Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Laura Greene, Head of Volunteering & Community Partnerships, [email protected])
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-779-NN-7221426-DE-AL-Y
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston Hospital / Thames House Teddington
- Town
- Kingston Upon Thames
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pa inclusive HCAS (Outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist Volunteering Services & Programmes
Band 6
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
This post provides clinical oversight for the delivery of services which are delivered through highly trained volunteers to support patients with their goals for active and independent lifestyles in Richmond & Kingston Boroughs.
With an established background in Physiotherapy and vulnerable patient groups, you will clinically assess patients' needs, triage and refer patents into these volunteer-driven services - The Community Exercise Programme, and, Volunteer 2 Career initiative.
You will work alongside service managers in the Volunteering Team to provide the clinical components of volunteer training and supervision to volunteers and AHP students, ensuring safe and effective service delivery.
Main duties of the job
- Design and implementation of clinical processes for the Volunteer 2 Career programme and Community Exercise Service
- Clinical patient-facing duties - assessment and triage, first visits and management of clinical escalations by volunteers or service managers
- Specialist advice, guidance and support to volunteers in the delivery of these services and programmes
- Education & Training / Self Development
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience in a relevant NHS Setting
- Full and up to date registrations and qualifications to practice clinical Physiotherapy in the UK
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of relevant clinical work with evidence of working clinically with older people and/or frailty
- Significant experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a service to patients
- Demonstrable experience of designing and implementing clinical processes, e.g. refer to assess, triage and safeguarding mechanisms
- Extensive experience of supervising other staff/students/volunteers
- Strong experience of collecting monitoring data for service quality and overall evaluation of KPIs and service impact
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working with volunteers and/or students to deliver improved health outcomes for patients, alongside clinical staff
- Knowledge and experience of Quality Improvement methodology and it application to programme and project management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An understanding of positive patient experience
- Knowledge of working clinically in a relevant healthcare setting
- Knowledge of supervision structures and leading clinical supervision
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Competency to deliver supervision
- Competency in project management / supervision skills
- Working on own initiative and lone working as required
- Ability to work across a large team and foster positive working relationships
- Ability to support people with varying skill levels including volunteers and students and encourage personal development
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to deliver clinical care to patients across multiple services simultaneously
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
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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
- Laura Greene
- Job title
- Head of Volunteering & Community Partnerships
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 546 7711
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