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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
About
On 1 January 2025 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became one of the largest trusts in the UK following the acquisition of North Middlesex University Hospital.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Welcome to the Royal Free
Contact
- Address
- Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trust
- Recruitment Services
- 10th Floor Enfield Civic Centre
- Silver Street
- Enfield
- London
- EN1 3ES
- Contact Number
- 0203 758 2060
Bank Physiotherapist Band 6
Accepting applications until: 04-Oct-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 04-Oct-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Barnet Hospital
- Tref
- Barnet
- Cod post
- EN5 3DJ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Bank
- Oriau
- Flexible working - As & When
Salary
- Cyflog
- £25.76 Hourly
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Hourly
- Gradd
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Physiotherapy
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey. Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring that its recruitment processes are carried out with integrity, transparency, and fairness for all applicants. To help maintain these standards, we ask candidates to provide accurate and truthful information throughout the recruitment process.
If incorrect or misleading information is identified, this may affect the progression of an application, any employment offer, or continued employment. As part of our due diligence, the company may verify the information provided by applicants and take appropriate action where necessary.
We do not charge applicants any fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including applications, interviews, sponsorship arrangements, pre-employment checks, or employment offers. All vacancies are advertised through TRAC/NHS Jobs and candidates are assessed solely on their skills, qualifications, experience, and suitability for the role. If you are asked to make a payment in connection with an NHS job opportunity, please treat this as suspicious and contact the organisation directly using the details published on our official career's website
Applicants can refer to the Fraud Act 2006 for further information: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We have an opportunity for a motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Therapy Team at Barnet Hospital - part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. This post is via the staff Bank and would involve working up to 37.5 hours per week.
The Therapy teams at Barnet Hospital provide an integrated therapy service in the following areas:
- Stroke
- Neurology
- Emergency Department and Admission Avoidance
- Acute Medicine
- Surgery (including Head & Neck surgery)
- Acute Respiratory Care (including Non-Invasive Ventilation) across the Enhanced Care Unit and ward
- Critical Care
- Acute cardiology
- Health Services for Elderly People (HSEP)
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
The successful applicant will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise other staff as appropriate, whilst being supported by highly skilled and experienced band 7 and 8 staff in the relevant specialty.
You will be working in a rewarding and challenging clinical environment. The Therapies department at Barnet Hospital is committed to ensuring bank staff feel supported with regular supervision and access to in-service training sessions. As part of this we continue to work towards becoming a fully inclusive department.
If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.
**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**
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1.This static Band 6 Physiotherapist will undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and work in accordance with the standards, policies, and procedures established within the inpatient clinical areas.
2.To provide an advanced standard of therapy assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload within inpatient areas to patients, considering carers and families, without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from team leads is available when required. Clinical work is routinely evaluated.
3.To work in a trans-disciplinary therapy team including other physiotherapists, occupational therapists, therapy support workers, dieticians and speech and language therapists.
4.To work with patient’s families or carers to provide an advanced level of support, education and expectation regarding the outcome of the hospital attendance.
5.To supervise, teach and appraise Band 5 therapists and support workers.
6.To participate in Continuing Professional Development, evidence – based audit and research projects that will enhance the service.
For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1.To be professional, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care and support more junior staff to do likewise.
2.To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations or multiple pathologies, using clinical reasoning skills and a variety of assessment techniques to provide an accurate analysis of their condition.
3.To be able to analyse clinical and social information from a range of sources and integrate this into your assessment in order to identify goals, develop a treatment plan and deliver patient centred care.
4.To deliver effective, evidence based therapy treatment that is modified to reflect the patient’s on-going needs.
CLINICAL/SERVICE DELIVERY
1.To be responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of therapy treatment and care delivered to the patient.
2.To be responsible for maintaining evidence based clinical practice both for self and band 5 physiotherapist /support worker members of the team under supervision.
3.To be able to motivate and persuade patients with a range of conditions to work with treatment programmes and work towards treatment goals.
4.To organise and lead family meetings and case conferences as required to facilitate realistic goal setting and appropriate discharge planning.
OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
1.To ensure that appropriate risk assessment/management occurs within designated area, reporting back to senior.
2.To work on any of the Trust sites as requested.
3.To use information technology to communicate assessment and treatment results to relevant disciplines and produce letters and reports as necessary.
LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
1.To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service needs and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise, on a day-to-day basis. To assist band 5 physiotherapists / support worker staff to do likewise.
2.To be responsible in the day-to-day supervision and allocation of work to less experienced physiotherapists and support workers within the clinical team.
**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**
- AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
- You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
- If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
- The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
- By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
- Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Royal Free Shared Commitments
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust's shared commitments
Education & Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- HCPC Registration
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
Meini prawf dymunol
- Membership of Special Interest Group
- Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses
Personal Qualities & attributes
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current physiotherapy in relevant area.
- Awareness of Evidence Based practice.
- Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
- Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses
- Knowledge of current NHS, Emergency Medicine and local issues
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience in a broad acute rotational post, including acute medicine
- Experience with complex discharge planning.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working at band 6 level
Skills & Aptitudes
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to display transdisciplinary working competencies across Physiotherapy.
- Able to make decisions in an emergency and work under pressure.
- Able to document information accurately.
- Able to demonstrate sound reasoning skills.
- Effective Communication Skills.
- Ability to participate in weekend, bank-holiday and extended hours rota.
- Evidence of teaching and supervision skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Computer literate.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of student or physiotherapy assistant supervision.
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues.
- Presentation skills.
Documents
- Bank Physiotherapist Band 6 -JD (PDF, 264.4KB)
- Bank Physiotherapist Band 6-PS (PDF, 96.4KB)
- Functional Requirement (PDF, 111.4KB)
- Our sites and services (PDF, 486.9KB)
- Staff Networks at RFL (PDF, 563.8KB)
- Map RFL (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Allied Health Professional - benefits, about RFL, shared commitments and governing objectives (PDF, 637.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Claire Cushen
- Teitl y swydd
- Clinical Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 020 8216 4600
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free HospitalPO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA
Tel: 02078302065
Internal extension: 23400
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Recruitment Support
- Open Monday to Friday
- 08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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