Senior Physiotherapist - Medical & Surgical Rotation

A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Senior Physiotherapists to join us within our established inpatient Medical/Surgical Senior Rotation! You would rotate in 9 monthly blocks around specialties including Stroke and Neurosciences, Older Persons Medicine, Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine as well as others. We are looking for someone who is dynamic, pro‑active and enthusiastic about supporting patients during acute illness whether post‑operatively, managing and preventing acute respiratory compromise, supporting admission avoidance or acute stroke rehabilitation.

You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working within a variety of teams and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.

If you were successful in the role, you would support supervision of junior staff, assistant staff and students, delegating workload as appropriate. You will have opportunity to support in‑house teaching programmes and external teaching opportunities through our links with the University of East Anglia.

This exciting role offers the opportunity to further develop your clinical and non‑clinical skills with access to in‑service training and personal development. You will receive supervision and annual appraisal and take an active role within your own personal development.

As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist, you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and the delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients.

You will be expected to participate in out‑of‑hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physio therapeutic intervention. This will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on‑call and weekend duties.

As a senior member of the team you will rotate between you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required.

You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements.

The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations.

• Neurosciences
• Neuro‑Oncology
• Critical Care
• Medical Respiratory
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Renal and Cardiology
• Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay
• Older Persons Medicine
• Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma)

Full time: 37.5 hrs per week.

Interview date: 13th January 2026.

• Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first‑class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state‑of‑the‑art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students.

We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
• On‑site Nursery
• On‑site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

The demand on our services is high, and we pride ourselves on providing quality care. If…