Specialist Physiotherapist
Accepting applications until: 26-Oct-2025 22:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 26-Oct-2025 22:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Community
- Address
- Elmcourt Health Centre & Walworth Road clinics
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE27 9AW
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern rota. 13 shifts over 4 weeks. Weekend working as service needs require (minimum 1 weekend, maximum 2). Hours of work 8.00 - 20.00)
Salary
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 p.a. inclusive of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The @home service is one of the leading and largest Urgent Community Responses services in London. We operate as a virtual ward, and are currently expanding the service therefore looking for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join the team. This role is suited to an experienced Band 5 Physiotherapist ready for growth into a Band 6 role; or current Band 6 Physiotherapist seeking a new and rewarding challenge. This person will be innovative, enthusiastic, and thrive working in a multidisciplinary service.
The service aligns with the NHS England’s Long-Term Plan to support England’s ageing population and those with complex needs. The @home service are expanding our virtual ward and falls pathways, supporting elderly fallers to remain at home thus reducing the pressure on LAS; and working more collaboratively with social care and other community therapy teams. Successful candidates will have a passion for working under an admission avoidance model and in facilitating early discharge from hospitals.
The service operates seven days per week between the hours of 08.00hrs to 23.00hrs however therapists will work until 20.00. This is a shift work pattern rota of 13 shifts over a four-week period, inclusive of weekends. This role requires the use of public transport for home visits. Alternatively having a valid and current UK driver’s license and/or vehicle that can be used for home visiting is desirable.
Applicants who have previously been unsuccessful need not re-apply.
Advert
As a Specialist Physiotherapist you will a demonstrate high level of assessment skills and specialist interventions; patient-centred goals setting abilities; and collaborative multidisciplinary discharge planning abilities in a face-paced working setting. Previous community experience and a passion for urgent therapy assessment, intervention and rehabilitation in supporting patients to remain in their own home is desirable. This post will involve working in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark which occupy some of the most diverse populations, cultures and languages in London.
You will have supervisory, teaching and training responsibilities for the Nursing Rehab Support Workers, Allied Health Students, and the wider multidisciplinary team. Furthermore, you will be an active participant in evidence-based projects, departmental research and audits including recommendations for changes in practice as required and in line with current NHS directives.
Excellent communication skills are essential, and you must be enthusiastic, flexible and able to work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and clinical reasoning skills. You will have opportunities for career progression and development an extended scope of practice role within the service; supported through regular supervision and performance development reviews.
Working for our organisation
The @home service is a community based, multidisciplinary team consisting of GP’s, Consultant Geriatricians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, and NRSW. Referrals come primarily from primary and secondary centres; consultants, GPs, health providers, social care services, and the London Ambulance Service.
With the team's extensive clinical and leadership expertise, this role offers exciting and diverse development opportunities, including access to CPD funding, in-service training, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Patient conditions range from acute medical episodes to more acute on chronic longer-term or complex health or social conditions, including the frail elderly, who benefit from short-term acute interventions that our service provides. We work closely teams through the patients care pathway, inclusive of acute to longer-term support teams, as indicated.
The service operates seven days a week between the hours of 08.00hrs to 23.00hrs across a shift pattern rota. As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will be working a pattern of 13 shifts over four weeks, from 08.00 to 20.00, inclusive of weekends.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Have responsibility for specialist therapy assessment, specialist intervention, care planning and review of individual patients on their @home caseload. To delegate therapy, rehabilitation and care tasks to Nursing and Rehabilitation Support Workers (NRSW).
Have to be able to adopt to the needs of the patients and the service. Provide case management for patients through intensive short-term therapy programmes. Goal setting with patients in order to maximise their independence in the community, facilitate early discharge from hospital and reduce admissions.
Work as an integral part the @home multidisciplinary team and across traditional professional boundaries; liaising with health and social care professionals and voluntary agencies to deliver individualized and expert patient-centred care to a high standard.
Work frequently as a lone practitioner and at times in conjunction with other teams and colleagues, across a variety of locations within the community including patient’s homes and residential care settings, to meet the individual needs of the multi-cultural population.
Support the development of, and participate in, an efficient and effective service; working in close collaboration with other community teams as required.
Support the department’s commitment to meeting patient’s needs and delivering excellence, it is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly over a 7 day week, including weekday and weekend shifts and have shared team caseload
Responsible for practice, education, assessment, supervision and development of students and new/junior members of staff. To work towards organizational priorities and achieving service aims.
Complying with the standards set by the regulatory body (Health Professions Council), government, Trust and department; thereby being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work and to meet the requirements for professional registration.
Take part in the triage and duty tasks. This will involve screening referrals and be responsible for co-ordination of the day. This will involve allocation of new referrals to the therapists and supporting therapist with clinical reasoning and escalation.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
- Member of Special Interest Group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad postgraduate experience across a range of clinical areas including working with adults and older people with chronic conditions and complex co-morbidities
- Rehabilitation experience minimum Band 5 in all core areas: neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory, and care of the elderly
- Experience of working as member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in rapid response, acute or urgent care setting
- Rotational experience including community working
- Supervision of Band 5, Physiotherapy Assistant or Students
- Experience of teaching in-service programmes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to use evidence based practice (including clinical outcome measures) to evaluate patient outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure with frequent interruptions, and evidence of excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Able to travel across boroughs via public transport
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in research / audit
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Henry
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please email Jessica should you wish to discuss the positions. CV's will not be accepted via email. All applications must be made via the Trac website.
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