Major Trauma Rehabilitation Coordinator - Major Trauma Service

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a two Major Trauma Rehabilitation Coordinators, within our Major Trauma Service at the Cambridge Major Trauma Centre to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for passionate and experienced physiotherapists to facilitate and coordinate the rehabilitation of patients on the major trauma pathway. Major Trauma patients are complex with multidisciplinary needs and can require specialist and non-specialist rehabilitation input. We required dynamic individuals that can coordinate and provide the holistic approach from admission right through to rehabilitation and onward journey.

You must be organised and methodical, work effectively within the wider multidisciplinary teams and be able to use your own initiative and clinical judgement to support decision making and ensuring timely care is provided through the trauma rehabilitation pathway.

Navigating the complexity of the care and rehabilitation pathways for these major trauma patients makes this role very exciting, with capacity for innovation, service development projects and working in the ever-evolving Major Trauma Service at the Major Trauma Centre. We require individuals with equal knowledge and skills to drive excellent patient care forward and be a true patient advocate.

The two posts are a 12 month secondment / fixed term posts to cover maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

Working within the Major Trauma Service, you will be responsible for the coordination and facilitation of the major trauma rehabilitation pathway, across the Major Trauma Centre, linking in with relevant professionals across the Major Trauma Centre and the Major Trauma Network.

Working closely with the wider Major Trauma Service multi-disciplinary team, and the wider MTC Major Trauma Rehabilitation Consultant team, in patient therapy teams identify the projected on-going specialist and non-specialist rehabilitation needs for major trauma patients at an early stage of admission and support the onward pathway planning and post discharge follows-up.

Working with the in-patient therapy teams and Rehabilitation Consultant team coordinate each element of in-patient transitions of rehabilitation care between clinical and therapy teams and coordinating each phase from in-patient to outpatient’s follow-ups.

Ensure all major trauma patients have a completed rehabilitation prescription in line with national standards and Best Practice Tariff targets, ensuring onward plans and goals are articulated to onward acute providers or community teams. Ensure the process and completion is coordinated and the Rehabilitation Prescription is verified prior to the patient discharge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 19th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 3rd November 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.

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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.