Deputy Team lead Dep of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) Physiotherapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our DME service for a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist. We are seeking a dynamic and innovative individual to join the team. You will work within a large, friendly and dedicated Physiotherapy team. There will be significant opportunities to provide and develop your leadership, supervision and mentorship skills. You should demonstrate a commitment to promoting clinical excellence and evidence-based practice.

Your responsibilities would include :

Providing a high standard physiotherapy service to patients on the Department of Medicine for the Elderly wards;

Furthering the development of skills in caseload prioritisation, service audits and staff management and the deputisation for the Band 7 Team Lead whilst carrying a complex patient caseload.

You will be working collaboratively with the DME service, and the multidisciplinary team to deliver a quality clinical service with a clear focus on service development and service improvement. We are committed to supporting the ongoing personal and professional development of our staff and offer excellent clinical and leadership progression opportunities.

You will be required to partake in our weekend and on-call service.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of frail elderly patients with diverse medical, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working unsupervised. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available if required.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students. This would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

To undertake evidence-based practice, audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead for changes to practice by the team. May lead implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

To maintain specialist respiratory physiotherapy competency in order to participate in the out of hour’s respiratory physiotherapy service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 25th January 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 2nd February 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.