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Job requirements
Essential
30 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
- Experience
Good understanding of relevant clinical guidelines
- Experience
Broad range of clinical experience at a Band 5 level or above
- Experience
Experience of working in an acute, hospital based setting, including working within an MDT
- Experience
Presentations to a range of groups
- Experience
Teaching/training of staff or students
- Experience
Supervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students
- Experience
Active participation in an audit or project work
- Experience
Computer literate, to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience
Evidence of CPD
- Skills and aptitudes
Able to work autonomously and use initiative
- Skills and aptitudes
Evidence of specialist clinical skills and core Physiotherapy skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective clinical reasoning skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to reflect on and appraise own practice
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues.
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective written communication skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Good presentation skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to be proactive in service development
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- Royal Free Shared Commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Personal qualities and attributes
Strong interpersonal skills, including assertiveness
- Personal qualities and attributes
Ability to negotiate
- Personal qualities and attributes
Positive attitude to change; able to facilitate change within teams
- Personal qualities and attributes
Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Education and professional qualifications
Degree/ graduate diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Education and professional qualifications
Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a physiotherapist
- Education and professional qualifications
Certificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in clinical specialty areas
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills
- Experience
Experience of weekend working and emergency on-call working
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately.
- Education and professional qualifications
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP
- Education and professional qualifications
Membership of special interest group
Job overview
To provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy service to a wide range of Physiotherapy in-patients. This post consists of 9 monthly rotations in the following clinical areas: - Health Services for Elderly People. (HSEP) - Rapid Response ( A+E and acute medicine ) - Oncology - Respiratory - General surgery and Liver Transplantation - Renal - Vascular Surgery and Amputees
Please note if high volumes of applications are received the vacancy will close earlier than stated, you are advised to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment
Main duties of the job
To assess and treat own caseload of patients as an autonomous and independent practitioner for patients who may have acute, chronic complex presentation, and maintain appropriate treatment plans, and/or records and statistics.
- To participate in the weekend and on call rota - Supervise and teach junior therapists, students and assistants - To be involved in the teaching of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), staff and patient education groups. -Undertake and present evidence-based projects and research including departmental audit and suggesting practice changes, under the supervision of line supervisor.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Band 6 MSK Rotational Physiotherapist with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £47951.00 to £56863.00. The contract type is Permanent: Full time. The application deadline is 10 Nov 2026.
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