Senior Physiotherapist

Job summary Senior Frailty Physiotherapist (Full Time) An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced physiotherapist with a specialist interest in Frailty and Older Peoples Medicine. The frailty service is a priority for the trust. The trustwide service is being invested in and is under-going exciting positive changes to enhance the services provided. The right candidate will be a part of this service progression and will be able to positively support and participate in further changes. This is a permanent full-time post based at the Worcester Acute Hospital, Worcester Clinical supervision and line management will be provided to you by the Team Lead in Frailty. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills, working closely with senior members of the team as well supporting the team leads in managing staffing levels and caseload. You will be supported in your continued professional development, and will be committed to improving the quality and development of our service. You will be encouraged to be involved in quality improvement and service development work, and post graduate training is actively promoted. There is an expectation that you participate in existing respiratory or orthopaedic out of hours and weekend services dependant on experience and service need. Main duties of the job You will work as part of an enthusiastic multidisciplinary team and be clinically responsible for providing a timely, evidence-based service to older people living with frailty, who are admitted to our inpatient wards at Worcester Royal Hospital You will be responsible for the clinical supervision and management of band 5 physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers. You will also provide support to the rotational band 6s physiotherapists and will be encouraged to participate in the trust wide Band 6 peer group meetings. You will work closely with the Frailty Team leads across sites to support and deliver cross site training and education for the team. You will be encouraged to take on a lead role as clinical educator for physiotherapy students. The team facilitates different student placement models such as a 2:1 model, and you will be supported by the Physiotherapy Placement Lead. 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 13 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Flexible working Reference number C9365-26-0809 Job locations Charles Hastings Way Worcester Worcestershire WR5 1DD United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Post Title Senior Static Frailty Physiotherapist Pay Band 6 Hours 37.5 hours per week Contract Permanent Location / Department Worcester Physiotherapy Department (working across Trust) Speciality Physiotherapy Accountable to Therapy Manager Key Working Relationships Physiotherapists in given speciality across the three sites. Medical and nursing staff, other health care professionals and members of the MDT, supports staff, community care co-ordinators, discharge co-ordinators, patients, carers, relatives, students and university staff, palliative care team. Risk Assessment This post involves frequent manual handling activities e.g. hoisting, positioning, assisting sitting/standing, transferring, giving physical support during walking practice/exercise and occasional pushing of large items of equipment. There is a frequent requirement for moderate physical effort, including repetitive techniques e.g. manual chest techniques, passive exercises, bed exercises and an occasional requirement for intensive physical effort for several short periods throughout t