Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Respiratory Rotational Physiotherapist

The closing date is 10 August 2025

Job summary

East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well- established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff..

The post will be within the respiratory team that covers critical care (ICU/HDU), surgery, cardiorespiratory (including acute respiratory unit and medical wards) and the Lane-Fox Remeo unit (on-site) a satellite unit of St Thomas' hospital for long term, complex, respiratory patients.

We are looking for someone with a passion for both respiratory physiotherapy and acute rehabilitation to join our friendly and enthusiastic team and take on the responsibilities of a senior physiotherapist. You will be involved in supervising students, band 5 and support staff and providing in-service training to more junior staff whilst developing your own clinical skills and expertise.

We offer:

An opportunity to develop acute rehabilitation skills
Close links with other inpatient physiotherapy teams
A high level of clinical support from experienced senior staff
Support to continue professional and personal development with an active in-service teaching programme and established supervision and achievement review structure
An innovative and forward thinking department with strong clinical governance support and the opportunity to be involved in service development.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Date posted

25 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,388 to £44,962 a year plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

326-7364282-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
Evidence of essential skills and knowledge evidenced in supporting statement
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role (including oncall working)
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of appropriate CPD/Research relevant to the clinical specialty
Complete and accurate application

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
Evidence of essential skills and knowledge evidenced in supporting statement
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role (including oncall working)
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of appropriate CPD/Research relevant to the clinical specialty
Complete and accurate application

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

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

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)