Rotational Physiotherapist

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 Trust is one of the UK's largest and most respected NHS teaching trusts, providing world-class healthcare across four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton General Hospital and over one hundred satellite sites. Find out more information here OUH at a Glance 2026/27

You'll become part of an organisation at the forefront of patient care, research, education and innovation. You'll have access to excellent learning and development opportunities, work alongside highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to services that make a real difference.

Our commitment to Delivering Compassionate Excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence, we strive to create an environment where staff feel supported, valued and empowered to thrive. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel and the OneTeamOneOUH - LIVING OUR VALUES video .

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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

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