Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-SA612
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
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.
We are looking for a band 5 physiotherapist to join our physiotherapy team on the Chelsea site. You will have the opportunity to develop your inpatient physiotherapy skills and build your knowledge within the field of oncology with support from the senior team. This is a fixed term contract for 12 months and you will gain experience across the cancer pathway including prehabilitation, rehabilitation, inpatient and CCU settings.
Main duties of the job
1.1 The Band 5 Physiotherapist provides a high quality cost-effective physiotherapy service for the people with cancer. As a qualified practitioner, the postholder is a source of knowledge and expertise for patients, relatives and colleagues of all disciplines. With the support of the Band 7 and Band 6 physiotherapists, they will provide specialist assessment and treatment to adults in the acute setting with rehabilitation needs across the pathway of treatment and different tumour groups. The post holder will work as part of the physiotherapy team and wider MDT and will be supported and supervised by a Band 6 or Band 7 physiotherapist.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information please refer to the job description and personal specification
To assess, differentially diagnose and manage adults with reduced physical functioning from cancer diagnosis and or/treatment under the support/ supervision of a senior Physiotherapist as appropriate.
To manage and prioritise a defined in-patient and out-patient caseload independently with support and supervision from more senior Physiotherapists, and to manage and prioritise own workload including balance between administrative and clinical duties.
Developing and implementing individual specialised therapeutic rehabilitation programmes specific to patients’ needs based on assessment using a patient-centred, evidence based, problem solving approach.
To commence competencies relevant to all rotations under supervision.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Member of CSP or have equivalent Indemnity cover
- Registered member of HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with adult inpatients. This can be from student placements however examples of development of core skills in this area must be demonstrated.
- Experience of working with adult outpatients. This can be from student placements however examples of development of core skills in this area must be demonstrated.
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with patients from multicultural/lingual backgrounds and working with interpreters.
- Experience of working in oncology
- Experience of acute respiratory, and able to take part in on-call and weekend rota
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Developed clinical reasoning as well as analytical and creative problems solving skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload demands.
- Ability to acknowledge need for, and seek support
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills as required in an oncology and palliative care setting. Ability to deal with imparting bad news.
- Ability to produce professional reports and records including, multi-professional care plans, letters, assessments for hospital and external agencies.
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice.
- Ability to work as part of a supportive team.
- Ability to work in a highly motivated, self-directed manner on clinical and departmental activities
- Proven ability to prepare and deliver presentations and education sessions to health care colleagues and members of public.
- Well developed concentration skills
- Ability to enter data, prepare reports, formal written documentation and multi-media presentations.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
- Ability to fulfil supervisory role for undergraduate students.
- Ability to teach both patients and carers in areas relating to rehabilitation.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and demonstration of assessment and rehabilitation interventions relevant to inpatients, surgical and medical patients
- Knowledge of cultural and linguistic issues in working with a multi cultural caseload
- Awareness of the principles of clinical governance/ audit
- Awareness of the roles of other professionals.
- Awareness of the standards of record keeping
Desirable criteria
- knowledge of national policies, procedures and current research relevant to oncology in adults.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Siobhan Cowan-Dickie
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support Team
- Telephone
- 01629 690825
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