Senior Physiotherapist

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are looking for a physiotherapist who is wishing to take the next step in their career as part of our dynamic pelvic health physiotherapy department. This exciting fixed term contract offers you the opportunity to work in a large team with an excellent reputation.

As a specialist department, this is the ideal location for you if you want to build on your foundation skills and develop expert knowledge in specialisms from management of musculoskeletal problems in pregnancy to pelvic floor dysfunction.

Our work includes managing obstetric and gynae-oncology wards, musculoskeletal obstetric and pelvic floor dysfunction outpatient clinics, and classes including, core stability and a healthy pregnancy advice group.

We offer a rotational programme within the team with a strong induction programme for new starters and an ongoing focus on personal development. We offer a friendly, supportive and respectful environment where each team member strives hard to deliver first class, patient centred, and high quality care.

The post will give you the opportunity to build on and extend your clinical expertise and also develop your supervisory skills. Education and training are key elements of the department. The applicant should have some experience of working in a pelvic health physiotherapy setting either at undergraduate or post qualification level. Being flexible and innovative in your ways of working will be fundamental to your role and good communication skills are essential. As a band six physiotherapist you will also be responsible for the mentoring and appraisal of other members of the team and physiotherapy students.

The successful post holder will rotate yearly between our sites. There is a commitment to the 5 days over 7 working rota (orthopaedic).

Please ensure you meet all the essential criteria for this job before applying.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality physiotherapy management to patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
• To participate in a cross site rotational scheme, providing a high standard of physiotherapy to patients within acute rehabilitation.
• To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
• The job holder is required to work at weekends as part of their contracted hours of work, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).
• The job holder is required to participate in the overnight on call rota and will do so once they have completed the relevant induction and achieved the required competencies, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
• Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings
• To have undertaken audit and/or research, either within area of physiotherapy speciality or as part of the MDT
• Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area
• Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• Competent IT skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• To make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job description (PDF, 809.3KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 288.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)