# Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – ME/CFS > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-highly-specialist-physiotherapist-mecfs/32961067-187f-46fb-91b1-9a3ea6ad718b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-highly-specialist-physiotherapist-mecfs/32961067-187f-46fb-91b1-9a3ea6ad718b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (22.5 hours per week) - **Employment type:** 22.5 hours per week (Part time) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T16:00:58.369Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Chronic_Fatigue_Service/Chronic_Fatigue_Service-v8341161 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341161?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join the Royal Free Chronic Fatigue Service, providing personalised care for people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, working 22.5 hours per week, based at the Royal Free Hospital site. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment and management for patients with complex needs. You will manage an allocated caseload and deliver individual physiotherapy alongside our virtual Fatigue Management Programme, supporting patients to manage symptoms and the impact of ME/CFS on daily life. You will work collaboratively with patients to develop care plans that reflect their goals, preferences and energy limits, in accordance with current NICE guidance. Clinical supervision and line management will be provided by the Band 8A Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner and Team Co-Lead. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to multidisciplinary working, staff education and the ongoing evaluation and development of the service. ### Main duties of the job Provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment and personalised care for people with ME/CFS, recognising post-exertional malaise and avoiding symptom exacerbation. Manage a complex caseload, agreeing and reviewing care plans with patients. Support pacing, rest, sleep and energy management, adapting advice to symptoms and relapse. Provide patient-chosen physical activity support in line with NICE guidance, without fixed incremental increases or graded exercise therapy. Deliver individual physiotherapy and the virtual Fatigue Management Programme with multidisciplinary colleagues. Contribute to referral triage, multidisciplinary assessment, care coordination and onward referral. Maintain accurate records, monitor outcomes and escalate clinical or safeguarding concerns. Support staff teaching and supervision, clinical audit, quality improvement and service development. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post-registration physiotherapy experience, including specialist practice at Band 6 level or equivalent with complex long-term conditions. - Experience of independently assessing, managing and reviewing a complex caseload, recognising risk and seeking senior advice appropriately. - Experience of multidisciplinary working and coordinating care with patients, carers and other professionals. - Experience of delivering patient education or group interventions and supporting individual self-management. - Experience of supervising, teaching or supporting junior staff, support workers or students. - Experience of clinical audit, outcome measurement or quality improvement. **Desirable** - Clinical experience in an ME/CFS specialist service, including energy management and post-exertional malaise. - Experience of virtual consultations or online group programmes. ### Skills and aptitudes **Essential** - Highly developed assessment and clinical reasoning skills; ability to formulate individual care plans, evaluate outcomes and identify red flags. - Knowledge of current NICE ME/CFS guidance, post-exertional malaise, energy management and the implications for safe physiotherapy practice. - Ability to tailor interventions to symptoms and energy limits, recognise flare-ups or relapse, and avoid approaches inconsistent with NICE guidance. - Ability to manage competing priorities and an autonomous caseload while working within competence and agreed escalation pathways. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including sensitive discussion of complex information and adaptation to cognitive or accessibility needs. - Ability to facilitate patient education and groups, promote shared decisions and support sustainable self-management. - Ability to provide supervision, feedback and teaching and to delegate clinical work safely. - Knowledge of safeguarding, consent, capacity, clinical governance, risk management and information governance. - Ability to maintain clear, accurate clinical records and use electronic records, virtual platforms and outcome data. - Ability to critically appraise evidence and contribute to audit and service improvement. **Desirable** - Knowledge or training in ACT- or CFT-informed approaches relevant to physiotherapy, with awareness of professional boundaries. ### Royal Free shared commitments **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust’s shared commitments. ### Personal qualities and attributes **Essential** - Compassionate, respectful and non-judgemental approach that recognises the impact of ME/CFS and values patients’ experiences. - Commitment to inclusion, accessible care and reasonable adjustments. - Effective team working, reliability and willingness to seek supervision and support colleagues. - Reflective practice, self-awareness and commitment to continuing professional development. - Ability to respond constructively to change, feedback and emotionally challenging clinical situations. - Ability to fulfil the clinical and service duties of the post with reasonable adjustments where required. ### Education and professional qualifications **Essential** - Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy, or equivalent recognised qualification. - Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist. - Evidence of relevant postgraduate learning and continuing professional development in specialist physiotherapy and management of complex long-term conditions. **Desirable** - Relevant postgraduate qualification or accredited training in ME/CFS, rehabilitation, clinical education or psychologically informed practice. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665477) - [person specification (pdf, 160.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665478) - [functional requirements (pdf, 100.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665289) - [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.