Job summary
- Main area
- Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week (Working mainly at Bolsover Street site and also Stanmore site.)
- Job ref
- 392-RNOH-1211
- Employer
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 pro-rata per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Peripheral Nerve Injury
NHS AfC: Band 7
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients
- Rated Good by the CQC
- Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
- Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
- Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
- Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
- In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
- Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
- Patients first, always
- Excellence, in all we do
- Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
- Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.
Job overview
The RNOH PNI UNIT is recognised as a leading UK tertiary centre for the treatment of complex peripheral nerve injuries for all age groups including brachial plexus injuries in both infants and adults (in both the upper and lower limb). Some patients are seen and treated as emergencies as a result of acute trauma, and others are referred because of chronic problems (e.g. Nerve compressions including TOS) sometimes these can be associated with previous injury. The unit also deals with nerve tumours in the upper and lower limbs.
The AHP team comprises of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and a CNS working across two sites. Bolsover therapy team treat outpatients and run parallel drop-in clinics alongside the consultants on a Tuesday morning. Stanmore upper limb therapy team care for both outpatients and patients who are attending for a one-week inpatient rehabilitation stay. This post will be primarily based at Bolsover Street- carrying an outpatient case load - but occasionally the post holder may have to work at the Stanmore site to help to cover clinics, rehab patients and attend teaching and training sessions.
Interview date planned for 18/19th June 2025
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Physiotherapist to join our team. In this role, you will be accountable for all aspects of patient care, conducting specialised PNI assessments and treatments, and developing individualised care plans for complex conditions. You will communicate effectively with diverse patients, provide clinical expertise to other therapists, and lead changes in clinical practices.
Key responsibilities include:
- Clinical Excellence: Conduct specialised PNI assessments and treatments, develop and reassess care plans, and ensure high standards of clinical practice.
- Patient Engagement: Encourage patients and carers to regain and maintain independence.
- Leadership: Lead changes in clinical practices, initiate multidisciplinary meetings, and manage team appraisals.
- Service Development: Participate in policy development, monitor service standards, deliver training, and propose service delivery improvements.
- General Duties: Ensure equipment safety, handle distressed patients, and adhere to policies.
Join us to help drive forward service transformation to help make a difference in patient care and advancing clinical practices.
Working for our organisation
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job description and personal specification for full outline of main role and responsibilities
Person specification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in physiotherapy
- Registered with Healthcare Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD maintained portfolio including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to this post/specialist area
- Attended courses related to staff supervision/development
- Extensive post graduate experience within the healthcare environment
- A broad range of clinical experience including orthopaedics/out patients, rehabilitation
- Experience at minimum of band 6 level, working in specialist area
- Attained a high level of clinical competence in specialist area
- Experience of junior staff, student or tech supervision
- Experience of teaching junior staff and undergraduates
- Participated in Appraisal
- Applicants should demonstrate a good reasoned account of why they are suitable to work in this specialist field at RNOH
- Up to date knowledge of professional practice and new research
- Understands legal responsibilities of profession
- Demonstrates a sound understanding of clinical governance and its implications for physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Member of specialist interest group relevant to field
- MSc in related health care field
- Leadership Course
- Experience in NHS
- Experience working with patients with complex needs
- Experience as appraiser
- Involvement in national clinical interest group
- Experience of working at B7 or above
Communication & Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with patients with complex presentations/histories or impaired communication abilities.
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear, concise and logical manner
- Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and persuade patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses
- Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
- Demonstrates self-reflection
- Team player
Analytical & Judgment Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clinical reasoning, applying theory and evidence to practice
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and prioritise a complex and busy caseload
IT skills
Essential criteria
- Competent IT and presentation skills
Responsibility for Policy/Service Development
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading clinical audit in specialist area and demonstrates a sound understanding quality improvement and research
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken research / evaluation of practice / work based projects and initiated change
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
- Kate Kennard
- Job title
- PNI service lead
- Email address
- katekennard@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 02089095820
- Additional information
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