# Static Physiotherapist on Medicine and Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/static-physiotherapist-on-medicine-and-surgery/f7a19969-d627-4cfe-96bf-e878363b8808 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/static-physiotherapist-on-medicine-and-surgery/f7a19969-d627-4cfe-96bf-e878363b8808.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Stepping Hill Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post includes respiratory on-call working overnight and at weekends.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T13:50:02.964Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Stockport/Stockport_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8335161 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335161?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stockport.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Static Physiotherapist on Medicine and Surgery: Permanent (37.5 hours) The opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Medicine and Surgery team at Stepping Hill Hospital. Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you innovative, solution focused, and passionate about making a difference to patient care? Do you have specialist knowledge and experience across a range of medical and surgical specialties? This post is ideal for an experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist or an ambitious Band 5 Physiotherapist ready to progress their career. If you are a Band 5 keen to develop but unsure whether you are ready for the next step, we would encourage you to get in touch to discuss the support and development opportunities available. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job We are a proactive, friendly, and welcoming team comprising Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors, and Therapy Assistants, covering a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, including: - Intensive Care - High Dependency - Surgery - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, including pre-operative involvement - Gastroenterology - Acute Respiratory - Cardiology - Endocrinology - Complex Medicine - Elderly Medicine - Outpatient Respiratory Clinic The successful candidate will gain valuable experience across all of these areas, with opportunities to challenge themselves, develop new skills, and progress within a supportive team environment. **Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role** ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Independently selects and utilises standardised assessments relevant to acute care, demonstrating clinical reasoning in their application and using results effectively to prioritise and justify physiotherapy interventions - Demonstrates sound knowledge of appropriate therapy outcome measures for specific acute medical and surgical conditions, using them to evaluate patient progress and inform ongoing management - Knowledge of relevant clinical Guidelines, current research and recommended practice - Knowledge of intermediate care and community/support services - Experience of complex discharge planning - Experience of managing a busy caseload without direct supervision and supporting patient flow on acute medical/surgical wards - Computer literacy. **Desirable** - Up to date in professional practice ### Experience **Essential** - Independently manages a caseload including patients with complex long-term conditions and specialty-specific presentations, demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning and the ability to prioritise and adapt care appropriately - Provides effective supervision, teaching, and appraisals of junior staff, therapy support workers, and students, contributing to their learning and safe clinical practice. - Experience supporting students. - Post registration experience in speciality - Experience of working as part of a Multidisciplinary team - Experience in clinical governance activities, including participation in audit, risk assessment, and implementation of service improvements. - Experience in respiratory on call - Substantial experience in hospital covering various rotations including medicine, ICU, surgery, Neuro - Band 6 Inpatient experience ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Ability to analyse professional and ethical standards. - Understanding of team dynamics. - Effective written and oral communication skills. - Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities. - ability to lead inclusively - Able to problem-solve. - Ability to work under pressure. - Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information. - Good interpersonal skills. - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. - Application of health, safety and risk management policies. - Willingness to participate in appraisal/ supervision. - Ability to build effective working relationships - Positive attitude towards people with disability. - Ability to build effective relationships, have good interpersonal skills and demonstrate ability to lead inclusively - Supervisory skills. - Training and facilitation skills. - Ability to work alone - Flexible approach to work - Able to remain professional, calm and polite under pressure **Desirable** - Presentation skills. ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy - Evidence of relevant continual professional development - State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. **Desirable** - Evidence of CPD postgraduate learning related to physical/psychological health - Awareness of relevant specialist interest groups ### Work Related Circumstances **Essential** - Access to own car with a valid driver’s license in order to travel for on call emergency service provision (or suitable alternative transport arrangements) ## Documents - [candidate pack (pdf, 310.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2576) - [applicant guide (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1756) - [our behaviours - care (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1757) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 429.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10658645) ## 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.