Bank Physiotherapist

Job overview

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with a national and international reputation for high quality patient care, research, development and education. As physiotherapists we are key members of a multidisciplinary team geared to the optimisation and rehabilitation of patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in both in and outpatient settings.

Band 6 Physiotherapist, for weekend and on-call support, Chelsea based. We are looking for motivated and experienced physiotherapists to join the Temporary Staffing Bank Pool of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 Physiotherapist is an active member of a team that provides a high quality; evidence based physiotherapy service for the patient with cancer.

Providing high quality physiotherapy care to patients across a number of specialist units.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide a holistic, advanced, physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with a cancer diagnosis.  These patients may present with complex physical, emotional and psychological needs as a result of their cancer diagnosis and its treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Provide a physiotherapeutic diagnosis, to develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes and make appropriate referrals to other disciplines.

Hold responsibility for a defined clinical area and own caseload, working without direct supervision.  Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available, clinical work is not routinely evaluated by senior staff.

If successful, there will be a range of opportunities to gain experience across inpatient and outpatient settings, working within different s The successful candidate(s) will gain inpatient respiratory and post-operative physiotherapy experience across different clinical specialities through participation in the weekend and on call rota. Specialities include critical care, GI, urology, haematology, gynae-oncology, sarcoma, head and neck, breast, lung and palliative care.

We are looking for enthusiastic physiotherapists with a special interest in the field of oncology to contribute to the physiotherapy weekend and on call rota. There may be future opportunities for ad hoc shifts across specialities on an as needed basis. You will be supported by  senior colleagues within the division and be registered as part of the Temporary Staffing Bank pool.