Job summary
- Main area
- Orthopaedics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 392-RNOH-1237
- Employer
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2025 23:59
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Advanced Practice Physiotherapist: Knee Revision Surgery
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to shape the future of care for patients undergoing consideration of complex knee revision surgery. As an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist within the Major Revision Knee Centre at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, you will play a pivotal role in transforming patient pathways, leading innovation, and influencing national standards of physiotherapy practice. Working across multidisciplinary teams and regional networks, you will provide expert clinical leadership, develop advanced rehabilitation protocols, and mentor senior clinicians across multiple Trusts. This role offers the chance to directly impact patient outcomes, contribute to cutting-edge research, and drive service transformation in one of the UK’s leading orthopaedic institutions.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
- Lead specialist clinics for complex knee arthroplasty patients, including non-operative pathways.
- Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and management within the major revision knee pathway.
- Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and case discussions.
- Develop and implement advanced clinical protocols across the regional knee revision network.
- Mentor senior clinicians and support professional development across multiple Trusts.
- Design and deliver specialist training and contribute to national education strategies.
- Lead and participate in clinical audits, research, and service evaluations.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless patient care.
- Uphold high standards of clinical governance, innovation, and evidence-based practice.
- Support strategic service development and transformation aligned with Trust objectives.
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/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide excellent clinical leadership, drive innovation, lead research and significantly contribute to the strategic direction of the service in keeping with the trusts vision and objectives.
The post holder will work within the major knee revision pathway to provide evidence-based treatment recommendations for patient management. The post holder will be accountable for the provision of consultant clinic appointments (virtual and face to face) to support highly complex adult patients during their pathway. The post holder will also provide expert knowledge and skills advice to other nationally based health care professionals, allowing equity of treatment for all patients. They will also forge a strong rehabilitation relationship within the regional revision knee network and other shared care Trusts, for clinical and audit purposes.
Please see job description for full details
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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.
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Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John Doyle
- Job title
- Director of Allied Health Professions
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3947 0100
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss the role please email [email protected]
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