Physiotherapy Clinical Specialist - Acute Team
Frimley, England, United Kingdom Temporary Posted 2 weeks ago
Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic part time Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our Acute Physiotherapy Team, working predominantly within the Emergency Department (ED) to cover maternity leave up until a maximum of July 2027.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and unpredictable environment. You will provide advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and specialist physiotherapy interventions to patients presenting with a wide range of acute and complex conditions.
This role is ideal for a motivated physiotherapist with strong acute experience, excellent decision-making skills, and a passion for developing innovative services within urgent and emergency care.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic part time Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our Acute Physiotherapy Team, working predominantly within the Emergency Department (ED) to cover maternity leave up until a maximum of July 2027.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a fast-paced and unpredictable environment. You will provide advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and specialist physiotherapy interventions to patients presenting with a wide range of acute and complex conditions.
This role is ideal for a motivated physiotherapist with strong acute experience, excellent decision-making skills, and a passion for developing innovative services within urgent and emergency care.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver advanced assessment and treatment for patients in ED and acute settings
- Support rapid assessment, discharge planning, and admission avoidance
- Manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner
- Work closely within the MDT to ensure safe, effective patient care
- Provide specialist advice, teaching, and supervision to staff and students
- Lead and contribute to service improvement projects
- Work as part of the respiratory on call service
- Cover weekends as part of the Medical team service pro-rata
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Provide highly specialised assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs.
- Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload and organise this efficiently with respect to clinical priorities and time management, ensuring a high standard of care for patients under your own and junior staff’s management.
- Demonstrate advanced analytical, investigative, and manual therapy skills to assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute, chronic, and highly complex presentations.
- Maintain accurate, comprehensive patient records in line with professional and Trust standards.
- Assess and manage clinical risk within your own patient caseload, ensuring safe, evidence-based practice always.
- Provide both spontaneous and planned advice, teaching, and instruction to patients, relatives, carers, and other professionals to promote understanding of physiotherapy aims and ensure a consistent approach to care.
- Liaise with Consultants and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to represent physiotherapy at meetings to ensure coordinated, evidence-based interventions.
- Work as part of the physiotherapy team providing weekend service as required, adhering to guidance.
- Communicate effectively across language and cultural barriers and produce complex patient-related documentation as needed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Degree in Physio
- HCPC registration
- Post-grad training including leadership course
- Members of relevant clinical interest group
Essential criteria
- Experience of working at Band 6 level in NHS within Acute service
- Supervision of students and less experienced staff
- On call competent in NHS
- Previous experience of working in the NHS in an Acute hospital inpatient or outpatient setting.
- Previous experience of working as a Band 7 physiotherapist.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of specialist clinical knowledge in Acute care
- Evidence of service improvement project
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Evidence of leading and participating in audit.
- Teaching skills
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
