Job summary
- Main area
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Includes rotations between inpatient rehabilitation wards and participation in the 7 day therapy weekend rota
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to be part of the 7 day therapy service rota including weekends)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7166835
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Capetown & Canterbury wards
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Senior Physiotherapist ( Inpatient rehabilitation services)
NHS AfC: Band 6
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
Are you a band 5 Physiotherapist looking for your next career progression opportunity or an established Band 6 with an interest in Inpatient rehabilitation? Consider joining us in our friendly and forward -thinking teams on Capetown & Canterbury wards & Magnolia unit where you will be supported by experienced senior clinicians within an MDT setting.
Capetown ward is a 38 bedded Inpatient rehabilitation and recovery ward for adults and older people. We work closely within an MDT to plan and deliver effective care, rehabilitation and recovery interventions and supported discharge planning for patients admitted with rehabilitation needs which cannot be met in the community. Canterbury ward has 17 health- recovery beds where we work with dedicated discharge co-ordinators to facilitate complex transitions into the community. Magnolia unit offers 34 beds including complex multipathology rehabilitation alongside stroke & Neuro-rehabilitation.
The service is supported by an Integrated Therapy Lead.This is an exciting time to join us as we are in the process of transforming & integrating rehabilitation services across the trust and your input will help to shape the future of these services and the lives of its users.
If you are interested and would like more information or an informal visit, please contact Kavita Shastri at [email protected] / call 07974878754
Main duties of the job
To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and intervention to adult patients undergoing a period of inpatient rehabilitation. To assist in the timely and safe discharge of patients and make appropriate onward referrals to support their ongoing needs.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospital here
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Perform comprehensive physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualized treatment programme.
Hold responsibility for your own caseload, working without direct supervision and to supervise the work of junior and assistant staff. Access to advice and support from a more senior physiotherapist is available when required; clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
Undertake evidence-based audit and or research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May contribute to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
Be aware of and to highlight to your line manager any clinical governance issues pertaining to your role and practice.
Contribute to the delivery of health promotion activities within the service and wider Trust initiatives.
Be part of a seven-day physiotherapy service to meet the service objectives as set out by the Integrated therapies lead.
Participate in a rotational scheme between inpatient and community services as directed by the Integrated therapies lead.
Person specification
Edicationa/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy.
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in portfolio.
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Attendance at relevant Post-Graduate Courses
- Member of relevant CIG
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritize, organize and work in a busy environment.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning.
- Able to support other staff.in their training and development
- Ability to deliver effective clinical supervision
- Good communication skills, Able to present information (written and oral) in a clear and logical manner
- Strong team player
- Professional and approachable.
- Ability to meet the mental and physical demands of the post, carrying out moderate to intense physical effort.
Desirable criteria
- Good presentation skills.
- Confident using Excel/spreadsheets
- Able to deal with difficult situations, e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience
- Broad post graduate experience with significant component in rehabilitation.
- Minimum of 9 months NHS experience
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Active contribution to training others e.g. in IST.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of orthopedics, care of older people and/or neurology.
- Participation in project /audit activities.
- Experience of working in a community /Inpatient setting.
- Supervision of students or physiotherapy assistants.
- Auditing skills & Advanced Computer Skills.
Knowledge, Awareness & Inderstanding
Essential criteria
- Awareness of own knowledge and development needs
- Extensive knowledge base underpinning broad physiotherapeutic skills.
- A good working knowledge of the NHS systems of care and awareness of current NHS policies and issues which impact on the profession.
- Ability to process and manage complex information in relation to patient care
- Ability to recognize and work with diversity.
- Ability to develop further physiotherapeutic skills and knowledge in specialist areas.
- Have a comprehensive understanding of clinical governance in relation to physiotherapy and ability to apply this to practice
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of own learning style.
- Awareness of current professional and NHS issues.
Trust values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable understanding & ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Full UK driving license
- Ability to participate in the 7 day therapy service rota – working at weekends
- Be willing to participate in a rotational scheme between services
Desirable criteria
- Car owner / driver with access to vehicle for work purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kavita Shastri
- Job title
- Magnolia unit manager & Integrated therapies Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974878754
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