Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care and Surgery


Company:	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ashford, TN23 0LZ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has been made available for the right candidate to join our Critical care Physiotherapy team at the William Harvey Hospital in a Clinical Specialist role alongside team leadership responsibilities.

The successful individual will be able to experience leading a team at first-hand alongside other skilled and experienced Clinical specialist team leads on ITU and in the wider Therapy team.

Main duties of the job

This post holder will lead, develop and evaluate critical care and surgical Physiotherapy services at WHH hospital.

They will provide therapeutic clinical expertise, high quality advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team. Clinical supervision, appraisal and teaching will be key components of this role.

They will demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative working, along with other clinical specialists across the Health Economy, in order to provide a high quality, efficient service.

In conjunction with the Clinical and Site Lead they will ensure clinical governance targets are met, including the development of clinical standards and protocols, specialist evidence based practice, audit, research, clinical and non-clinical risk management.

This clinical specialist position offers the exciting prospect of leading the development of this service collaboratively with a well-established multidisciplinary team with opportunities to contribute to EKHUFT’s award winning critical care follow up and rehabilitation service.

This post holder will lead, develop and evaluate critical care and surgical Physiotherapy services at the William Harvey hospital.

They will provide therapeutic clinical expertise, high quality advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team. Clinical supervision, appraisal and teaching will be key components of this role.

They will demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative working, along with other clinical specialists across the Health Economy, in order to provide a high quality, efficient service.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five

hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

This advert closes on Monday 28 Sep 2026

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