We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers. Job overview Active Together Cancer Prehabilitation We are looking for Specialist Physiotherapist to work in our innovative and rapidly expanding Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation service. The successful candidate will join the clinical team of the Active Together service in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, delivering multimodal prehabilitation and rehabilitation to patients receiving cancer treatment. They will support to team in expanding the service to include additional tumour groups, and to continue to develop and improve the existing service. Main duties of the job • To assess, plan and deliver physiotherapy and physical activity Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation programmes to patients undergoing a range of oncology treatment pathways. • To promote healthy living in patients and support behaviour change. • To support, supervise and train assistants, students, less experienced physiotherapists and other Active Together team members within the service. • To deputise for the B7 Clinical Lead when necessary. • Adopt a personalised care approach to management of patients, including an understanding of behaviour change approaches and “what matters to you” • Contribute to the evaluation of the service against Key Performance Indicators for feedback to Yorkshire Cancer Research. • Place the need to address health inequalities through Active Together as a priority in patient care and service development. • Use standardised screening tools to identify dietetic and psychological needs in patients and arrange appropriate onward care This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 16 months (until March 2026). Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trusts legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder. Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager. Working for our organisation You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of 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. This role sits within the Active Together Sheffield service. Active Together is a prehabilitation and rehabilitation service supporting people following a cancer diagnosis with physical activity, nutrition, and wellbeing guidance. The service has been designed by Sheffield Hallam University who work in close collaboration with NHS teams to support the delivery and evaluation of the service. The Active Together service launched in Sheffield in 2022 and this year has expanded to new sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster. Active Together South Yorkshire will provide equitable, multi-modal and personalised prehabilitation and rehabilitation support that meets the needs of patients across the region and generates evidence for a commissioned service. This is an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver prehabilitation and rehabilitation pathways and help thousands of patients across South Yorkshire. Active Together is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, Yorkshires independent cancer charity, working so more people can live longer, healthier lives, free from cancer. The successful candidate will work for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, one of the UKs biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare Person specification Education, Qualifications and Memberships Essential criteria • Diploma/Degree in physiotherapy from a CSP recognised training establishment • Current HCPC registration • Demonstrate commitment to Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file • Training from Higher Education Institution for graduate physiotherapy student supervision • Trained in Basic Life Support Desirable criteria • Evidence of relevant post graduate development in rehabilitation, or oncology within the NHS. • Member of CSP • Member of ACPOPC/special interest group Experience Essential criteria • Completion of post-registration core rotations including surgical and medical rotations • Experience of supervising, managing and developing more junior staff through PDR • Supervision & support of students. Desirable criteria • Experience in delivering community-based rehabilitation • Involvement in research • Involvement in service development • Involvement in audit • Experience in delivering cardiac, pulmonary or cancer rehabilitation Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria • Demonstrates knowledge of cancer care pathway within the NHS • Demonstrates evidence of leadership experience • Experience of leading in-service training and the ability to pass on knowledge in a formal and informal setting. • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance • Basic IT skills and able to maintain accurate written records using IT systems. Personal Qualities Essential criteria • Effective verbal and written communication skills Others Essential criteria • Due to the requirement to work across sites and transport non-portable equipment, the postholder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving license, or have access to an alternative means of transport