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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
31 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Work Experience
Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience
- Work Experience
Broad post graduate experience with significant component in rehabilitation, frailty, Stroke/ Neurology, Orthopaedics
- Work Experience
Minimum of 9 months NHS experience
- Work Experience
Experience of working as part of a team.
- Work Experience
Active contribution to training others e.g. in IST.
- Work Experience
Have a comprehensive understanding of clinical governance in relation to physiotherapy and ability to apply principles to own area.
- Other requirements
Full UK driving license
- Other requirements
Ability to participate in the 7 day therapy service rota – working at weekends
- Other requirements
Be willing to participate in a rotational scheme between services
- Skills & Aptitudes
Awareness of own knowledge and development needs
- Skills & Aptitudes
Ability to prioritize, organize and work in a busy environment.
- Skills & Aptitudes
Effective problem-solving skills
- Skills & Aptitudes
Ability to process and manage complex information in relation to patient care
- Skills & Aptitudes
Ability to recognize and work with diversity.
- Skills & Aptitudes
Ability to develop further physiotherapeutic skills and knowledge in specialist areas.
- Skills & Aptitudes
Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Skills & Aptitudes
A strong commitment to patient care.
- Skills & Aptitudes
Team working skills
- Skills and abilities
Ability to prioritize, organize and work in a busy environment.
- Skills and abilities
Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Skills and abilities
Able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning.
- Skills and abilities
Able to support other staff.in their training and development
- Skills and abilities
Ability to deliver effective clinical supervision
- Skills and abilities
Good communication skills, Able to present information (written and oral) in a clear and logical manner
- Skills and abilities
Strong team player
- Skills and abilities
Professional and approachable.
- Skills and abilities
Ability to meet the mental and physical demands of the post, carrying out moderate to intense physical effort.
- Educational/ Qualifications
Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy.
- Educational/ Qualifications
HCPC Registered
- Educational/ Qualifications
Evidence of ongoing CPD in portfolio.
- Royal Free Trust Shared committments
Demonstrable understanding & ability to meet the trust's shared committments
Desirable
14 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Work Experience
Participation in project /audit activities.
- Work Experience
Experience of working in a community /Inpatient setting.
- Work Experience
Supervision of students or physiotherapy assistants.
- Work Experience
Auditing skills & Advanced Computer Skills.
- Other requirements
Car owner / driver with access to vehicle for work purposes
- Skills & Aptitudes
Ability to motivate/ affect behaviour change
- Skills & Aptitudes
Presentation and Teaching skills
- Skills & Aptitudes
Interviewing skills
- Skills and abilities
Good presentation skills.
- Skills and abilities
Confident using Excel/spreadsheets
- Skills and abilities
Able to deal with difficult situations, e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.
- Educational/ Qualifications
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Educational/ Qualifications
Attendance at relevant Post-Graduate Courses
- Educational/ Qualifications
Member of relevant CIG
Job overview
Are you a band 5 Physiotherapist looking for your next career progression opportunity or an established Band 6 with an interest in Inpatient rehabilitation? Consider joining us in our friendly and forward -thinking teams on Capetown & Canterbury wards & Magnolia unit where you will be supported by experienced senior clinicians within an MDT setting.
Capetown ward is a 38 bedded Inpatient rehabilitation and recovery ward for adults and older people. We work closely within an MDT to plan and deliver effective care, rehabilitation and recovery interventions and supported discharge planning for patients admitted with rehabilitation needs which cannot be met in the community. Canterbury ward has 17 health- recovery beds where we work with dedicated discharge co-ordinators to facilitate complex transitions into the community. Magnolia unit offers 34 beds including complex multipathology rehabilitation alongside Stroke & Neuro-rehabilitation.
The service is supported by an Integrated Therapies Lead.This is an exciting time to join us as we are in the process of transforming & integrating rehabilitation services across the trust and your input will help to shape the future of these services and the lives of its users.
If you are interested and would like more information or an informal visit, please contact Kavita Shastri at Kavita.shastri@nhs.net / call 07974878754
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and intervention to adult patients undergoing a period of inpatient rehabilitation. To assist in the timely and safe discharge of patients and make appropriate onward referrals to support their ongoing needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Perform comprehensive physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualized treatment programme.
Hold responsibility for your own caseload, working without direct supervision and to supervise the work of junior and assistant staff. Access to advice and support from a more senior physiotherapist is available when required; clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
Undertake evidence-based audit and or research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May contribute to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
Be aware of and to highlight to your line manager any clinical governance issues pertaining to your role and practice.
Contribute to the delivery of health promotion activities within the service and wider Trust initiatives.
Be part of a seven-day physiotherapy service to meet the service objectives across the Inpatient rehabilitation wards Magnolia unit, Capetown & Canterbury wards , as set out by the Integrated therapies lead.
Participate in a rotational scheme across services as directed by the Integrated therapies lead.
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 Senior Physiotherapist ( Including weekend working ) - Inpatient rehabilitation services with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £44,485 - £52,521 per annum inclusive of HCAs. The contract type is Permanent: Includes rotations between inpatient rehabilitation wards and participation in the 7 day therapy weekend rota. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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