Neuroscience Physiotherapy Team Leader | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We have the opportunity to recruit an experienced physiotherapist to our neuroscience physiotherapy team as co‑team lead. This role is available as a secondment or fixed‑term contract until February 2027.

This exciting opportunity will enable you to work across the neuroscience wards with patients with a diverse range of neurological conditions. You will provide highly specialised respiratory care and neuro‑rehabilitation to the neuro caseload, including neuro‑oncology, neurology, neurosurgery and neuro‑trauma.

You will have access to well‑equipped gym areas and hydrotherapy facilities, and we offer flexible working patterns (where possible) and actively support the ongoing development of our team members.

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• Strong peer support
  
• Work with patients with a wide range of clinical conditions
  
• Career support and development
  
• Positive commitment to CPD and postgraduate education – funding for courses and up to 7 days study leave
  
• Development of your supervisory, teaching and management skills
  
• Service development opportunities
  

Please have a read about what we can offer you in CUH Physiotherapy: https://careers.cuh.nhs.uk/where-could-i-work/allied-health-professionals-ahps/physiotherapist/

Contact us for an informal discussion about the vacancy.

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• Provide highly specialised respiratory and neuro‑rehabilitative physiotherapy to the neuroscience wards, including neuro‑oncology, neurology, neurosurgery and neuro‑trauma.
  
• Support and work alongside other members of the neurosciences physiotherapy team and ensure delivery of the highest possible standard of service.
  
• Collaborate with the NCCU clinical specialist to ensure effective two‑way communication and mutual support.
  
• Lead the team in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the physiotherapy service on a day‑to‑day basis.
  
• Be an integral part of the highly specialised neuroscience and multidisciplinary team, including consultants, specialist nurses and specialist physiotherapists.
  
• Develop a long‑term vision for the neuroscience physiotherapy team and shape the service in a way that reflects that vision.
  

For more detail, please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full‑time permanent contract unless you have:

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• applied for a Graduate visa,
  
• or have successfully completed your course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment,
  
• or the Trust has agreed that they will sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
  

Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed‑term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying.

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• Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
  
• Free Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites, and free travel to and from Cambridge train station.
  
• Subsidised parking on site for eligible staff.
  
• Hot food available 24/7 on‑site at a reduced cost for colleagues.
  
• Purpose‑created colleague‑only café with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area.
  
• Development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries.
  
• Flexible working arrangements including part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.
  

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1,100 beds, the Trust focuses on quality service that is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing “outstanding” care and rated “Good” overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, CUH’s values – Together, Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We welcome applications for all positions irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, or socio‑economic background.

The advert will close at midnight on 9 February 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 20 January 2026.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Feb 2026.