# Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Outpatients > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-physiotherapist-outpatients/626ddd08-6b7c-4378-8666-5613368e7e6c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialist-physiotherapist-outpatients/626ddd08-6b7c-4378-8666-5613368e7e6c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Marsden, Chelsea - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term Until September 2027) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T14:21:05.767Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chelsea/The_Royal_Marsden_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Therapies/Therapies-v8260375 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8260375?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Part time 22.5 hours per week. Fixed term until September 2026. Chelsea Based. 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 rehabilitation of patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in both in and outpatient settings. Oncology provides a challenging environment for developing a number of skills including clinical reasoning, communication and multi-professional working. Ongoing professional training and development is encouraged and supported. An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced physiotherapist to join the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will share leadership responsibilities for the outpatient physiotherapy service on the Chelsea site. We are looking for an experienced oncology or musculoskeletal physiotherapist with an interest in oncology rehabilitation. You will be supported by senior colleagues, with regular supervision and in-service training. ### Main duties of the job Cancer care is a rapidly developing and relatively new area of expertise within physiotherapy. The Band 7 Physiotherapists take a lead role, alongside the Band 8a Physiotherapist, to provide a high quality; evidence-based outpatient physiotherapy service. This Band 7 Physiotherapist will share responsibility across the week for leading the outpatient service on the Chelsea site. They will prioritise outpatient referrals, co-ordinate outpatient appointments, assess patients and treat patients managing physical consequences of cancer and its treatment. They provide a service to this patient group including the use of supported self-management strategies and onward referral ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification - Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. - Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients and support Band 5/6 physiotherapists and Therapy assistants to do similarly. - Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload - Continue to develop an area of advanced practise within oncology physiotherapy. This necessitates the acquisition and application of specific physiotherapy and oncology skills. These advanced skills will impact on the advanced assessment and treatment of this patient group and will enable a comprehensive approach to holistic care. This may include acupuncture as part of your treatment approach. - Take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatments of patients with cancer and undertake comprehensive assessment of patients. Patients present with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies. These may include symptoms directly related to the disease process, symptoms related to treatment, or symptoms arising from pre-existing pathologies. - Use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate physiotherapeutic diagnosis of their condition and place this within the context of their cancer and its treatment. - Use advanced listening skills to understand the physical, emotional and psychological needs of patients and carers and incorporate these into treatment planning. This includes the ability to interpret and respond to patient’s unsaid needs, to respond to an opening that the patient may provide and to refer patients to the appropriate health care professional to address this need. ### 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 NHS experience - Demonstrable knowledge in core physiotherapy skills including musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurology, orthopaedics, surgical, medical and rehabilitation - Evidence of skill in provision of a physiotherapy service to patients with haemato-oncology diagnoses - Ability to teach skills/knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Flexibility to meet the service needs - Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role **Desirable** - Ability to participate in the provision of an on call physiotherapy service ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma/degree level qualification in physiotherapy - Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or have alternative indemnity arrangements - HCPC Registered Physiotherapist - Evidence of on-going personal/professional development through maintenance of CPD portfolio ### Skills Abilities/knowledge **Essential** - Confident to take the lead and articulate ideas and concerns - Advanced communication skills with particular ability to work with complex/sensitive situations with patients, carers, physiotherapy colleagues and the wider MDT - Ability to show tact and to manage boundaries - Ability to be innovative and respond to change - Ability to maintain judgement under pressure - Ability to make decisions organise and prioritise - Ability to keep accurate patient notes - Evidence of a good understanding of NHS issues - Evidence of a good understanding of clinical governance - Ability to supervise physiotherapy colleagues and facilitate their development - Excellent time management skills - Ability to work in a stressful environment and recognise the additional stresses of patients/carers dealing with a cancer diagnosis - Computer literate (e.g. Microsoft words and Outlook **Desirable** - Membership of a clinical interest group in physiotherapy ## Documents - [282-sa1841-jd&ps (pdf, 456.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10573994) - [royal marsden trust values (pdf, 715.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2360) - [workplace wellbeing and rewards guide (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2580) ## 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.