Senior Physiotherapist

Job summary We are currently seeking a motivated and experienced physiotherapist to join our Band 6 rotational programme at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity for either an established Band 6 looking for a fresh challenge, or a suitably experienced Band 5 ready to take the next step in their career. This is a permanent, part time position of 18.75 hours to be worked across Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week, with Worcestershire Royal Hospital as the official base. Successful candidates will be expected to rotate across all three of our Trust sites including community rotations. Our diverse rotational offer provides an exceptional range of clinical experience and development opportunities. You will gain valuable skills across areas such as: Medical & surgical respiratory care. Orthopaedics A&E Acute stroke & other neurological conditions Neurological outpatients Community Neurology Frailty Oncology Musculoskeletal outpatients Pelvic health Rheumatology and hydrotherapy Paediatrics You will benefit from regular supervision, in-service training, to help develop your clinical and leadership skills. You will be encouraged to engage in ongoing CPD and contribute to the education and supervision of junior staff. There is the requirement to participate in our on-call service, as well as weekend and 7-day working rotas, depending on the rotation. Main duties of the job Main duties of the job Working as an autonomous practitioner, to provide high quality patient focussed care through assessment, diagnosis, development and delivery of individual treatment programmes. To take the responsibility for own caseload within a defined area of service or for a particular patient type. To provide supervision, support and education to qualified and unqualified staff and students. To participate in departmental audit in support of evidence based practice. To communicate with the MDT as appropriate to provide comprehensive assessment to determine admission prevention as appropriate to given speciality. To undertake outpatient activity as appropriate within area of speciality. To contribute to our 7-day service on a rota basis dependant on specialty of work. To complete on call over a 24 hrs period / complete weekend working as appropriate to speciality. About us Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do. Being open and honest Ensuring people feel cared for Showing respect to everyone We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer. DBS Checks and Costs Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs. Details Date posted 17 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time, Flexible working Reference number C9365-26-0735 Job locations Charles Hastings Way Worcester Worcestershire WR5 1DD United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities For a full list of duties please refer to the attached job description document. Key Duties: Clinical: To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of practice, including the management of patients receiving treatment. To undertake clinical assessment, including risk analysis, of patients presenting with simple and complex/multi pathologies within defined area of speciality. To be able to apply knowledge and highly developed skills from a wide range of specialties e.g. respiratory, neurology, musculoskeletal outpatients, care of the elderly dependant on given area of speciality underpinned by evidence. To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to establish accurate diagnosis. To use judgemental skills and comprehensive knowledge of physiotherapy treatments to formulate individual treatment programmes based on evidence of best practice. To demonstrate a high level of skill in dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills to d