# Band 6 - Physiotherapist - Stroke team, Inpatient Physiotherapy > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-physiotherapist-stroke-team-inpatient-physiotherapy/fa6ba892-e76e-40c7-93a1-dcfcadc710f6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-physiotherapist-stroke-team-inpatient-physiotherapy/fa6ba892-e76e-40c7-93a1-dcfcadc710f6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Watford - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 pa inc HCA pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T09:21:58.905Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Watford/West_Hertfordshire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Stroke_Physiotherapist/Stroke_Physiotherapist-v8136226 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8136226?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist to join our medical therapy team at Watford General Hospital. This is a part-time post, working 30.5 hours per week. This post would be suitable for an experienced band 5 looking to progress in their career, or an existing band 6 looking to build on their skills. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the therapy seven-day working rota (frequency of 1:4 - 1:6 weekends) with rest days in the following week, along with a requirement to be on the Respiratory on call evening rota. We offer training opportunities to help you develop your specialist skills, as well as leadership training opportunities and access to externally funded courses. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate would be providing highly skilled physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients across the Stroke unit at Watford General Hospital. Candidates should have experience with a variety of patient cohorts including medical, neurological and stroke conditions. Candidates should have an awareness of discharge pathways within the NHS and social care. The successful candidate will join a growing integrated team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists and will have the opportunity to develop both their clinical and supervisory skills. Excellent clinical reasoning and therapy handling skills are a prerequisite for this post. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful candidate will need to be confident in managing stroke patients in an acute setting. Therapeutic intervention will be carried out either via independent sessions, joint sessions within therapy/ MDT or in a group setting depending on the patients needs. Applicants will need to be confident in their ability to work collaboratively within therapy services and amongst the wider MDT team. The post holder would also have a role in supporting the service training programme for developing competence of staff in managing acute stroke patients. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge: **Essential** - Understanding of Physiotherapy structure in NHS. - Standards – Health Care Professions Council/ Chartered Society of Physiotherapy/ Local. - Policies and Procedures (local e.g. Health and Safety). - Ability to search and review evidence base. - Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for the service. - Evidence of written projects/audit. ### Experience: **Essential** - Clinical problem-solving ability. - NHS experience. - Skill in physiotherapeutic techniques. - Highly developed physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients. - Willing to participate in emergency/on call duties. - Ability to assess patient conditions establish a diagnosis and formulate a specialised treatment plan, from a range of modalities. **Desirable** - Broad experience within a Band 5 or Band 6 rotational post including general medicine, stroke, neurology. - Acute/Community. - Respiratory on-call/emergency experience. - Awareness of discharge pathways within the NHS and social care. ### Education and qualifications: **Essential** - Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or equivalent recognised by Health Care Professionals Council. - Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent. - Documented evidence of Continued Professional Development of expanded specialist skills. **Desirable** - Attendance at post graduate courses in relevant fields. - Attendance at Student supervisors’ course. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 689.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10434307) ## 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.