Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

The closing date is 13 January 2026

Job summary

Fixed Term Opportunity for a Senior Rotational Physiotherapist!

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality, evidence-based therapy interventions that make a real difference to patient outcomes. You will take ownership of a diverse and complex caseload, including patients with multi-pathologies, where your advanced clinical expertise and autonomous decision-making will be key.

This role offers the opportunity to continually develop your skills and specialist knowledge, ensuring you remain at the forefront of best practice. You will assess, treat, and advise patients using innovative approaches, while championing continuous improvement to enhance the quality of care across the service.

Your overriding purpose is to lead by example--delivering outstanding patient-centred care and driving excellence through your personal actions, clinical leadership, and commitment to ongoing professional development.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7427633

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
  • Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
  • Delegation skills
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
  • As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
  • IT skills - basic
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
  • Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice.

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Registration with HPC
  • Membership of relevant Professional Body
  • Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

Further Training

Essential

  • Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
  • Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training

Desirable

  • Leadership Training

Experience

Essential

  • NHS experience
  • Completion of junior and senior Rotational Programmes (minimum of 18 months in each), or equivalent, working in a wide variety of acute and chronic physical settings
  • Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
  • Experience of audit and service review
  • Experience of supervising other staff and students
  • Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital

Desirable

  • Ability to drive own car
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
  • Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
  • Delegation skills
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
  • As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
  • IT skills - basic
  • Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
  • Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice.

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • Registration with HPC
  • Membership of relevant Professional Body
  • Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

Further Training

Essential

  • Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
  • Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training

Desirable

  • Leadership Training

Experience

Essential

  • NHS experience
  • Completion of junior and senior Rotational Programmes (minimum of 18 months in each), or equivalent, working in a wide variety of acute and chronic physical settings
  • Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
  • Experience of audit and service review
  • Experience of supervising other staff and students
  • Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital

Desirable

  • Ability to drive own car

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Therapy Operational Manager

Chris Williams

christopher.williams9@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7427633

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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