Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Acute Elderly Units

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Band 7 Physiotherapist for its Acute Elderly Unit in Romford. In this role, you will provide specialized Physiotherapy services to elderly patients while leading a team, educating peers, and ensuring high-quality care. Strong leadership skills and the ability to work autonomously are essential. The position offers the chance to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, developing services to enhance patient discharge planning and care quality.

Benefits

Continuous Professional Development opportunities

Supportive team environment

London Living Wage employer

Qualifications

• Experience in an acute elderly care environment is desired.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Physiotherapy services to elderly patients.
• Guide and educate MDT members regarding your specialist area.
• Lead and coordinate the Physiotherapy service delivery.

Skills

Leadership skills

Complex assessment

Patient discharge planning

Holistic approach

Education

HCPC registration

Relevant physiotherapy qualification

Job description

Vacancy

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

About the role

The Acute Elderly Unit Therapy Team in BHRUT are actively recruiting for a motivated and dynamic Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our team at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Essex.

The team covers 3 Acute Elderly Wards and are part of the Frailty service provision. Working in a fast‑paced environment, you will have the opportunity to expand your clinical skills and knowledge and be expected to supervise and educate more junior staff.

You will be required to demonstrate strong leadership skills and be confident to work as an autonomous practitioner with a focus on complex assessment and discharge planning with robust decision‑making essential for efficient patient flow.

You will be familiar with the assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive and psychological health conditions within elderly and medical specialties in order to develop and deliver treatment and discharge plans.

The team is an integrated service with Occupational Therapy, with staff working to develop an enhanced therapy role.

You will be supported in your role directly by the Clinical Leads for the Acute Elderly Unit Therapy Team. Peer support will also be provided by the existing B7 Physiotherapists and plenty of CPD opportunities are available.

If you have the skills outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported, then apply today.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist standard Physiotherapist service to patients within the acute elderly team with a special focus on the assessment of patients admitted on the acute elderly wards, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries using a holistic approach.
• Give highly specialist guidance, advice and education to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area.
• Provide leadership for your team (in conjunction with the Clinical Leads) in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service provided to patients within your area.
• Provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, Band 6, Band 5, Student Physiotherapists and Generic Therapy Assistants.
• Deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required both within management and clinical areas.
• Contribute to the running and development of the service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence‑based practice.
• Undertake supervision, mentoring and performance development plans to promote clinical and professional effectiveness of self and others. This includes performance management, management of disciplinary issues in liaison with Therapy Manager.

About the Trust

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Application Process

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025.