Job summary
Are you an experienced and motivated Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career? We are offering an exciting 12-month fixed term/secondment opportunity within the Coventry Integrated Neighbourhood Teams - a pioneering service that brings together health and social care professionals to deliver seamless, person-centred care.

As a Physiotherapist, you will manage a varied caseload, providing specialist assessments and evidence-based interventions to patients with a wide range of health conditions across community settings, including patients' homes and short-term placements.

You will be part of an innovative team supporting reablement, hospital discharge, and admission avoidance across urgent and emergency care pathways. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will help shape and influence the delivery of integrated care for the people of Coventry.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Secondment will be considered for internal candidates - If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job
Using your clinical expertise and sound professional judgement, you will work collaboratively with colleagues, patients, carers, social care partners, and third-sector organisations to support individuals to achieve their goals, maximise independence, and remain at home wherever possible. You will undertake holistic assessments, develop tailored care and therapy plans, and deliver interventions that address patients' physical, cognitive, psychosocial, behavioural, sensory, and environmental needs.

The successful candidate will possess strong knowledge across a variety of clinical areas, including neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, falls, and care of older people. You will also contribute to service improvement initiatives, support effective information management and data quality, and work alongside team leaders and managers to enhance the delivery of integrated community services across Coventry.

About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and review of patients with a wide variety of conditions including neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, care of the elderly, respiratory and falls, to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, contribute to effective admission avoidance and support patients with complex health care needs.
• This will be for patients predominantly in their place of residence, but will include short term placements and other settings.
• To provide advice and guidance to others, patients, carers and staff working in health and social care.
• To support professional development of the staff within Coventry Integrated Neighbourhood teams and other services as appropriate.
• To support and contribute toward service development and meeting Key Performance Indicators.
• To participate in 7 day working rotas to ensure delivery of key services.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

The group is currently trialling a new Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) model following a collaborative event with internal and external stakeholders. This pilot aims to explore team structures and assess the impact on patient experience. While no formal redesign has taken place yet, the outcomes of this trial may inform future service delivery and team configuration across the group.

If you are successful in your application, please be aware that your team structure and line management may be subject to change in the future as part of this evolving model. However, any formal changes will be preceded by appropriate consultation in line with organisational policy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma/degree in physiotherapy
• Evidence of post-graduate education E.g. Post graduate diploma/training relevant to physical conditions or equivalent experience
• Current HCPC Registration

Desirable

• MCSP
• Special Interest Group Member in related subject

Experience
Essential

• Documented evidence of Continuing professional development
• Significant post graduate clinical experience with good basic training/post graduate rotations (or within a community / intermediate care setting)
• Experience of Health & Safety/ Risk management
• Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Supervision of junior staff and students
• Leadership and first line management experience
• Experience in change management
• Community experience
• Experience of audit and/or research

Knowledge
Essential

• Specialist knowledge and application of physiotherapy assessments and interventions relevant to client group
• Understanding of outcome measures
• Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance in relation to physiotherapy

Skills
Essential

• Good personal organisational and time management skills
• Demonstrates initiative
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships
• Initiates innovative ideas for practice
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Supervisory/ annual review skills.
• Therapeutic moving and handling knowledge/skills
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently/ effectively to complex information
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Presentation and training skills

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values. (As detailed in UHCW's Values in Action document below)
• Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience

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: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address: Community Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, The Opal, Coventry, CV1 4NA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Physio Lead, Saju Sekher, Saju.Sekher@uhcw.nhs.uk, 07769243226

Details
Date posted: 10 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 218-AHP-B6-8209737
Job locations: Community Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, The Opal, Coventry, CV1 4NA, United Kingdom