Senior Physiotherapist - Leominster/Kington Neighbourhood Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking an experienced physiotherapist to join their community-based Neighbourhood Teams in Herefordshire on a permanent basis. The role involves working out of the Leominster Community Office, conducting home visits, and providing physiotherapy assessments and treatment plans. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including District Nurses and Occupational Therapists, focusing on community rehabilitation, discharge to assess, and urgent response. The Trust supports professional development through training, team meetings, and supervision.
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
- Experience working as Band 5 in the NHS
- UK Driving license and access to vehicle
Desirable criteria
- Community experience
- Education & Qualifications
- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
- Experience working as Band 5 in the NHS
- UK Driving license and access to vehicle
- Community experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Wye Valley NHS Trust
Senior Physiotherapist - Leominster/Kington Neighbourhood Team
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
Wye Valley NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for**** an experienced physiotherapists to join our community based Neighbourhood Teams across Herefordshire on a permanent basis. The post holder will work out of the Leominster Community Office base.
You will be working alongside other Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists - registered and non-registered, District Nurses, ACPs and alongside Home First reablement service and care agencies, completing home visits and offering physiotherapy assessments and treatment plans to patients. The role includes community rehabilitation, discharge to assess and urgent response.
Our community teams, we strive to invest in your development and offer regular training, team meetings, shared learning and regular supervision sessions. We aim to support the Trusts focus of providing care closer to home.
This posts will require you to have access to a car for work purposes.
We encourage enquiries. For an informal discussion please contact [contact details removed] on [phone number removed].
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team, Band 6 senior therapists use specialist skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective t
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