Interim LD Lead Physiotherapist

TN United Kingdom; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as an Interim LD Lead Physiotherapist in Walthamstow. You will deliver high-quality physiotherapy services to adults with learning disabilities, ensuring effective team collaboration and service development. This role offers a supportive environment focused on professional growth and patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Supportive networks for staff

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Registered Physiotherapist responsible for high standard physiotherapy service.
• Experience working with adults with complex needs.
• Ability to lead and provide advice to non-specialist staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialised physiotherapy intervention for clients with learning disabilities.
• Organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Ensure effective risk management at team level.

Skills

Application of standardised assessments and outcome measures

Supervision of students and staff

Experience of providing training to staff

Engaging community partners

Involvement in clinical audit

Education

Physiotherapy Degree

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Job description

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Client:

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Walthamstow, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

23.05.2025

Expiry Date:

07.07.2025

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Job Description:

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve
the Trust’s Values in their day to day work. These are the 5P’s:
Putting people first
Prioritising quality
Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
Being professional and honest
Promoting what is possible – independence, opportunity and choice
The post holder will achieve this by
The post holder will be a Registered Physiotherapist responsible for providing a high standard
physiotherapy service for adults with learning disabilities (LD) and complex needs, in a
Community Learning Disability Team.
The post holder will support their peers and Locality Manager in ensuring that a high quality
service is delivered, providing consultation and training where required. They will be an
effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:
1. To provide appropriate highly specialised physiotherapy intervention and evaluate
outcomes for clients with learning disabilities.
2. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to
day allocation of work.
3. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload and organise this effectively
and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To assist more junior staff
in this.
4. To use specialist knowledge of learning disability to assist in service developments and
network by developing and maintaining relationships within and outside of the
organization with a view to advancing the quality of the physiotherapy service for clients
with LD and complex needs.
5. To lead on and provide advice to non-specialist staff and other specialists/professionals
within clinical field of physiotherapy for people with LD.
6. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere
to them,
7. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting,
assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
8. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the
management of clients in your care.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy Degree
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Experience

• Experience working with adults with a wide range of physiotherapy and/or communication needs
• Responsible for a caseload of clients with complex needs
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Working as a team member
• Demonstrate successful collaborative style of working with service users to achieve their goals

Skills

• Application of standardised assessments and outcome measures
• Supervision of students and staff
• Experience of providing training to staff and making presentations to other professionals
• Successfully engaging range of community based partners and agencies in achieving outcomes for service users
• Involvement in clinical audit

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.