# Specialist Physiotherapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Peterborough City Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-04T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:41:05.712Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8166664
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8166664?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Orthopaedics – Specialist Physiotherapist (B6) 0.8 (30 hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join The Trauma and Orthopaedic Therapy Team. The Team is based across 2 sites: elective surgery at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Trauma Orthopaedics at Peterborough City Hospital. The post will be based at the Peterborough site but cross site working at both will be required, through predominantly 6 month rotations.

As a large and thriving team we are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking and professional individual to join our friendly and supportive Therapy Service. We are invested in enhancing your specialist clinical knowledge as well as supporting and developing your managerial and leadership skills.

Modern healthcare delivery requires a 7-day service to meet patient needs and maintain safe and effective care. Therefore weekend working is required, however the current staffing model is based on a 6 day rota pattern.

For further information, please contact Andrea Linnell, Orthopaedic Therapy Service Lead on andrea.linnell@nhs.net or Polly Albon, Highly Specialist Physiotherapist (Team Lead) on polly.abon1@nhs.net or Charlotte Williams Highly Specialist Physiotherapist (Team Lead) on charlotte.williams89@nhs.net

Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.

### Main duties of the job

- To enable Physiotherapy to provide Therapy Skills within the inpatient service
- To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in line with identified evidence-based practice, local and national standards
- To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams
- To participate in delegated projects for service development with the team
- To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have a complex presentation
- To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole in patient/outpatient team
- To maintain the level of respiratory competence required to work B oncall
- To undertake weekend working as required within service developments
- To be available to provide Clinical Supervision
- This role entails 80% Clinical Contact and 20% Operational Management as appropriate within team requirements
- To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of therapeutic care plans

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details regarding this role

### 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

### Other

**Essential**

- Manual Car Driver with clean licence, to enable home and access visits to patient residences as part of job role
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
- Good previous attendance record
- Ability to participate in 7 day service
- Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts Values and Behaviours
- Professional appearance & behaviour

**Desirable**

- Value added contribution to the team – may take on additional roles e.g. Health & Safety representative

### Aptitudes

**Essential**

- Strong belief in CPD and Reflective Practice

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience in use of basic IT system for data recording
- Sound working knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team
- Clinical knowledge in clinical conditions associated with specialist area/sound level in theoretical knowledge of inpatient areas

**Desirable**

- Experience of providing supervision to junior staff

### Aptitiudes

**Essential**

- Ability to manage own time and pressure
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care

### Experience

**Essential**

- Wide variety of fieldwork placements in core rotations including Orthopaedics.
- NHS Acute Hospital Experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered

**Desirable**

- CSP member according to profession

### Key Skills/Abilities

**Essential**

- Able to work as a team member and independently
- Sound Clinical Reasoning skills
- Ability to present information in logical concise manner

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886)
- [job description (pdf, 896.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473967)
- [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865)
- [agile working matrix (pdf, 200.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468465)
- [person specification (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468464)
- [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745)
- [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788)

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