University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Neurophysiotherapist

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Location
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/23/2025
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Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Stroke and Neurotherapy team . We are looking to recruit a skilled, experienced and enthusiastic physiotherapist to join the team.

University Hospitals Dorset provides a service for Poole and Bournemouth patients, therefore this post will involve rotations on both Poole Hospitals and Royal Bournemouth Hospital sites. This fixed term post is likely to be on the stroke unit at Bournemouth Hospital.

In this post you will work as part of the collaborative therapy team, alongside Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy colleagues and therapy techs, and you will be supported by Band 7 therapists.

This position will allow you to extend your specialised physiotherapy assessments and treatment skills, complex case management, and discharge planning. The post also includes supervision of more junior staff; involvement in service development initiatives; and in-service training.

The rotations include

Stroke Unit- RBH site

Early Supported Discharge cross site service

Hyper Acute Stroke unit RBH site

Acquired Brain Injury unit - Poole sit

For the full duties of the post, please see the job description.

To Be Successful In The Post, You Will Have

A degree/ diploma in physiotherapy

At least 18 months experience, including work within the NHS, and experience of working with stroke and/or neurological patients

Excellent time management skills

An ability to work as part of a team

Car driver with car available for business use

For full requirements of the post, please see the person specification.

Participation in on-call, weekend working and extended hours are an integral part of this post.

Rota: 1 weekend in 6 and 1 late shift per week

This role requires active HCPC registration

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

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