Job Description

Are you looking for your first or next opportunity as a Rotational Physiotherapist in Dorset? Do you have excellent communication skills, a professional and flexible approach and a strong skill base to provide high quality care for our patients?



We are looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and forward-thinking Band 5 Physiotherapists to join the rotational schemes across UHD and DHC.

UHD is based on three sites:

Christchurch, Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and offers the opportunity to work on acute inpatient wards and assessment units; outpatient clinics, rehabilitation facilities, and in the community through our rotational partnership with DHC.

Our rotational posts include:

Acute Care (Respiratory, Surgery, Medicine and Intensive Care),



Older Persons Medicine (Admission Avoidance, Short stay, Rehabilitation and Day Hospital),



Musculoskeletal outpatients



Orthopaedics



Neurotherapy



Community Rehabilitation



Paediatrics



Working patterns will vary dependent on rotation, some including 7 day working, shifts and inclusion on the Emergency Physiotherapy On-call Rota.



A full driving license and access to a car is essential. Interviews will be held week of 1st December. Please note we will not be offering virtual interviews for this role.

Please note there are 4 positions available with a start as soon as possible - ending 31st March 2026. The role will close at short notice once suitable applicant numbers are reached.



To ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment to a high standard in accordance with HCPC Standards of Registration and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy



To provide physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentations



To use clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to identify problems on which to base an appropriate patient-centred treatment programme



To prepare and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence-based practice.



Additional contact information



therapiesworkforcedevelopmentandtraining@uhd.nhs.uk



Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.



UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.



This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.



To participate in the rotational scheme, this involves working across the Trust sites in inpatient and community settings



To work as part of the Dorset Integrated Care System, enabling the Discharge to Assess and Home First Principles for patients across all appropriate rotational areas



To consolidate Physiotherapy core skills across the range of clinical areas developing own skills and knowledge through active learning



To show flexibility in the differing clinical Physiotherapy skills required in the various environments that the rotational system provides



To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in hospital and community settings



To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner under the direction of more senior qualified staff



To participate in weekend working and extended hours as required, ensuring efficient therapy service provision in line with Trust priorities



To participate in the Respiratory Physiotherapy On-call service providing emergency respiratory physiotherapy service as required