Senior Physiotherapist in Stroke Rehabilitation

Senior Physiotherapist in Stroke Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: Full time hours over 5 days Hours

• 
  
• Full time
  
• Part time
  
• Flexible working
  

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-B-263055

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B Town Cambridge

Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/03/2026 23:59

Job overview

The physiotherapy service is looking for an experienced individual to join our stroke rehabilitation inpatient therapy team. This static job opportunity is available as a permanent role.

You will be working with patients in both the acute stroke unit (R2) and the Lewin Neurological Rehabilitation ward. You will gain vast experience in the assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning of patients under your care.

You will work with the team leads in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy Service provided to neurologically impaired patients throughout Addenbrooke’s hospital on a day-to-day basis.

As a member of our team, you will have access to well-equipped gym areas. We actively support the ongoing development of our team members.

We can offer you:

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

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse medical, neurological and musculoskeletal presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working unsupervised. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available if required.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To undertake delegated management roles in support of the clinical team.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students, this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

To undertake evidence-based practice, audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice within each rotation. Make recommendations to clinical lead for changes to practice by the team. May lead implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

To maintain respiratory physiotherapy competency in order to assess and treat patients effectively, and to assist in the training of junior members of staff to a level of agreed competency.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

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 priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

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 want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• 
  
• applied for a Graduate visa
  
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have 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
  

This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd March 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 30th March 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification
Qualifications

• 
  
• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
  
• State Registration
  
• Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses / CPD
  
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  
• Relevant validated clinical courses
  

Experience

• 
  
• Experience at band 6 level
  
• Relevant clinical work providing a broad range of experience in respiratory, elderly care, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions
  
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and / or MDT
  
• Advanced neurological experience
  

Knowledge

• 
  
• Contributing to clinical education of less experienced staff, students and assistants
  
• Knowledge of workings of community and intermediate care services
  
• Good knowledge of management of neurological conditions including specific knowledge of acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation.
  
• Experience of service development.
  
• Audit / research experience.
  
• Experience of orthotic management, hydrotherapy, tone management and FES for neurological patients.
  

Skills

• 
  
• Able to communicate confidently with people with impaired communication abilities and those who have experienced a significant change to their function/ quality of life.
  
• Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses.
  
• Ability to link evidence based practice to clinical practice
  
• Critical appraisal
  
• Supervisory Skills.
  

Additional Requirements

• 
  
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
  

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Lydia Wiffen
Job title Team lead Physiotherapist - Stroke Rehabilitation
Email address
Telephone number
Additional information: Queries preferable by email please