Job summary
- Main area
- Rapid Emergency & Acute Care Therapy Team
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend work required)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7180817
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 7 A&E Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity at Barnet Hospital to recruit a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to become part of our integrated Rapid Emergency and Acute Care Therapy Team (REACTT).
The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. The person applying for this position should be flexible and able to work in the fast paced areas of the Emergency Department , AAU (Adult Assessment Unit) and Same Day Emergency Floor and Clinics.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate therapist, who is keen to develop their specialist clinical knowledge and management skills. The successful candidate should be forward thinking and pro-active with excellent organisational and clinical skills within the fast paced Emergency Department, to facilitate admission avoidance and safe discharges. Good communication skills and the ability to make autonomous decisions under pressure are also required.
The Therapy Department will support the successful applicant by means of regular supervision, appraisal and training.
If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with experience in this setting to provide clinical leadership to a highly specialised service with a keen focus on admission avoidance, frailty, quality improvement & providing exceptional patient
assessment & care.
We are a trans-disciplinary, supportive & dynamic team who work closely with the wider MDT in Emergency & Acute medicine to provide comprehensive and effective patient care & intervention.
This includes multi-disciplinary working from the point of admission at triage and ambulance handover with nursing staff and paramedics through to comprehensive geriatric assessment and complex discharge planning with Speciality Consultants and community partners.
The successful candidate should be forward thinking and pro-active with excellent organisational and clinical skills to work within a fast-paced setting. They will be required to lead a multidisciplinary team & support prioritisation, caseload management, staff development & to facilitate
timely discharges in alignment with SDEC & acute medicine principles. There are opportunities to lead & participate in Quality Improvement projects and in setting new service directions. Good communication skills and motivation to encourage and facilitate best practice is required.
We offer various opportunities for learning and development of both clinical and managerial skills to ensure continuing development of both individuals & the team.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current H.C.P.C. Registration
- Diploma/Degree/Masters in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- Demonstration of commitment to life long learning
Desirable criteria
- Membership to a special interest group e.g RCOT, SAM
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of C.P.D in relevant areas of practice
- Post registration experience relevant to clinical area
- Extensive experience working in an acute health setting and complex discharge planning.
- Experience in supervising/teaching staff/student/volunteer
Desirable criteria
- Relevant other associated work experience
- Leadership & first line management experience
- Experience of involvement in audit
- Experience in A+E
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Effective written and verbal communication skills to a range of audiences
- Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills and management of complex cases
- Ability to relate clinical knowledge to practice
- Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to work as part of a team including MDT
- Good organisational skills
- Reflect & critically approve own performance.
- Ability to lead and motivate self and team
- Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise case load and managerial tasks
- Ability to laterally think and problem solve
- Ability to apply appraisal teaching and supervision skills
- Highly specialist knowledge of current therapy in relevant area
- Awareness of current health issues
- IT skills / computer literate
- Able to maintain judgment and make decisions under pressure
- Excellent presentation & training skills.
- Clear vision of role/commitment to specialty
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Committed to personal and team development
- Adaptable and supportive of change
- Punctual and reliable
- Research-minded
- Able to work weekends in line with the Therapy 7 day working provision
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tahlia Levin
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Therapist, REACTT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 216 5737
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