East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Physiotherapist - Rotational

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Physiotherapist - Rotational who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We offer excellent opportunities for new graduates and experienced Band 5's wanting to enhance their skills.

We offer strong professional leadership and rotations across East and North Hertfordshire, working in partnership with Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Deliver a complex package of high quality healthcare including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice to patients with various needs in a variety of settings. Participate in the Band 5 Rotational scheme which involves musculoskeletal outpatients, community care, acute orthopaedics, respiratory care including critical care, care of the elderly, acute medicine, stroke rehabilitation and medical rehabilitation.

Assess, diagnose and treat own patient caseload and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner as well as communicating with relevant medical and nursing staff, social workers, other health care professionals, patients, relatives and carers

Be responsible for own patient caseload and work predominantly without direct supervision. Regular indirect clinical supervision is provided by a more senior member of the team. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and reflective practices. As well as participating in the physiotherapy emergency respiratory on-call service.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

o Hertford County, Hertford

o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7127013-A

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Physiotherapy degree or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Documented evidence of professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Ability to assess patients conditions, establish the patients problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan in a wide variety of clinical settings
  • Basic understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate complex and/or sensitive information requiring empathy and reassurance
  • Knowledge of barriers to communication and strategies to overcome them
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, other health professionals, patients and their relatives/carers
  • Ability to present information accurately, written and oral in English
  • Clinical problem solving ability in routine cases
  • Ability to prioritise patient workload
  • Physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients

Other requirements

Essential

  • Self -motivated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Empathetic
Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Physiotherapy degree or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • Documented evidence of professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Ability to assess patients conditions, establish the patients problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan in a wide variety of clinical settings
  • Basic understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate complex and/or sensitive information requiring empathy and reassurance
  • Knowledge of barriers to communication and strategies to overcome them
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, other health professionals, patients and their relatives/carers
  • Ability to present information accurately, written and oral in English
  • Clinical problem solving ability in routine cases
  • Ability to prioritise patient workload
  • Physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients

Other requirements

Essential

  • Self -motivated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Empathetic

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

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

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Service Lead

Natasha Tanner

natashatanner@nhs.net

01438285275

Details

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7127013-A

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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