Rotational Physiotherapist | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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The department offers a structured Band 5 rotational physiotherapy programme designed to provide a wide range of clinical experience and support progressive development across core and specialist areas. The scheme comprises five rotation groups, with placements across 24 clinical teams at four hospital sites: John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic and Horton Hospitals. Each rotation lasts six months, providing opportunities to develop clinical skills and experience within a major university teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre.

The postholder will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy in accordance with national guidelines and professional standards across a variety of clinical settings, including trauma, orthopaedics and plastics; respiratory medicine; intensive care; acute medical, surgical and vascular services; neurosciences and stroke; neurorehabilitation; and gerontology.

The role also involves contributing to an extended-hours, seven-day service and joining the overnight on-call rota following completion of a comprehensive training programme.

     To assess and treat own caseload of patients, and maintain associated records as an autonomous practitioner with support from senior staff

     To communicate with the relevant members of the multidisciplinary team, other health professionals, patients and carers with regard to the delivery of patient focused care

     To participate in departmental continuous professional development, departmental education and training, audit and evidence-based projects

     To undertake all necessary verbal and written documentation required for patient care

     To actively participate in appraisal and supervision processes

 

     To be responsible for the maintenance and development of own Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

     To assist in the supervision of physiotherapy assistants and students

     To participate in extended hour working over a seven day period, including overnight emergency on call and weekend working

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. 

 

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.  We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principlesOxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism. 

     To ensure patient understanding regarding planned interventions and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment

     To gain appropriate advice and liaise with senior staff in relation to the management of more complex patients

     To be able to contribute to the effective working of a physiotherapy team. This will involve working with other team members to manage the work load and to also assist in imparting knowledge to colleagues as required

     To be able to motivate and persuade patients, carers and other staff through effective communication skills (verbal and non-verbal skills) for example, patients with communication difficulties, hearing or sight impairments, memory loss, mental illness or those who may be unable to accept diagnosis

     To demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff, where there may be barriers to communication i.e. non-English speaking patients, communication impairment, and cognitive impairment, use of interpreters, excess noise or lack of privacy

     To maintain close links though communication and liaison between the multi-disciplinary team members and other patient services involved in patient care to ensure effective treatment and discharge, participating in case conferences as appropriate

Refer to attached documents for detailed job description and main responsibilities

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026