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Job summary

Main area
Community Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 8
Contract
Fixed term: 10 months (maternity cover to end 11/3/2026)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon- Fri)
Job ref
391-NMUH-7219505
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Michaels
Town
Enfield
Salary
£59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Community Physiotherapist for Post Covid service

Band 8

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.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The community post covid service in Enfield has a maternity leave fixed term vacancy for a dynamic passionate post covid physiotherapist.  

This role involves supporting patients with long covid to manage their symptoms and improve quality of life.

 

Main duties of the job

 

 As the most senior member of the local PCS service, your role will include screening, filter referrals and manage the care of those patients who have been investigated and referred from the PCS Assessment Clinic at UCLH.

 To provide the highest level of expertise on Post Covid presentations within Enfield Community Services, providing expert advice to other services and professionals including GPs and hospital medical staff.

Participate actively in the management of the PCS Therapy service contributing to its wider support and development

 

Working for our organisation

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and main responsibilities including below:

1.1 To hold full responsibility for own caseload within the PCS specialty, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, working without supervision and taking full accountability for role and work.

 

1.2  To carry out a holistic assessment both in and outside the

scope of physiotherapy practice, including the interpreting of appropriate investigations such as X-Rays, MRI scans, Blood Tests, clinic letters and reports or other diagnostics.

 

1.3 Analyse the results of the investigations to assist diagnoses of aspects of PCS of a highly complex nature. To use this information to aid clinical judgement in selecting from a range of treatment options the most effective way to manage the care of these patients.

 

1.4 To assess and treat complex Breathing Pattern Disorders and feed this information back to the MDT

 

1.5 To work at the most advanced level within and outside the scope of physiotherapy practice, triaging, diagnosing and managing patients with diverse presentations and highly complex physical and psychological conditions. This includes patients with serious life threatening pathologies

1.6 To give an expert professional opinion to referring GPs and other healthcare professions as required.

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Physiotherapy
  • Evidence from CPD portfolio of ongoing relevant postgraduate training both theoretical and practical to an advanced level
  • HCPC Registered

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 9 years post grad experience of which 5 years at Senior level in the management of complex and chronic conditions.
  • Experience in implementing evidence-based practice and protocol development
  • Experience in clinical audit

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Able to process, manage and communicate highly complex information to colleagues and patients who may be emotional distressed or antagonistic.
  • Advanced level of expertise in the management of multifactorial problems.
  • Up to date clinical skills across a broad spectrum of approaches to the management of PCS problems

values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstratable ability to meet the Trust Values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Littler
Job title
respiratory consultant nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02045535693
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