therapies for Network Services Email address amy.shirley@uhnm.nhs.uk Telephone number 01782 675344