Senior Physiotherapist
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol, BS10 5NB
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist in Burns and Plastics at Southmead Hospital a regional Burns Unit and...
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist in the Burns and Plastics team you will provide high-quality physiotherapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to patients within the burns and plastics caseload as well as inputting into relevant clinics and in reaching to burns patients in critical care.
Key responsibilities include
- Managing and prioritising your own complex clinical caseload.
- Working autonomously to assess, diagnose and develop patient-centred treatment plans.
- Collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to support rehabilitation, discharge planning and patient flow.
- Delivering evidence-based physiotherapy interventions across a variety of specialist clinical areas.
- Supporting and supervising junior physiotherapists, support workers and students.
- Providing education, training and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.
- Contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement and clinical governance activities.
- Deputising for senior colleagues when required.
- Participating in weekend and respiratory on-call services.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol City Centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
- Portfolio evidence of postgraduate learning
- Clinical Educator Training
Desirable
- Post graduate learning relevant to speciality
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical reasoning skills
- Comprehensive assessment and treatment skills
- Ability to identify and respond to adverse clinical signs
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Ability to develop and deliver treatment programmes for complex patients
- Ability to supervise staff and students
- Excellent time management skills
- Knowledge of physiotherapy guidelines and professional standards relevant to speciality
Experience
Essential
- Broad physiotherapy experience including musculoskeletal, respiratory and neurology
- Experience managing burns and plastics patients
- Experience of physiotherapy on-call services
- Experience of working within Multidisciplinary Teams
Desirable
- Previous Band 6 experience
- NHS experience
Service development
Essential
- Evidence of service development/QI/Research
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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