Senior Community Physiotherapist

NHS

  • Southall, West London
  • £53,751-60,651 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 7 days ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly specialist Physiotherapist to be part of our Community Rehabilitation team within Ealing Short Term Rehabilitation.You will be able to provide decisive and effective therapy input and will demonstrate leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach when working under pressure. You will be passionate about the value of community rehabilitation and preventing hospital admissions.The successful candidate will be an experienced clinical leader with the ability to motivate and inspire others. They will have a proven track record of providing expectational care to service users and carers while supporting staff to deliver an excellent service.If you are a driven, inspirational leader with a collaborative approach, we want to hear from you!Main duties of the jobAs a senior member of the Therapy Team, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of clinical competencies able to adapt to a variety of clinical circumstances.You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery and independence.You will provide complex assessments and make high impact clinical decisions. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care.You will use evidence based principles/current best practise and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions and to ensure that all members of your team do so accordingly.Your exceptional caseload management and communication skills will enable you to prioritise patient care and delegate to junior members of your team.You will be expected to be a highly skilled Physiotherapist who is approachable, flexible, an excellent communicator, and able to adapt to the needs of both patients and service.This post will give opportunity to experience a wealth of learning and development. You will work alongside and show leadership in a responsive dynamic MDT who put high quality, patient centred care at the heart of what they do.About usCome and join the Allied Health Professions in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas.Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our R&D strategy and specialist groups. This enables investment in the development of staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all Physiotherapists reach their full potential at every stage of their career.As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.DetailsDate posted26 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum including HCASContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number333-G-ECP-0638Job locationsEaling Short Term Rehabilitation Team, EDTCSouthall, LondonUB1 2SHJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesA full job description and person specification is attached. Please refer to the document for description of main responsibilities.Job Summary
  • To provide a highly skilled Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients with complex conditions who are referred to the service.
  • To plan, implement, evaluate treatment and management programmes to ensure the identified needs of the individual are met at all stages of the rehabilitation process or disease progression on a regular basis, further to educate and advise patients, their families and carers in order to facilitate self-management of their condition and optimise their rehabilitation potential and quality of life.
  • To act as a source of expertise on the management of the complex disability and provide an advisory service to Physiotherapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, GPs, and other involved agencies.
  • To actively participate and support the development of new initiatives within ECP and CNWL.
  • To actively support the continuing professional development of all staff, by providing expert advice and teaching.
  • To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff.
  • Smooth running and day-to-day management of the community therapy service.
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesA full job description and person specification is attached. Please refer to the document for description of main responsibilities.Job Summary
  • To provide a highly skilled Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients with complex conditions who are referred to the service.
  • To plan, implement, evaluate treatment and management programmes to ensure the identified needs of the individual are met at all stages of the rehabilitation process or disease progression on a regular basis, further to educate and advise patients, their families and carers in order to facilitate self-management of their condition and optimise their rehabilitation potential and quality of life.
  • To act as a source of expertise on the management of the complex disability and provide an advisory service to Physiotherapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, GPs, and other involved agencies.
  • To actively participate and support the development of new initiatives within ECP and CNWL.
  • To actively support the continuing professional development of all staff, by providing expert advice and teaching.
  • To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff.
  • Smooth running and day-to-day management of the community therapy service.
Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationsEssential
  • Bachelor Degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC Registration
  • Post Registration courses e.g. ? Neurology ? Older people/elderly rehab ? Goal settin
Desirable
  • Post-Graduate or Master's Degree
  • Member of CSP
  • Membership and/or involvement in a CSP Special interest group/ Professional Network
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy as a physiotherapist.
  • Previous experience to include the following; Frailty/Elderly rehab, Medicine and general surgery, Orthopaedics, Falls, Community working, Pain management, Neurology, Dementia, MSK, Respiratory,
  • Experience supervising students and junior staff
  • Experience of completion of audit and service developments
Desirable
  • Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
OtherEssential
  • Ability to travel / work from sites across the Trust to fulfil the requirements of the post and carry equipment
  • The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time and support the team to manage their caseloads
  • Able to be part of the weekend working rota
Desirable
  • Car owner and able to use car for work and carry equipment
Skills and KnowledgeEssential
  • Excellent complex written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrates flexibility, complex problem solving, initiative and leadership skills.
  • Awareness of developments in NHS and service delivery.
  • Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines.
  • Knowledge and experience of Quality Improvement
  • Understanding the principles of Multi-Disciplinary Teamwork
  • Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development reflective practice
  • Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of the physiotherapist in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in MDT
  • Able to demonstrate insight into the problems of disability and its effects
  • Able to de-escalate complex situations and demonstrates conflict resolution skills
Desirable
  • Excellent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, database s etc
Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationsEssential
  • Bachelor Degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC Registration
  • Post Registration courses e.g. ? Neurology ? Older people/elderly rehab ? Goal settin
Desirable
  • Post-Graduate or Master's Degree
  • Member of CSP
  • Membership and/or involvement in a CSP Special interest group/ Professional Network
Previous ExperienceEssential
  • Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy as a physiotherapist.
  • Previous experience to include the following; Frailty/Elderly rehab, Medicine and general surgery, Orthopaedics, Falls, Community working, Pain management, Neurology, Dementia, MSK, Respiratory,
  • Experience supervising students and junior staff
  • Experience of completion of audit and service developments
Desirable
  • Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
OtherEssential
  • Ability to travel / work from sites across the Trust to fulfil the requirements of the post and carry equipment
  • The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time and support the team to manage their caseloads
  • Able to be part of the weekend working rota
Desirable
  • Car owner and able to use car for work and carry equipment
Skills and KnowledgeEssential
  • Excellent complex written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrates flexibility, complex problem solving, initiative and leadership skills.
  • Awareness of developments in NHS and service delivery.
  • Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines.
  • Knowledge and experience of Quality Improvement
  • Understanding the principles of Multi-Disciplinary Teamwork
  • Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development reflective practice
  • Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of the physiotherapist in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in MDT
  • Able to demonstrate insight into the problems of disability and its effects
  • Able to de-escalate complex situations and demonstrates conflict resolution skills
Desirable
  • Excellent IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, database s etc

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