Location
Poole, England
Salary
£26,639 - £32,078 p.a.
Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
23 Jul 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Posted Date
09 Jul 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job overview

Are you a passionate Physiotherapist looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference. We are delighted to offer an opportunity to join our friendly and supportive  therapy team at Alderney Hospital.

To provide a high quality evidence-based physiotherapy input to a caseload of complex, predominately frail/older people, on Jersey & Guernsey Ward as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

This is a Part-Time post of 25 hours. The post holder may be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.  Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position

Main duties of the job

To provide assessments, plan and develop physiotherapy treatments for patients with complex physical needs in a community hospital with a focus on discharge planning.

To provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity.

To provide specialist care and interventions, assessments, treatments and managing patients on a caseload, as part of the wider multi-disciplinary care team.

To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients / service users.

To devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.

To plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]

Person specification

JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level
  • Experience of specialist working
  • Recent previous experience within a comparable role
  • Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism
  • Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
  • Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively

PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills
  • Experience of planning and organising complex activities, e.g. organise own time and that of junior staff and learners, planning off duty rotas and undertaking discharge planning involving co-ordination with other agencies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING

Essential

  • Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level supplemented by post registration diploma level specialist training and/or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
  • Membership of the relevant Professional Body
  • Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio
  • Experience with working Frailty and discharge planning

MANAGERIAL/SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff
  • Experience of devising and delivering training

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This advert is for Physiotherapist with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust in Poole, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £26,639 - £32,078 p.a.. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover). The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.

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