Specialist Frailty Physiotherapist

Job summary

Are you passionate about working with older people?

An opportunity has arisen for a senior physiotherapist to join our older persons' therapy team. As the successful post holder you will be encouraged and supported to develop extended skills and advanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated Older Persons Services Team.

Our rotational post provides opportunities to work as part of the therapy team covering:

• Emergency Department (ED) & Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC)
• Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU)
• Older Persons wards
• Older Persons complex care wards
• Day Hospital - offering specialist clinics and community outreach

This provides therapists with an opportunity to develop a full and rich understanding of our patient's journey, from emergency admission to their transition home to outreach and bespoke community interventions.

Expectations of the post holder would include working holistically across professional boundaries, service development, supporting and supervising junior staff and opportunities to work alongside a range of experienced professionals both within the hospital and community.

This role requires HCPC Registration and BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Interview: 5th October

To be successful in securing this post, you will have:

• relevant experience working as a physiotherapist covering core rotations
• Experience working at a junior level within the NHS is essential
• Experience working on an on-call respiratory rota as participation is expected in this role
• Willing to participate in 7 day working on a rota basis
• Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence and have access to a car for work purposes

Previous applicants need not apply.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust's Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Date posted: 07 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa/pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 153-SP06722

Job locations: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW
, United Kingdom

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy Degree
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of C.P.D

• Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Postgraduate study/training related to older people and frailty

• Evidence of working with frail patients, with complex needs which require advanced clinical reasoning
• Broad experience of working at a band 5 level within the NHS, including experience in rehabilitation
• Evidence of effective supervision of junior staff
• Evidence of and desire to supervise students
• experience working within the NHS
• relevant and recent experience working in an inpatients OPS service

• Involvement in/ leading QI projects
• Experience in a community setting

• Ability to assess, manage & treat elderly patients with multi-pathology conditions
• Experience of respiratory/on-call
• Skills in goal setting & evaluating outcome measures
• Ability to produce clear written documentation of intervention & reports
• Therapeutic moving & handling skills at specialist level
• IT Skills within word processing

• Use of standardised assessments
• Ability to complete a holistic assessment which may include some Physiotherapist and nursing skills

• Good knowledge of long…