Static Physiotherapist on Medicine and Surgery
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Stockport, SK2 7JEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
Static Physiotherapist on Medicine and Surgery: Permanent (37.5 hours) The opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Medicine an...
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**
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 Trusts 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.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
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
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.
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)
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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