# Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead-physiotherapist-in-surgery/7df4d65f-2a52-4273-a0a4-27d4172e0f76 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead-physiotherapist-in-surgery/7df4d65f-2a52-4273-a0a4-27d4172e0f76.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Cornwall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: This role involves a commitment to participating on the on-call respiratory physio rota, the weekend rota and a Bank Holiday rota. - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T14:14:06.385Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Clinical_Support/Clinical_Support-v8244380 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8244380?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - 1 We are looking for a skilled and experienced Surgical Respiratory Physiotherapist to join our friendly, busy Respiratory Physiotherapy Team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust. There is plenty of opportunity for service development within the role and a strong focus on education . This post is fully supported by the Therapy Leads and other clinical leads. You will work alongside a skilled MDT team and a very supportive consultant network. We are looking for a team leader who can provide decisive and effective Physiotherapy input. Someone who is motivated to develop the surgical service, whilst delivering effective, up-to-date evidence-based treatment. ### Main duties of the job To provide a highly specialist Physiotherapy service to patients in the establishment of a surgical service at Royal Cornwall Hospital. To provide Specialist assessments, treatment and goal setting with patients pre surgical interventions with complex presentations and/or co-morbidities to optimise patients to help patient flow. - To develop the Physiotherapy pathway service provision for surgical patients, research and implement innovative ways of working for patients. This could be group work or using technology. To develop relationships and working practices alongside the surgical inpatient team to optimise input at the appropriate time for the presentations of these patients. To work alongside the Surgical Prehabilitation Lead, delegating tasks equally to effectively manage, change and develop clinical areas, while maintaining highly specialised knowledge and competence. To work alongside the Inpatient Therapy Manager, the Therapy Lead, and the Professional Lead, in planning, co-coordinating, delivering and evaluating the service. To highly develop specialist skills and aid the guidance of Senior staff. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Comprehensive experience in an acute hospital setting, including a range of post qualification rotations at Band 5 and Band 6 level - Ability to demonstrate highly developed leadership skills - Highly developed skills in managing staff, including managing challenging behaviours - Highly developed communication and presentation skills - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team - experience of on call and out of hours working ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Physiotherapy - HCPC registered - Evidence of further formal study **Desirable** - Membership of the CSP - Membership of appropriate clinical interest groups ### practical and intellectual skills **Essential** - Specialist level assessment skills - Respect for other professionals within the team - Computer literate - Evidence of clinical audit/research activity ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 257.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587456) ## 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.