University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a permanent part-time Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Women's Health at Queen's Hospital Burton. The Band 7 post is 18 hours a week, with a salary of £49,387 to £56,515 a year, and applications close on 17 November 2026.

The vacancy was published on 3 November 2026, and interviews are scheduled for 1 December 2026. The successful candidate will join the trust's Outpatient Women's Health service, including obstetrics and breast surgery physiotherapy, based at Queen's Hospital Burton on Belvedere Road.

What the role involves

The post holder will work primarily in Women's Health Physiotherapy Outpatients, acting as the departmental clinical lead for the advanced assessment and management of patients with highly complex needs. The service receives referrals from primary care, midwives, obstetricians, emergency departments, consultants and staff self-referrals.

The role covers a diverse and complex musculoskeletal and women's health caseload. The successful candidate will need advanced assessment and clinical reasoning skills, a clear working diagnosis for each patient, and individualised treatment plans. The wider therapy team includes musculoskeletal, rheumatology, hand therapy, occupational therapy, osteopathy, clinical specialist, advanced practitioner and consultant physiotherapist colleagues.

The trust says a full induction and competency support package will be provided if required, and the post holder will have opportunities to contribute to audit, service development and research, as well as teaching and supervising physiotherapy, occupational therapy and osteopathy staff and students.

Who should apply

Applicants must hold a degree-level qualification in physiotherapy, with evidence of continuing professional development and relevant postgraduate training. The advert asks for experience in managing breast patients and pregnancy, experience of staff and student supervision and training, and previous relevant employment in the NHS in a musculoskeletal setting.

Experience of leadership within a team and of initiating, carrying out and evaluating service improvement and audits is listed as desirable. The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check, and applicants must hold current UK professional registration. The trust says the role is permanent and part time at 18 hours a week.

About the trust and how to apply

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is one of the largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with more than 13,000 staff providing care across 48 specialties and five hospitals, caring for more than one million patients each year. The trust says it sees an average of 4,810 outpatient appointments a day and carries out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Applications must be made through the NHS Jobs system, which links to the trust's Trac recruitment portal. The closing date for applications is 17 November 2026, with interviews on 1 December 2026. The full advert, including the person specification, is available on NHS Jobs under reference C9320-26-1140.