Specialist Occupational Health/Physiotherapist - Band 6 | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Blackburn, BB2 3HH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Oct 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Team for an Occupational Health Physiotherapist.

The role focuses on delivering specialist support for the Trust's Reasonable Adjustments and WorkSmart (workplace assessment) services, alongside managing an occupational health physiotherapy caseload. The successful candidate will provide evidence-based assessment, advice and intervention to support employees in remaining at work, returning safely following ill health, and optimising their health, wellbeing and functional capacity.

Working within a supportive team, you will help create safe, inclusive and productive working environments through a holistic, person-centred approach. In partnership with employees, managers, HR and key stakeholders, you will identify practical workplace solutions that promote positive health and work outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated physiotherapist to develop specialist Occupational Health knowledge while enhancing their clinical reasoning, assessment and case management skills. Comprehensive training and support will be provided to support your development.

Applications are welcomed from physiotherapists who have completed their core rotations and possess significant musculoskeletal experience. Occupational Health experience is desirable but not essential.

Undertake a specialist Occupational Health Physiotherapy role, delivering expert musculoskeletal assessment and intervention, leading WorkSmart (workplace) assessments, and supporting the implementation and ongoing delivery of the Trust's Reasonable Adjustments pathway.

To be responsible for the operational management of the Occupational Health clinical specialty.

To provide specialist knowledge and advice to the Occupational Health team and other senior managers and clinicians in order to ensure appropriate representation of your service at operational and strategic levels.

To act as a specialist Occupational Health Physiotherapist, contributing to the delivery and development of high-quality clinical services, promoting evidence-based practice, and supporting the implementation of best practice within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service.

Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication, assessment and problem-solving skills, a commitment to CPD, and a passion for supporting employees whose health may impact their work. The ability to build effective relationships and provide evidence-based workplace recommendations is essential.

Clinical specialists working within the team are responsible to the designated Therapies Team Lead.

To balance the clinical specialist aspects of the post as appropriate and as agreed with the Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services.

The Trust is committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.

We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment and selection process is accessible to all.

Flexible Working applications will be considered.

The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact a member of Recruitment Services on 01254 732075 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please Note: new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, ,personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 13,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

1. Be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care. Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and across the team/service area.

2. Represent the Trust externally (locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate) in the appropriate physiotherapy specialty

3. Undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with highly complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills. Formulate individualized management and treatment plans where appropriate. Develop comprehensive and effective discharge plans, ensuring the timely completion of physiotherapy intervention, and onward referral as appropriate.

4. Accept clinical responsibility for patients referred to the team, and ensure the team’s caseloads are organised effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

5. Be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available.

6. Be responsible for equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties, and adhere to departmental policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through, teaching, training and supervision of practice.

7. Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

8. Provide specialist advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas.

9. Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to other staff groups as appropriate

10. Communicate complex clinical information effectively with patients and carers to obtain assessment and cooperation to maximize rehabilitation potential and to facilitate understanding of condition.

11. Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines.

12. Assess capacity, gain informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

13. Undertake regular measurement and evaluation of your area of clinical work and current practices through the use of audit and other measures, individually and with colleagues. Ensure that clinical outcomes and patient feedback are included in your audit plans. Compile high quality reports (at masters level) as appropriate. Make recommendations for change, and manage the implementation of any agreed changes.

Professional

1. Maintain registration with the Health Professions Council, and adhere to professional standards of conduct at all times.

2. Maintain own clinical professional development through demonstrating up to date knowledge of research, policy, trends, and new developments relating to the clinical and clinical management aspects of the role. Identify the changes and developments required and manage the implementation of these within the team.

3. Actively contribute to own and others development by attendance at and delivery of presentations and training sessions at staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions in house and by organising and attending appropriate external courses and practicing reflective practice.

4. Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and other Occupational Health colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.

5. Participate in the NHS KSF appraisal scheme and Personal Development Plan (PDP) as both appraiser and appraisee, and take responsibility for ensuring that appraisals take place as required and in accordance with ELHT policy.

6. Proactively participate in delivering Clinical Governance and Risk Management in line with Trust policies.

Organisational

1. Be responsible for a designated area of work. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to prioritisation and time management.

2. Agree priorities for own work area and that of relevant staff balancing other patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the section as a whole.

3. Lead or participate in relevant working groups in line with departmental requirements

4. Ensure that staff for whom you are responsible are supported and enabled to implement policy and service development changes.

5. Work with the Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services in developing the strategic and operational management of the relevant clinical area, and contribute to the business planning process through identification of relevant issues within your specialty area.

6. Co-ordinate and produce reports as required, ensuring these are of a sufficient standard.

7. Be actively involved in assuring the collection, collation and reporting of appropriate data and statistics for the department, including the production of Key Performance Indicators.

8. Be aware of Health & Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of incidents and ensuring that equipment use is safe.

9. Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of all relevant organisational and departmental policies and procedures and be involved in their development and review as appropriate.

10. Work flexibly to support equity of the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services provision across the wider service.

11. Provide cover for colleagues as required in line with the needs of the wider Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service.

12. Undertake any other duties considered appropriate by the Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service.

Applications are now invited from suitably qualified physiotherapists who wish to expand and consolidate their clinical and theoretical skill base in Occupational Health Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy to support Fast Physio and the Trusts Health and Wellbeing strategy.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we may use this to contact you regarding your application.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Oct 2026

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