Band 6 Neuro rotational Physiotherapist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Neuro rotational Physiotherapist to join a friendly multidisciplinary team in Camden. Focused on development and learning, you will provide evidence-based rehabilitation for patients with neurological conditions, working both in community and inpatient settings. You will need relevant qualifications and experience, particularly in neurological rehabilitation, and the role promises support for your clinical development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy required.
• State registration with HCPC necessary.
• Experience in core areas like neurology, respiratory, and orthopaedic care.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based assessment and rehabilitation for neurological conditions.
• Work in inpatient rehabilitation and community settings.
• Manage a complex caseload using clinical reasoning.

Skills

Evidence based practice

Communication

Critical thinking

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

State registration with HCPC

Tools

Computer skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Neuro rotational Physiotherapist

The closing date is 07 July 2025

Band 6 Neuro rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

Are you an innovative, organised and motivated physiotherapist with a strong interest in neurology? Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive environment with a focus on further learning and developing clinical skills? We have an exciting opportunities for a Band 6 physiotherapist to join our specialist multidisciplinary community neuro rehabilitation service and inpatient rehabilitation service.

Main duties of the job

The team provides ESD stroke and neurorehabilitation for patients recently discharged from hospital as well as rehabilitation and advise for patients living with long term neurological conditions due to either progressive or acquired neurological conditions.

This is an opportunity to develop your clinical physiotherapy practice and deliver evidence based assessment and rehabilitation on our inpatient rehabilitation ward as well as community settings.

The successful candidate will provide evidence-based, goal focused rehabilitation. We are looking for a highly motivated team worker with excellent communication skills.

You will need to have postgraduate experience, including substantial experience working in neurology, rehabilitation and experience or an interest in the community setting within the NHS.

About us

We are a large but friendly team based in Camden, we support staff to be autonomous and will support you in developing your clinical, supervisory and leadership skills.

The successful applicant may will contact with patients or service users. 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.

Job responsibilities

• To provide an evidence-based assessment, treatment and advisory service to clients with neurological conditions both progressive and acquired such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinsons disease, MS, spinal cord pathologies, MND.
• To work flexibly with all other members of the multi-professional team to provide an integrated rehabilitation service to patients in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the team
• To see patients in our inpatient rehabilitation ward, community outpatient clinics or other settings such as their own homes, or leisure facilities
• To manage a varied caseload comprising clients with a range of neurological diagnosis causing neurological impairments that often include musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, cognitive and communication impairments as well.
• To prevent hospital admission and facilitate discharge from, for example, local HASUs discharging early supported discharge patients following stroke
• To participate in departmental continuous professional development, education and training, audit and research projects.
• To manage a complex caseload using evidence-based clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis.
• To use a patient centred, goal-orientated rehabilitation approach.
• To participate in departmental clinical supervision that is responsive and personalised e.g. can take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning, peer review, case reviews and reflective practise.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Degree Physiotherapy
• State registration with HCPC
• Relevant Post Registration courses or in-house training
• Membership and/or involvement in National special interest group

Experience

• Previous experience of working or volunteering in the UK health service.
• Significant post -registration working as band 5 or band 6 or equivalent in experience
• Experience in a variety of core areas to include the following: oNeurology oRespiratory oOrthopaedics oCare of Older people oCommunity oMusculoskeletal
• Previous experience of working with students or supervising students
• Management experience of departmental duties

Skills

• Participated in some form of evidence based practice e.g. research, audit
• Demonstrate ability to use Computers including: internet, word, power point and excel
• Active Involvement in CPD, appraisal schemes and supervision
• Able to direct own study programme

Knowledge

• Demonstrates an understanding of holistic rehabilitation of clients with complex needs and disability
• An understanding of disability frameworks

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£44,806 to £53,134 a yearpa inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)