Community Neurological Physiotherapist

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London seeks a skilled physiotherapist to deliver high-quality care for patients with neurological conditions. This community role involves comprehensive assessments and collaborative support with local services. The ideal candidate will have a degree in physiotherapy and experience in managing patient rehabilitation needs, along with strong organizational abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing physiotherapy care for patients with neurological conditions.
• Ability to develop and deliver individualized treatment programs.
• Strong organizational skills for caseload management.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive physiotherapy assessments for complex conditions.
• Support patients in managing their rehabilitation needs.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and students.

Skills

Physiotherapy assessment

Patient education

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical supervision

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

To provide a very high standard of physiotherapy care to patients with a diagnosis of a neurological condition, and their carers/family in a community setting, meeting the needs of the multicultural and diverse population.

Together with other senior staff, to act as a resource for specialist advice to the rest of the community therapy services and others within wider multidisciplinary services.

1. To perform comprehensive physiotherapy assessment of patients presenting with complex physical and psychological conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis of their physiotherapy problems and developing and delivering an individualised treatment program.
2. To ensure all physiotherapy assessments are completed within agreed timescales.
3. To support the B8a with the day-to-day organisation of the Community physiotherapy service and manage a designated caseload, delivering care according to the service specification requirements.
4. To support and educate patients and carers in managing complex physiotherapy/rehabilitation needs within a community caseload.
5. To work closely with other agencies, e.g., specialist equipment services, social services, voluntary sector, and private agencies, to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into patients' care programs where applicable.
6. To hold full responsibility for own caseload of patients, working without direct supervision.
7. Supervision involves regular formal training with peers, peer review, and case conferences. Self-directed access to advice and support from a higher grade is available as needed; clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
8. To provide clinical supervision and support to less experienced physiotherapy staff, rehab assistants, technical instructors, and students on placement, and to support training and supervision of others in the MDT team.

North Mid is part of the North Central London integrated care system, comprising NHS and local authority organisations across Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. We are working closely with partners, and many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. While all organisations remain standalone statutory bodies, we have an ICS infrastructure for shared decision-making and approaches.

We pride ourselves on staff training to ensure excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

This role is within the community, based within North Midd in the London Borough of Enfield EN2, which has excellent road links (A10, A406, M25, A1/M1) and accessible bus, train, and tube connections.

For further details or informal visits, contact: Maayan Garva / Jane Hitchman, Clinical Lead Neurological Therapies, at [e-mail] or call 02045535694.