# Specialist Physiotherapist Amputee Rehab > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-amputee-rehab/6720dacf-124e-4b7a-94a8-c7cf74457e7e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-amputee-rehab/6720dacf-124e-4b7a-94a8-c7cf74457e7e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Charing Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-09T12:31:04.345Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8284052 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8284052?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting position for a Band 7 Physiotherapist to work in the amputee rehabilitation service at Charing Cross Hospital. The post involves some cross site working. This post is an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated physiotherapist to provide a comprehensive, patient centred, quality amputee rehabilitation and vascular/intermittent claudication physiotherapy service. Holderness Rehabilitation Centre is on-site, with a Rehabilitation Consultant and prosthetic/orthotic team. The caseload is a combination of vascular and traumatic amputees. This post will provide a fantastic opportunity for a physiotherapist who wishes to expand their clinical knowledge and skills in this very specialist area. We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or current Band 7 Physiotherapist, with a keen interest in the field of amputee rehabilitation. You will work with a team of physiotherapists Band 8a physiotherapist, Band 6 physiotherapist and Band 3 physiotherapy assistant. You will manage a clinical caseload using an evidence based client centred approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. The physiotherapy department supports robust CPD for all staff members. You will have the opportunity to develop your research, audit, presentation, and leadership skills alongside management of improvement projects as we help you to fulfil team and personal objectives. You will be expected to work as part of the Trauma & Orthopaedic weekend rota. ### Main duties of the job - To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. - To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. - To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work. - To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole. - To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users. - Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team. - To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ### 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 recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area - Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent - Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working - Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures - Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices - Experience of service development/change management - Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role) **Desirable** - Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post - Leadership of a therapy team - Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment - Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care - Clinical research experience - Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - Degree (or equivalent) in BSc Physiotherapy - State registration with the Health Professions Council - Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area - Clinical Educators course or equivalent **Desirable** - Membership of the Professional Organisation - Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality - Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification - Management skills or leadership training ### Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities **Essential** - Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions - Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions - Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills - Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions - Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area - Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours - Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management - Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively - Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations - Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes - Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit - Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs - Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships - Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments **Desirable** - Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision - Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis - Negotiation and conflict resolution skills ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 482.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601038) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirement form (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601039) ## 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.