• Job Description

  Req#: C9190-25-1063?language=en&page=107&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a qualified NHS Physiotherapist looking for your next career step? Want to enhance your experience across different patients, care settings and develop as a clinical leader?

  We have a fantastic opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist to work within our Acute Medicine Therapy team based at the Northern General Hospital.

  As a Specialist Physiotherapist you will be working alongside a team of other Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and support staff, to deliver acute and ongoing care, including early assessment and prevention of deconditioning, urgent respiratory care and supporting plans for timely discharge. Covering a variety of different wards across the hospital, this is a great chance to work with a wide range of patients and develop your experience of different specialties, including Renals, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology.

  Throughout your time you'll have the guidance and supervision of our clinical specialists and the wider team, to offer you support, help you manage your caseload and complex patients, and help develop your specific area of interest and skills to further your career.

  Main duties of the job

  We also offer excellent in-service training programs to support staff to continue with postgraduate training and developing clinical and leadership skills, including developing and delivering education, supervision, mentorship, and service developments. There's also the chance to get involved in service improvement and research projects, new innovations and more. We're also proud to be a friendly, caring, and supportive team, who help each other to manage caseloads, deliver the best for our patients, and enjoy catching up over a social lunch, and the odd bake-off.

  We're looking for someone who enjoys working in a multidisciplinary team to deliver the best possible care for patients, has excellent communication skills, and ideally has post-registration experience within an acute setting.

  Therapy Services provides several services over 7 days (including Saturday, Sunday, and bank holidays). The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a 7-day therapy roster.

  About us

  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 a firm commitment to professional development of it's staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

  Details

  Date posted

  19 September 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  190-0879-DIR

  Job locations

  Northern General Hospital

  Herries Road

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Job description

  Job 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.

  Job description

  Job 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

  • BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • Current HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post-registration NHS experience as a Physiotherapist.
  • Post-registration knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the relevant clinical speciality applied for.
  • Clear demonstration of understanding of NHS admission/referral/rehabilitation pathways for respiratory patients
  • Experience and skills in teaching and development of staff and students

  Desirable

  • Service Improvement Project

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field

  Desirable

  • Evidence-Based Practice/Clinical Effectiveness course
  • Fieldwork educators Course

  Special skills/apptitudes

  Essential

  • Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes & practices
  • Excellent 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 utilising relevant IT
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Able to teach and motivate others

  Desirable

  • Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  • Current HCPC registration

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post-registration NHS experience as a Physiotherapist.
  • Post-registration knowledge and skill to manage a complex specialist caseload in the relevant clinical speciality applied for.
  • Clear demonstration of understanding of NHS admission/referral/rehabilitation pathways for respiratory patients
  • Experience and skills in teaching and development of staff and students

  Desirable

  • Service Improvement Project

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Evidence of continuous personal & professional development
  • Good post-registration theoretical and practical knowledge of therapy practice in chosen field

  Desirable

  • Evidence-Based Practice/Clinical Effectiveness course
  • Fieldwork educators Course

  Special skills/apptitudes

  Essential

  • Competency in Physiotherapy clinical reasoning, processes & practices
  • Excellent 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 utilising relevant IT
  • Calm approach to changing work situations
  • Able to teach and motivate others

  Desirable

  • Understanding of stress and ability to help others cope under pressure

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Flexible and reliable approach to working practices
  • Positive, proactive attitude to patient care and teamwork

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Northern General Hospital

  Herries Road

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Northern General Hospital

  Herries Road

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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