Job overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Physiotherapist to join our team, delivering assessment and treatment to patients within the community, including their own homes and care settings across North Cornwall. You will work closely with your colleagues in the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams to support patients’ independence, recovery, and wellbeing.
This post is 0.5 Homefirst and 0.5 Community Rehabilitation Team. The vision is that this new post will improve patient experience and continuity of care by the same Physiotherapist being able to see the patient through their episode of care. The teams are based in the same office at Carew House and work closely together.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing specialist physiotherapist assessment and interventions tailored to patients’ individual needs.
- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure effective and timely care.
- Supervising and supporting junior staff and contributing to their development within the service.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a supportive and integrated community team.
Main duties of the job
- To manage a defined caseload of patients with complex needs within the Community setting using evidence-based practice, physiotherapy process and patient-centered principles
- To provide a high standard physiotherapy to the service, performing advanced assessments of patients including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To operate as a practitioner being the first contact for urgent/soon requests to help both prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge.
- To have an active role with the triage of new referrals coming into the teams.
- To provide leadership and support for junior staff through supervision, training, and appraisal as well as leading with physiotherapy students
- To participate in the planning and development of physiotherapy services.
- To cover a 7-day Rota.
- Model and deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, working as an autonomous Practitioner.
- To support the community rehabilitation and re-ablement model in line with a ‘one workforce’ culture across services, settings, and sectors in the community and step-down intermediate care settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of post graduate experience of medical, surgical, orthopedic, and neurological settings
- Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Comprehensive experience of working as a physiotherapist with patients with complex conditions
- Experience of managing the risks associated with managing patients unsupervised and in a lone working environment
Desirable
- A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings.
- Participation in clinical audit/research activity
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- High level of specialist assessment and treatment skills.
- Commitment to and understanding of teams and teamwork.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification - Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy.
- Current Professional registration - HCPC
Desirable
- Evidence of further training relevant to specialty e.g., Post Graduate Courses
WhatsApp job alerts
Get instant WhatsApp alerts for Band 6 Physiotherapist roles in Bodmin
Create your Job Clerk account first. We'll collect your alert preferences during onboarding and help you turn on WhatsApp notifications for matching healthcare roles.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Community Physiotherapist - North Rehab Therapies with Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Bodmin, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
Before you apply, compare the job description with the person specification and mirror the employer's essential criteria in your supporting information. Use the vacancy title, employer, location, salary, contract type, closing date and posted date (26 Jun 2026) to decide whether this role fits your current NHS job search. If the employer can close applications early, prepare the application before the stated deadline rather than waiting for the final day.
For more context, review related Job Clerk pages for the same profession, band or location where they exist, then use the application-support guides to tailor your statement and prepare for interview.