# Senior Physiotherapist- Med/Surg Rotation > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-medsurg-rotation/c35c5ec0-bbe4-4a2f-a93e-a41ce9311df9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-medsurg-rotation/c35c5ec0-bbe4-4a2f-a93e-a41ce9311df9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (including weekend and on call responsibilities) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-02T01:00:51.943Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8340759 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340759?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist with relevant clinical experience to join our established inpatient Medical/ Surgical rotation. This exciting role offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development, that has included the development of posters for conferences. You will receive regular supervision an annual appraisal and will be supported to take a role in service development. You will work within a teams of Highly Specialised Physiotherapists, Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients. You will take a significant role in supervising and supporting junior staff, Physiotherapy support workers and students delegating workload as appropriate. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working as part of a team and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs. Participation in the out of hours rotas for emergency on-call, weekend and Bank Holiday working is a requirement of the post. In some of the rotations the service allows us to consider compressed hours so this is discussed and agreed in advance of each 9 month rotation Other fixed term opportunities may become available within the multiple specialties of the rotation. ### Main duties of the job As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients. You will be expected to participate in out of hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physiotherapeutic intervention, this will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on call and weekend duties. As a senior member of the team you will rotate between you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required. You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements. The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations. - Neurosciences - Neuro-Oncology - Critical Care - Medical Respiratory - Thoracic Surgery - Vascular Surgery - Renal and Cardiology - Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay - Older Persons Medicine - Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Rotate through key clinical specialities - Deliver physiotherapy intervention to patients with a range of clinical conditions and complex needs. - Support junior, student and non-registered staff. - Actively support the on call and weekend working respiratory rota's. - Support service development to drive service delivery forwards - See Job Description for full details Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Proven clinical skills required to undertake on-call and weekend working ### Experience **Essential** - Postgraduate experience as a Physiotherapist in a post with broad-based rotational opportunities - Student or physiotherapy assistant direct supervision ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy - Registration with the Health Professions Council (UK) ### Attitude/Aptitude **Essential** - Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focus, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence - Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809) - [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901) - [job description (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10724334) - [nnuh fraud prevention notice (pdf, 104.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3081) - [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367) - [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473) - [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166) - [our nnuh disability and long term conditions staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424) ## 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.