Job summary
Are you a 6 Physiotherapist with an interest in respiratory?

Are you passionate about working with patients with long-term respiratory conditions?

If yes, read on!

We are looking for dynamic and motivated physiotherapists with a passion for managing long-term respiratory conditions to join the team within Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Based within the Northern General Hospital, this role will be based within the adult Cystic Fibrosis unit.

Sheffield Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre is a specialist regional centre which treats patients over the age of 16 years across the local area but reaching as far afield as Grimsby. With strong links with colleagues at the Sheffield Children's Hospital, we aim to ensure a smooth transition into adult care and beyond. This small but purpose-built unit consistently receives positive feedback from patients, who praise the friendly and dedicated team and the inpatient environment with purpose-built facilities.

Working within this service will offer opportunity to work collaboratively with highly experienced and passionate MDT colleagues to support the patient experience in both areas and deliver optimal patient care.

As a band 7 physiotherapist you will continue to build on your clinical knowledge and skills within a highly specialist area but will also have opportunity to develop:

Main duties of the job
Leadership Skills

Taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of the area.

Supervising, mentoring and coaching to support and develop the future physiotherapy workforce.

Improving your knowledge of the wider STH/NHS processes.

Quality improvement.

Participation in service improvement and development projects within acute therapy services and within the field of CF where service improvement is constantly ongoing to meet the changing needs of patients.

Education

Utilising your teaching skills through the provision of high-quality education both to members of Acute Therapy Services and multi-disciplinary teams.

We are committed to supporting and developing staff within our areas with robust clinical and developmental programmes which are embedded within acute therapy services.

We also provide ongoing clinical supervision and a strong emphasis on staff health and wellbeing.

Who are we looking for?

A Physiotherapist with:

• Post graduate knowledge and skills to enable you to manage a complex respiratory caseload
• Enthusiasm, self-motivation and innovative approach to practice
• Effective interpersonal, communication and team working skills
• Implementation of PROUD values in daily practice
• Willingness to participate in on-call and weekend respiratory working

About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The CF physiotherapy service covers care across the whole pathway including outpatient, inpatient and transition to deliver specialist physiotherapy supporting patients with airway clearance, long term management and adherence. You will have the opportunity to build excellent therapeutic relationships with patients where the role of physiotherapy is integral to maintaining quality of life.

Please be aware, the team you will be working within deliver acute respiratory services 24/7. If you are interested in applying for the role, you will be expected to participate in covering weekend and on call working.

Therapy Services provides a number of services over 7 days (including Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays). Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital respiratory roster (including on calls) as part of their contracted hours.

Details
Date posted: 07 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
pa/pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 190-1847-DIR
Job locations: Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• BSc in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC Registration
• Postgraduate Masters level module in relevant subject to this post or equivalent relevant knowledge and skills accumulated through formal training and experiential learning.

Desirable

• Masters degree in relevant Speciality

Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience as a qualified therapist.
• Significant experience at Specialist level in relevant specialty.
• Clinical Educator
• Participation in Clinical Audit & Practice Development
• Supervision and line management of Therapy staff including appraisal
• Professional Presentations
• Experience in emergency respiratory on call including weekend work (PT only)
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of the role of acute therapy within the NHS
• Demonstrates ability to deliver high level decision making regarding rehabilitation and discharges.
• Acute Inpatient experience in the NHS
• Demonstrates ability to deliver high level decision making regarding rehabilitation and discharges

Desirable

• Member of Special Interest Group
• Governance
• Teaching

Further Training
Essential

• Documented evidence of continuous personal & professional development, relevant to the current post
• Advanced clinical knowledge and skill in specialty
• Knowledge of evidence-base for specialty
• Good basic knowledge of therapy practice for medicine, orthopaedics, neurology

Desirable

• Clinical Governance
• Risk Assessment
• Research, Clinical Audit or Practice
• Leadership
• Teaching

Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential

• Excellent team working skills and the ability to work collaboratively with specific reference to current NHS landscape. Able to demonstrate strong, confident leadership within the acute trust and across the wider NHS
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, team working and leadership skills
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to act on own initiative, to prioritise work and manage multiple tasks for self and other.
• Ability to analyse complex problems, formulate solutions and implement sustainable change
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• IT literate
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to supporting staff health and wellbeing.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Therapist
Danica Bowers
Danica.Bowers@nhs.net
01142715060