Senior Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
Location
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/7/2026
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Description
Job Summary
Looking for a fresh challenge where your skills truly make a difference?Whether you're seeking greater support, increased responsibility, or a better balance--this could be the opportunity for you.
We are excited to invite applications for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Therapy Team within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Units.
In this role, you'll be part of a large, friendly, and highly supportive multidisciplinary team, working alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Therapy Assistants. Together, we deliver high-quality patient-centred care, focusing on timely assessments and facilitating safe, rapid discharges from hospital.
Our integrated approach means your voice is heard and your contribution is recognised--we are proud to be a team that is genuinely valued by our MDT colleagues for the difference we make every day.
Why join us?
Acute Therapies - A day in the life: Front door therapy
Main duties of the job
The role of the Senior Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy intervention to emergency and assessment units across a seven day service.
Patients will include complex, multipathologies from medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions. The purpose of the team is to provide rapid assessment and timely discharges within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment units. Avoiding admission to wards, reducing readmission rates and collaborative working with community services are the fundamentals of our work.
We are an integrated OT/PT service with shared skills to facilitate seamless working.
About Us
Looking for a fresh challenge where your skills truly make a difference?Whether you're seeking greater support, increased responsibility, or a better balance--this could be the opportunity for you.
We are excited to invite applications for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Therapy Team within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Units.
In this role, you'll be part of a large, friendly, and highly supportive multidisciplinary team, working alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Therapy Assistants. Together, we deliver high-quality patient-centred care, focusing on timely assessments and facilitating safe, rapid discharges from hospital.
Our integrated approach means your voice is heard and your contribution is recognised--we are proud to be a team that is genuinely valued by our MDT colleagues for the difference we make every day.
Why join us?
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Opportunities to develop your skills and take on new responsibilities
- A role where your impact on patient care is immediate and meaningful
Acute Therapies - A day in the life: Front door therapy
Main duties of the job
The role of the Senior Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational therapy/Physiotherapy intervention to emergency and assessment units across a seven day service.
Patients will include complex, multipathologies from medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions. The purpose of the team is to provide rapid assessment and timely discharges within the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment units. Avoiding admission to wards, reducing readmission rates and collaborative working with community services are the fundamentals of our work.
We are an integrated OT/PT service with shared skills to facilitate seamless working.
About Us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
- To assist with the development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
- To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
- The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover.
- To work within a framework of local, national and CSP/RCOT delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice, this may include undertaking evidence-based audit, satisfaction surveys, recording statistics and service change.
- To actively participate in the Clinical Governance agenda of the team you are working in.
- To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each specialist area, developing knowledge of particular conditions and patient types
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
- State Registered HCPC
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area.
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of basic management training
- Member of special interest group
- Experience in complex discharge planning within the NHS
- Working as part of a MDT and joint problem solving
- Supervision and training of others
- Broad clinical experience e.g. surgical, ED, neurology, medical, orthopaedic, hand injuries, rehabilitation.
- Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload
- Experience in orthopaedics, community, intermediate care, acute inpatients and rapid response and admission avoidance.
- Experience of Splints and braces
- Experience in Respiratory care and respiratory on call service (Physio only)
- Involvement in audits
- Participation in service development and implementation of change.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).