Job summary An exciting opportunity is available for a physiotherapist with occupational health experience to join a friendly, and supportive team in the Occupational health department at Salisbury Foundation Trust. You will be invaluable in helping to improve the health and wellbeing of our NHS work staff and help the Trust with its commitment to fulfilling the NHS People Plan and People Promise. Occupational Health Physiotherapists utilise their skills to accelerate workers recovery from, or self management of, their musculoskeletal conditions and thereby assist their ability to undertake their jobs efficiently and effectively. You will also play a key role in helping to prevent or reduce sickness absence from musculoskeletal disorders. You will also play a key role in helping to prevent or reduce sickness absence from musculoskeletal disorders.,by providing early and easy access to high standard, highly specialist Physiotherapy assessment and phased return to work program's. Provide expert advice to and work closely with General Practitioners, Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health Nurses and Line Managers regarding individuals' fitness to work/return to work and provide workplace ergonomic assessments to prevent/reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury to staff and patients To find out more about the role, informal chats or informal departmental visits are welcomed. Main duties of the job To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the Occupational Health (OH) physiotherapy service in conjunction with the Head of Occupational health. To use expert physiotherapy knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and other healthcare staff and to manage their own caseload of patients with highly complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner To ensure a high quality, effective OH staff physiotherapy service. To be a member of the Physiotherapy Department Management team, contributing to planning and policy development in the Inter- professional team and department To deputise for the Inter-professional Lead as required About us Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk Date posted 10 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rota Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 269-SFT9017 Job locations SFT Occupational health, SFT Salisbury SP2 8BJ Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities. Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities. Person Specification documented and at interview Essential Qualified physiotherapist, with minuim of 7 years post qualified occupational health experience Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy within current emerging health environment and national initiatives Post-graduate course(s) in Occupational Health and Ergonomics. Desirable Member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ACPOHE). Qualified Clinical Supervisor Competent IT skills Person Specification documented and at interview Essential Qualified physiotherapist, with minuim of 7 years post qualified occupational health experience Demonstrated understanding of the role of physiotherapy within current emerging health environment and national initiatives Post-graduate course(s) in Occupational Health and Ergonomics. Desirable Member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ACPOHE). Qualified Clinical Supervisor Competent IT skills 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). Additional information 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). Employer details Employer name Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Address SFT Occupational health, SFT Salisbury SP2 8BJ Employer's website https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)