Senior Physiotherapist OPAL

The post-holder will provide high-quality physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients presenting acutely within the Emergency Department (ED), Short Stay Emergency Unit (SSEU), and Acute Medical Unit (AMU), working within a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary frailty team, the role focuses on rapid, holistic assessment, personalised care planning, and early decision-making to support safe discharge, admission avoidance, and improved patient flow.

The role also involves working across professional boundaries to support a wide range of patients with complex needs, leading elements of service delivery, and supporting junior staff within the frailty therapy team. This role offers the opportunity to work flexibly across a seven-day rota, including approximately one weekend shift per month.

This role involves providing holistic assessment and treatment for patients with long-term conditions and frailty within an urgent care setting. The post-holder must work flexibly across traditional professional boundaries to ensure continuity of care for patients presenting with a range of conditions, including cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, and neurological issues.

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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

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities