Senior Physiotherapist Critical Care and Surgery | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Company: | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7702088/166-DCSC-7702088 |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Critical Care and Surgical physiotherapy team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. This proactive team covers many speciality wards including Intensive Care and High Dependency Units, as well as specialist surgical wards including colorectal, urology, gynaecology and ENT.
There is also opportunity to develop skills to contribute to the Amputee Outpatient service.
We are a friendly physiotherapy team who strive to provide excellent patient care with compassion, dignity and respect.
We are seeking applicants with some experience working within the acute setting. You must have up to date knowledge and experience of current developments and drivers within the wider healthcare setting, specifically around treatment of surgical patients and the critically unwell, as well as discharge planning.
The Trust is committed to supporting and developing staff through appraisals and the supervision process. Senior staff have individual supervision and peer support as well as access to training.
The Trust provides clinical placements for students from Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham and the successful applicant will have experience of supervising under-graduate students.
To work with the Lead Senior Physiotherapists in Critical Care, Surgery and Amputees to co-ordinate and monitor an effective and efficient service to meet the needs of the inpatients referred across Surgery and Critical Care.
To manage autonomously, a complex inpatient caseload requiring Physiotherapy and MDT joint assessments on Critical Care and Surgical Wards.
To be responsible for Training, Supervision and Appraisals of more junior staff.
To participate in the 7 day respiratory service to the medical, surgical and critical care wards and the emergency on-call respiratory service.
To work with the Head of Physiotherapy and other senior physiotherapy colleagues to monitor, evaluate and develop existing services in Critical Care and Surgery in line with the changing needs of the Trust.
Depending on experience and service need, there may be opportunities to gain experience working within our Amputee Outpatient clinics.
We provide a full range of district general services including urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery. We also offer primary care through several GP practices. Our vision is to achieve exceptional care provided by exceptional people. Our mission is to bring our people, communities and partners together; providing patient care we can all be proud of. Your energy and leadership will be critical to our success.
We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way” and with our Proud to CARE values. This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. We know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and we offer flexibility and an extensive range of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing
Please see the Job Description for further information about the role and job requirements.
Please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Prosser or Jennifer Pearson on 01246 512185 or rachel.prosser5@nhs.net if you have any questions.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Feb 2026
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