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 Therapists 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.

Band 8b Associate Lead of Therapies, and Professional Lead of Physiotherapy, full-time, fixed term contract until 30th April 2029. An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy and an Associate Lead of Therapies, providing operational, professional and strategic leadership for the physiotherapy service, and lead Therapies in prehabilitation/ rehabilitation, breast, sarcoma, urology and living with and beyond cancer, as well as therapy services including lymphoedema. 

For any enquiries, please contact Denise Pessoa on [email protected] or Lucy Eldridge on [email protected]

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide strategic leadership for rehabilitation and prehabilitation and professional leadership for the physiotherapists. Have responsibility for clinical leadership and line management of prehabilitation and tumour group services, in line with service needs.
•  The post holder will undertake all aspects of the role as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical judgement, knowledge, skills and experience in physiotherapy. This role will provide clinical leadership, drive innovation, support research and provide strategic direction to the rehabilitation service to ensure the provision of high quality patient centred care. It is a senior operational and strategic role to support the delivery of an evidence-based and high quality rehabilitation service.
• Have responsibility for the maintenance of a clinical caseload. Undertake and oversee all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To be a source of advanced and expert knowledge, advising where necessary in the care of complex cases.
• To provide clinical leadership and line management to services delivering prehabilitation and advise/support heads of therapy services to deliver a high quality rehabilitation service

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.