Full job descriptionSpecialty Physiotherapist - Neuroscience rotationNHS AfC: Band 6Main area

Physiotherapy
Grade

NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract

12 months (fixed term 12 months)
Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week, working across 7 days in some rotations)
Job ref

321-MRC-8172169-B6-INT
Site

John Radcliffe Hospital
Town

Oxford
Salary

Per Annum / Pro Rata
Closing

10/09/2026 23:59
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital , Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit
Job overviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Neurosciences Physiotherapy Rotation. We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking and enthusiastic physiotherapist with a specialist interest in Neurology to join the rotation fro 12 months fixed term. The rotation offers a broad range of experience both in acute, rehabilitation and community/outpatient settings where you will work alongside highly skilled and experienced clinicians at both the John Radcliffe Hospital and The Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE).
There are five 8-month long rotations across clinical areas including:
Hyper Acute Stroke Rehabilitation, John Radcliffe Hospital
Neuroscience Inpatient Ward, John Radcliffe Hospital
Level 1 Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Wards, OCE
Early Supported Discharge for Stroke, Community
Neurorehabilitation Outpatients, OCE
You will be actively encouraged to participate in CPD, research and audit, and service development projects, as well as provide supervision and teaching to junior staff, students, and the wider MDT. You will be supported by an experience team of lead physiotherapists to refine your clinical and leadership skills in a variety of neurological rotations.
Main duties of the jobTo work across services within the rotation to provide high quality, safe and effective physiotherapy services to patients as part of a cohesive multi-professional team.
To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to effectively assess, goal plan and treat patients following admission to hospital and strive to maximise their independence and quality of life.
To supervise and teach recently qualified physiotherapists, support workers physiotherapy students.
To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects.
To take an active part in the extended hours, seven-day and weekend working as required by individual teams to maximise the access and delivery or rehabilitation and physiotherapy care.
Working for our organisationOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesDuties and responsibilities
Communication
*To consistently deploy effective communication and engagement skills enabling effective working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team.

*To effectively communicate with patients and their carers/family members, including the sensitive management of complex or contentious issues.

*To overcome barriers to effective communication, such as those caused by pathological impairment or language differences, by deploying effective mitigating strategies.

*To engage and build relationships with external agencies and providers to enhance patient care continuity and outcomes.

*To be able to motivate and positively influence others through effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

*Be able to write complex reports accurately describing patients’ clinical status and ensuring that the information provided aids effective continuing care and clinical management.

Clinical
*To enact the professional and legal responsibilities for all aspects of the post-holders own clinical practice.

*To carry out comprehensive assessments following hospital admission, including those with complex presentations, and form treatment and rehabilitation plans in partnership with the patient and their carers/family.

*To interpret and analyse multiple sources of clinical information to form accurate physiotherapy diagnoses in older adult care; drawing on guidance from senior physiotherapists when required.

*To formulate and deliver comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation and discharge plans, based on clinical skills, evidence-based practice, and patient preferences.

*To evaluate patient progress against agreed treatment goals and be able to modify plans accordingly. To determine a patient’s mental capacity to understand and to gain informed consent for treatment. To work within a...