Band 5 - Rotational Physiotherapist, Inpatient Therapies

A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Are you looking to start or take the next step in your physiotherapy career? Join our friendly and forward-thinking Therapy Team at West Herts, where you’ll have the opportunity to grow and develop across a range of exciting clinical specialties.

We’re offering a fantastic Band 5 rotational post designed to build your confidence, broaden your experience, and support your development as a physiotherapist.

You’ll rotate every four months across a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, including:

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• Elderly Care
  
• Medicine
  
• Respiratory including ITU
  
• Surgical (including Amputees)
  
• MSK Outpatients
  
• Paediatrics
  
• Acute Stroke Unit
  
• Orthopaedics – trauma and elective
  

You’ll be fully supported by a highly experienced and welcoming senior team, with regular supervision, preceptorship, appraisals, and access to in‑service training. You’ll also gain valuable experience supporting therapy assistants and working within a multidisciplinary environment.

The department operates a 7‑day service, with participation in the weekend rota (approximately 1 in 6 weekends) and corresponding rest days during the week. Core working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:15 – 16:30.

Please note: this post also includes participation in the evening respiratory on‑call rota.

NHS experience is essential.

We offer a variety of flexible working options to support a good work‑life balance.

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• Deliver a complex package of high‑quality healthcare, including assessment, treatment, and advice to patients with various needs.
  
• Assess and treat your own caseload of patients and maintain your own records as an autonomous practitioner.
  
• Communicate with relevant medical and nursing staff, social workers, other health‑care professionals, and patients’ relatives and carers to facilitate a team approach to patient care.
  
• Actively participate in continuous professional development and departmental educational and training activities.
  
• Receive regular clinical supervision from a more senior member of the team, including formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences, and reflective practice.
  
• Undertake out‑of‑hours on‑call duties overnight and at weekends (working autonomously).
  
• Participate in a seven‑day roster and fulfil contractual hours.
  

Required NHS experience. No further formal qualifications are listed.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, and the Trust focuses on innovation to improve clinical care, outcomes, and patient experience.

The Trust is expanding, with a new hospital planned for Watford, theatre updates at St Albans City Hospital, and a neighbourhood health‑care centre in Hemel Hempstead.

We are building on the success of our award‑winning virtual hospital and re‑imagining models of care through digital healthcare advances.

This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025.