Physiotherapist
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kettering, NN16 8UZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
We have an opportunity for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic Therapy Team. Are you a new graduate or existing Band...
- To provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
- To plan and prioritise own patient caseload, working with direct support of a senior member of staff. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions and peer review.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- Assist in audit and/or research projects to further own and team's clinical practice within each rotation.
- To provide high quality, evidence-based care across the seven day service and participate in the oncall rota for adults, children and young people as the service requires.
All band 5 posts offer the opportunity to acquire specialist skills across the clinical settings, these posts are ideal in not just developing your clinical skills but developing key leadership roles in the service. The post is full-time, all physiotherapists work across 7 days with the addition of overnight on-calls 7 days a week. You will need to be a car driver or be able to travel to the trust within 45 minutes when responding to oncalls (24 hours).
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.
Qualification
Essential: - Professional Physiotherapy qualification.; - State Registered Physiotherapist
Desirable: - Member of CSP
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Good range of core pre-reg student placements
- Previous experience of working within an Acute NHS setting
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable: - Previous working in a care / public sector environment
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of well-developed good clinical reasoning skills.
- Proven Physiotherapy Respiratory skills appropriate to Band 5 level
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of Physiotherapy working practices within an Acute NHS setting.
- Good communication and customer service skills.
- Able to undertake moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day
- Ability to keep accurate and legible notes.
- Evidence of having developed a wide clinical knowledge base within student placements and early professional career.
- Good awareness of national and NHS strategies
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles underlying the appropriate delegation of tasks to others
- Ability to work across 7 day service and participate in the overnight oncall rota (adults, children and young people).
- Car driver or able to travel to the trust within 45 minutes when responding to oncalls (24 hours)
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training if not 1st post
- Ability to work in a stressful environment.
- Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession.
- Presentation skills.
- Detailed knowledge of national strategies and impact on service provision.
Other
Essential: - Team worker.; - Prepared to be flexible in order to gain good rotation base within the Acute setting.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
24 September 2026
Last checked
24 September 2026
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