Highly Specialised Physiotherapist - Neurorehabilitation | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Woolwich is seeking a Band 7 Physiotherapist to lead neurorehabilitation services for adults with complex neurological conditions. The role involves providing specialist assessments, advising on treatment programmes, and supervising junior staff. Strong neurorehabilitation skills and leadership abilities are essential. The position offers ongoing professional development and the chance to positively impact patients' lives within a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Masters in Physiotherapy or equivalent and registration with the relevant body.
• Experience in managing cases with acquired neurological conditions.
• Ability to work independently and lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist physiotherapy assessments and treatment plans.
• Supervise and appraise junior staff and students.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and case reviews.
• Manage a complex caseload and monitor therapy programs.

Skills

Advanced neurorehabilitation skills

Excellent communication

Leadership

Computer literacy

Education

Relevant degree in Physiotherapy

Tools

Electronic notes systems

Data analysis and reporting systems

Job description

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Join our dynamic, multidisciplinary team delivering specialist neurorehabilitation across Greenwich. We support adults with complex neurological conditions, providing evidence-based, person-centred care in community settings. As a Band 7 Physiotherapist, you’ll lead clinical practice, supervise junior staff, and contribute to service development. You’ll need advanced neurorehabilitation skills, excellent communication, and a passion for empowering patients to achieve their goals. We offer ongoing CPD and the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives.

To provide an effective and efficient specialist Physiotherapy service to adults who have an acquired neurological condition. To manage a specialist caseload, including those with complex needs. Duties will include assessment, diagnosis, and therapy, planning therapy programmes and discharging patients. To work as a lone and autonomous practitioner in the community.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Responsibilities

• To provide highly specialist physiotherapy specific assessment, including the use of specialist clinical assessment to devise individual programmes of care and treatment, advice to clients, carers and members of the MDT on how to optimise functional independence and to take responsibility for decisions regarding review and discharge of clients.
• To participate in the Single Assessment Process, completing the multidisciplinary overview assessment and complex specialist assessments as appropriate, and to communicate relevant medical information, assessment details and advice across agencies following guidelines for sharing information and informed consent. These agencies would commonly include GPs, Social Services, healthcare professionals and the third sector (e.g., the Stroke Association, Motor neuron disease Association).
• To support in leading the clinical daily operation of the Greenwich Neuro rehab team. This will include answering enquiries, discussion and negotiation with referrers, triage of referrals, leading and contributing to team discussions, responding to urgent client needs, delegation of tasks to other team members, communicating with other team members and external agencies, and other key operational activities to ensure the smooth running of the service whilst.
• To seek appropriate support and guidance from the line manager and the clinical lead therapists and to elevate operational issues to ensure the smooth running of the service.
• To prescribe appropriate equipment and educate clients in the safe use of this equipment, following Integrated Community Equipment store procedures, in order to maximise client independence and safety and to support carers in their role. To complete appropriate risk assessments related to the equipment prescribed.
• To write therapy programmes that can be carried out by Therapy Assistant Practitioners (Band 4) and social care support staff, which are directly linked with client goals, and to monitor, evaluate and review how these are carried out on a regular basis.
• To attend, and lead where appropriate, relevant multi-disciplinary meetings, case meetings and/or client case conferences.
• To maintain and update expertise in specialist neuro rehabilitation.
• To manage a complex caseload independently accessing clinical supervision on a planned basis.
• To supervise, appraise and advise Bands 2-4 support staff and Bands 5/ 6 Physiotherapists and physiotherapy students working in this area or in the area of neurological rehabilitation in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients referred to the team.
• Computer literate including use of electronic notes systems, data analysis and reporting systems. Competent in use of spread-sheets and word documents as methods of recording/ analysing data.
• Able to apply frequent moderate effort for short periods of time in the treatment of patients and use of manual techniques.
• Able to apply concentration for prolonged periods of time during patient assessment and treatment and manage occasional distressing or emotional circumstances or impart unwelcome news regarding rehabilitation prospects.
• To carry out other duties commensurate with the grade in line with the requirements of the post as agreed by the community assessment and rehabilitation team manager.

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This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025