Senior Community Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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
This is a fixed-term opportunity for a Senior Community Physiotherapist to join the Integrated Community Team in Stroud. The role involves managing a varied caseload, including triage and urgent responses, and delegating work to junior staff. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support individuals to remain independent in their homes. This position is ideal for an experienced Band 5 or existing Band 6 looking for a new challenge.
Essential criteria
- Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Driving licence and use of vehicle
Desirable criteria
- Membership to a relevant professional body e.g. CSP
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
- Broad range of clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas
- Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants
- Evidence of working unsupervised
- Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries
- PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
- Able to deliver community rehabilitation and treatment of patients with complex clinical presentations
- Demonstrates knowledge of Home First pathway
- Experience of performance management
- Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Driving licence and use of vehicle
- Membership to a relevant professional body e.g. CSP
- LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
- Broad range of clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas
- Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants
- Evidence of working unsupervised
- Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries
- PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
- Able to deliver community rehabilitation and treatment of patients with complex clinical presentations
- Demonstrates knowledge of Home First pathway
- Experience of performance management
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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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Physiotherapist
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 9 months. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.
Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment.
Due to the current post holder commencing maternity leave, we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled Physiotherapist to join the Integrated Community Team (ICT) in the Stroud District on a fixed term contract until July 2027
The ICT consists of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and the Home First/Reablement Team. We work collaboratively with the wider MDT within our service and our Integrated Care System (ICS) partners to enable individuals to remain as healthy and independent as possible within their own homes.
This is a multifaceted role with a varied caseload incorporating both triage and urgent response of patients referred via the referral centre, and patients from the community waiting list. The post holder will also be responsible for the delegation of work to other members of the physiotherapy team within the ICT, as well as holding a caseload. This is an ideal opportunity for an existing Band 6 or experien
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