Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months (End date: End March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3651-A
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various community sites
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inclusive of Inner HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist - Adult Haemoglobinopathies
Band 6
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Job overview
Specialist Physiotherapist - Adult Haemoglobinopathies
The post holder will be part of the NCL Red Cell Community Team supporting the implementation of evidence-based care pathways and rehabilitation services for patients with Sickle Cell, Thalassaemia and Rare Inherited Anaemias in NCL and help further develop the Red Cell Community service. The post holder will provide first-class and evidence-based patient care and promote health through patient empowerment, health education and self-management in the hospital, patients’ homes and at Camden & Islington Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support as a Red Cell Community key worker to a caseload of patients through regular home visits and telephone contact to improve quality of care and to support admission avoidance.
- Provide specialised physiotherapy to patients who are case managed by other members of the team.
- Work in close collaboration with the Whittington Health Haematology consultants, the Community Team, GPs and community services to provide a comprehensive and seamless programme of care for suitable patients.
- Attend regular multidisciplinary team meetings including the hospital-based team meeting to review patient management, new referrals, and discharges; and, team meetings to share learning, reflective practice, and education.
- Work as a practitioner assessing patients in their own homes, health centres and other community settings. The post holder will work flexibly and in close liaison with the hospital Haematology team to ensure continuity of service delivery.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered Therapist (with the HCPC)
- • Understanding of integrated care
Desirable criteria
- • Masters level education or equivalent experience
- • Specialist qualification or course in haemoglobinopathies
- • Leadership or mentorship course
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Able to manage competing demands and priorities in a changing, complex environment and is personally resilient
- • Able to critically analyse services and systems
- • Competent and skilled in moving and handling techniques and familiar with a wide range of equipment to support this e.g. hoists, sara steady, slide sheets etc
- • Competent IT skills including Microsoft Office apps (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Wide range of B5 and B6 rotations or equivalent senior, experience in specialism or related area
- • Experience in pain management
- • Evidence of management of change, clinical leadership, and development of services
- • Experience of working in the community
- • Experience participating in audits and clinical research
- • Experience of multiagency working
Desirable criteria
- • Minimum 4 years post-graduate experience with minimum 2 year at band 6 level in an NHS in-patient setting
- • Experience managing patients with red cell disorders in the community
- • Experience of acute sickle cell crisis management
Personal and people development
Essential criteria
- • Approachable and open
- • Management skills including experience of team leadership and team building initiatives
- • Able to manage staff recruitment, appraisal, and performance management
Communication
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interdisciplinary communication skills and ability to facilitate collaborative multidisciplinary working relationships
- • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to adapt to effectively manage complex and sensitive situations
Other
Essential criteria
- • Ability to travel independently to all sites across NCL
- • A flexible approach to service delivery with ability to work evenings and weekends on occasions where required
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
- Kelly Wrangham
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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- Telephone
- If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060
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