Bank Band 6 Specialist Inpatient Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and experienced physiotherapist to join the inpatient therapy bank. You will assess and treat patients with diverse and complex conditions, developing individual treatment plans based on evidence-based practice. The position requires strong communication and teamwork skills, with experience in acute medical, orthopaedic, and neurological conditions. Opportunities for training, development of acute specialist skills, and clinical supervision are provided.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Band 5 Experience in all essential core areas (2)
- Theoretical / clinical applications of interventions related to respiratory, orthopaedic elderly care, frailty and neurological (2)
- Evidence of critical appraisal and professional development
- Ability to manage own caseload and identify priorities and problem solve.
- Evidence of ability to work well with the MDT
- Evidence of discharge planning skills
- excellent verbal and written communication skills and computer literacy
- displays CARES values
- evidence of flexibility, resilience
Desirable criteria
- relevant post graduate training
- experience of supervision of support workers/students
- other relevant clinical experience
- teaching and presentation skills
- experience of service development, audit or research
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Band 5 Experience in all essential core areas (2)
- Theoretical / clinical applications of interventions related to respiratory, orthopaedic elderly care, frailty and neurological (2)
- Evidence of critical appraisal and professional development
- Ability to manage own caseload and identify priorities and problem solve.
- Evidence of ability to work well with the MDT
- Evidence of discharge planning skills
- excellent verbal and written communication skills and computer literacy
- displays CARES values
- evidence of flexibility, resilience
- relevant post graduate training
- experience of supervision of support workers/students
- other relevant clinical experience
- teaching and presentation skills
- experience of service development, audit or research
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated and experienced physiotherapist join our inpatient therapy bank.
We are looking for candidates with a minimum of rotational band 5 experience in a hospital-based environment, with strong communication and teamwork skills. You will ideally be respiratory competent and have experience in managing acute medical, orthopaedic and /or neurological conditions. You also need to be self-motivated, adaptable and dynamic, and able to work autonomously. There may be opportunity for weekend working.
We are committed to your training and development of acute specialist skills and clinical expertise and will provide opportunities to participate in training, service development, and clinical supervision.
Please note that due to the number of applications we receive we may have to close this advert down early.
Main duties of the job
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own clinical practice,
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and physical assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis.
- To formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using cl
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