# Band 6 OPAL Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-opal-physiotherapist/8ba2c5aa-7d33-4fdc-86c1-750cbe6b9c96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-opal-physiotherapist/8ba2c5aa-7d33-4fdc-86c1-750cbe6b9c96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Good Hope Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T12:49:35.735Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-1519 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/15976?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist looking to develop specialist skills in frailty, acute care and admission avoidance within a supportive and innovative multidisciplinary team. The Older Persons Assessment and Liaison (OPAL) Team at Good Hope Hospital are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for working with older people and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. The service supports admission avoidance, prevents deconditioning, and promotes independence through specialist assessment and treatment within the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, and Medical Assessment Unit. This is an exciting time to join the service as OPAL continues to expand, with the development of the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) unit to provide timely coordinated care for those with urgent healthcare needs that cannot be managed within the community, but who do not require an overnight hospital admission. A Home First model, OPAL is committed to supporting people to remain independent and return to their home wherever possible. Close partnership working with community services and wider healthcare providers, ensures patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. OPAL is a seven-day service and works collaboratively across disciplines to ensure patients receive timely physiotherapy input when it is needed most. ### Main duties of the job As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will use your clinical expertise, leadership skills and knowledge of frailty to assess, treat and support patients throughout their journey, enhancing both patient outcomes and experience. You will be expected to work autonomously, contribute to service development, support junior staff and students, and play an active role within the multidisciplinary team. The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage sensitive and complex conversations with patients, relatives and carers. You will also be confident in coordinating onward referrals and signposting patients to appropriate community services and support pathways to facilitate safe and effective discharge planning. ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 05 October 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 304-9019464 - Job locations: Good Hope Hospital, Rectory Rd, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RR, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ### 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). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality / within the NHS with experience of elderly and frail elderly, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. - *Experience of working with student physiotherapists and assistants. - *An ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options. - *An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans. - *An ability to supervise and delegate work to physiotherapists, assistants and students. **Desirable** - *It is desirable that the candidate will have had some experience within speciality area. ### Qualifications **Essential** - *Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy. - *Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC). - *A levels or equivalent qualification. - *Good standard of general education including GCSE Maths and English grade C and above. - *Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality. **Desirable** - *Member of specialist interest group. - *Attendance at Clinical Educators course. ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - *An ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information. - *An ability to empathise and reassure. - *An ability to persuade, motivate and negotiate. - *An ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding. - *An ability to contribute to the clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants. - *Demonstrate enthusiasm, vision and a desire to achieve. - *Committed to developing expertise within physiotherapy and clinical speciality. - *Demonstrate a forward-thinking and professional attitude. - *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis. - *An ability to cope with frequent exposure to distressing /emotional situations. - *An ability to work as team leader, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - *An ability to motivate and develop the team. **Desirable** - *Demonstrate an interest in promoting physiotherapy to health professionals and other agencies. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.