Senior Physiotherapist – Cardiac and Respiratory: Sponsorship Available

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic physiotherapist to join our medical team.

The successful candidate will join our pre-existing medical physiotherapy team who currently look after a wide caseload of in-patients including NIV, medical rehabilitation and cardiac patients.

The post holder will be responsible for the specialist management of our CCU and cardiac ward, as well as assisting with the daily caseload management across the medicine team.

You should have:o Excellent communication and team working skillso Completed core junior rotations including ITU, medicine / elderly care, neurology and orthopaedicso HCPC and CSP registration

We actively encourage continuing professional development through clinical supervision and a comprehensive in-service training programme.

You will be well supported by an experienced team of physiotherapists including consultant respiratory physiotherapists and a cardiac rehabilitation team. You will have the opportunity to develop your senior skills with supervision of juniors and students and involvement in audit and service development.

Main duties of the job

The physiotherapy department is committed to providing excellent patient care across seven days. You will also contribute to the emergency respiratory on-call rota.

To provide physiotherapy to relevant patients within clinical specialty area, in a range of settings including inpatients, outpatients and patient homes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registration
  • BSc Physiotherapy

Desirable

  • Member of CSP
  • Member of Specific interest group
  • Post graduate qualifications in Respiratory/Cardiac Physiotherapy

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).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

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