About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapists to join our established inpatient Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation! You would rotate in 9 monthly blocks around specialties including Stroke and Neurosciences, Older Persons Medicine, Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine as well as others. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, pro-active and enthusiastic about supporting patients during acute illness whether than be post-operatively, managing and preventing acute respiratory compromise, supporting admission avoidance or acute stroke rehabilitation. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working within a variety of teams and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.
The demand on our services is high, and we pride ourselves on providing quality care. If successful you will work alongside highly specialised Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients. The teams are driven, hardworking and seek opportunities to develop themselves and the service they provide, and you would have the opportunity to be part of this. As part of the Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation you would support the Respiratory weekend and On Call rota, further developing skills including acute decision making, emergency treatment planning and Respiratory care integrating medical and therapeutic knowledge to support care.
Main duties of the job
If you were successful in the role, you would support supervision of junior staff, assistant staff and students, delegating workload as appropriate. You will have opportunity to support in house teaching programmes and external teaching opportunities through our links with the University of East Anglia.
This exciting role offers the opportunity to further develop your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development. You will receive supervision and annual appraisal and take an active role within your own personal development. Our existing staff have had opportunities to be involved in research and service development including sharing poster presentations at conferences.
Other fixed term opportunities may become available for suitable candidates.
Interview date: 1st July 2026.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS FOR THIS JOB. YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Flexible working hours Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service Multi Faith prayer room Discounted gym memberships Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site Free 24-hours confidential counselling support On-site Nursery On-site cafes offering staff discounts Support in career development Flexible staff bank Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description Job responsibilities
As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients.
You will be expected to participate in out of hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physiotherapeutic intervention, this will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on call and weekend duties.
As a senior member of the team you will rotate between you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required.
You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements.
The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations.
- Neurosciences
- Neuro-Oncology
- Critical Care
- Medical Respiratory
- Thoracic Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Renal and Cardiology
- Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay
- Older Persons Medicine
- Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma)
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy Registration with the Health Professions Council (UK)
Experience Essential
Postgraduate experience as a Physiotherapist in a post with broad-based rotational opportunities. Student or physiotherapy assistant direct supervision
Skills Essential
Proven clinical skills required to undertake on-call and weekend working
Attitude/Aptitude Essential
Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Address Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Colney Lane
Norwich
NR4 7UY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)