# Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** North Middlesex University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Inclusive of Outer London HCAS per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End Date 17/12/2026)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day rota (in Respiratory, Admission Avoidance & Orthopaedics))
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19T09:55:14.449Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Lower_Edmonton_London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Rotational_Physiotherapist_FTC/Rotational_Physiotherapist_FTC-v8280802
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8280802?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Therapies department at the NMUH is looking for a dynamic B6 Physiotherapist to join our rotational scheme to cover maternity leave. The post holder will be required to:

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. highly specialist physiotherapy assessments and develop treatment & management programmes for patients with acute and chronic conditions, maintaining records as an autonomous practitioner.

- To participate in the education and training of staff grade Physiotherapists, Technicians, Assistants, Students and other Healthcare Professionals.
- To deputise for the Team Leader Physiotherapist in their absence.
- To participate in the 7-day service rota (team specific)
- To participate in the emergency on call respiratory rota
- To complete rotations in: Acute stroke and neurology, Admission avoidance, Critical Care/Respiratory, Medical (including oncology and acute medicine), Elderly Care, Orthopaedics/Surgical & Paediatrics

### Main duties of the job

- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To deliver the physiotherapy element of a management programme, as either uni- or multidisciplinary intervention, sometimes providing some elements normally undertaken by nursing, occupational therapy, social work or speech and language therapy colleagues.
- To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, formulating individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills, developing specialised programmes of care utilising a wide variety of treatment skills and opti
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- - To interpret and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans. Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at the North Middlesex University Hospital

### 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

### Other

**Essential**

- Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate
- Competent and able to participate in the On-Call/7-day working rota
- Dedication to staff development and the promotion and progression of the Physiotherapy profession
- Dedicated to holistic patient management

### Values

**Essential**

- Domonstrate the ability to meet the Trust's shared commitments

### Experience

**Essential**

- Completed all core rotations in an acute Trust
- On-Call Competent
- Acute Neurology & Stroke experience
- Orthopaedics & Surgery experience
- Experience of delivering In-service Training
- Experience of supervising less senior therapy staff and assistants
- Participation in personal development reviews
- Experience of discharge planning
- Experience of completing basic functional assessments

**Desirable**

- Experience across a wide range of NHS sectors, primary, secondary & community services
- Experience of undertaking a service improvement project

### Skills & Aptitude

**Essential**

- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written and verbal forms to patients and staff
- Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may involve clinical or organisational issuesor
- Well developed clinical reasoning skills
- Able to work as a team member and develop team spirit
- Well developed organisational and planning skills
- Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information
- Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues
- Able to identify own training needs and support others to do likewise
- Good councelling and advocacy skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals
- Knowledge of physiotherapy issues
- Basic computer literacy
- Knowledge of pathologies and current medical management of frequently occuring conditions for hospital based and community patients
- Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, Respiratory, Orthopaedic, neurological and mental health conditions
- Knowledge of outcome measure tools

**Desirable**

- IT - the ability to create and/ or format complex spreadsheets
- Knowledge and use of the audit cycle

### Personal Qualities and attributes

**Essential**

- excellent motivational skills
- Caring and compassionate nature

### Education & Professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
- Member of the CSP

**Desirable**

- Special interest group

## Documents

- [b6 ps (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598143)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 392.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10597569)
- [in-patient rotational physiotherapist (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10623861)

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