Job Title: Specialist Respiratory, Falls and Frailty Physiotherapist
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
DBS Check Level: Enhanced Both Lists
Salary Range: £64,466.07 to £71,038.46
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 14/10/2026
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Physotherapy Department.
Our Acute Medical and Respiratory Physiotherapy Service plays a key role in shaping rehabilitation for patients across acute medical, respiratory, frailty and complex care pathways.
This is an opportunity to step into a specialist role where your clinical expertise, decision making and autonomy are genuinely valued. You will work within a collaborative, forward thinking multidisciplinary team that promotes professional development, innovation and shared learning.
As a Specialist Physiotherapist, you will independently assess, formulate and deliver person centred rehabilitation programmes for adults presenting with a wide range of acute medical conditions and functional needs.
You will be a key contributor to the daily running of the service, providing clinical support and guidance to junior colleagues, coordinating caseloads and contributing to effective patient flow across acute care pathways. Your work will help shape rehabilitation services throughout the acute hospital setting, improving patient outcomes, continuity of care and the overall patient experience.
A central part of your role will include:
- Delivering specialist therapy programmes using advanced clinical reasoning and outcome measures
- Providing expert advice to patients, carers and colleagues across Health and Care Jersey and the wider community
- Supporting and developing junior therapists, rotational staff and Rehabilitation Assistants
- Leading and contributing to complex discharge planning, working collaboratively with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to support safe, timely and appropriate discharge pathways
- Contributing to service planning, audit activity and evidence-based improvements
- Participating in weekly Inservice training and CPD initiatives
- Working closely with the MDT to ensure coordinated, holistic treatment plans
- Occasionally deputising for senior staff and supporting day-to-day operational decisions
- Participating in the physiotherapy on call rota (by agreement)
For further information or an informal chat about this role please contact Gabby Lucas @gab.lucas@health.gov.je
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Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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