Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Adult Critical Care Unit

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A top healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 physiotherapist to join their Adult Critical Care Unit. The role involves advanced assessment and treatment of patients in critical care, supporting clinical leadership, and engaging in team education and development. Candidates should possess extensive clinical experience in critical care and relevant qualifications. Join a committed team focusing on patient safety and high-quality care, with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-graduate clinical experience in critical care.
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex neuro and/or trauma presentations.
• Knowledge of the management of tracheostomies including weaning and decannulation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and develop the physiotherapy service in the Adult Critical Care Unit.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership to a team.
• Deliver advanced assessment, treatment, and clinical management.

Skills

Critical care experience

Team management

Patient assessment

Knowledge of mechanical ventilation

Education

Diploma or Degree in physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting substantive opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 or established Band 7 physiotherapist to join the ACCU Physiotherapy team. The team offers a service across the 56‑bedded ACCU with a variety of major trauma, surgery, medicine, neurotrauma, and complex polytrauma cases. The post offers rotational experience across the Level 3 and Level 2 ACCUs and Elective Surgical HDU. The post offers opportunities to develop our Rehabilitation after Critical Illness (RaCl) service, and the RLH ICU Follow‑up clinic.

The post holder will support the Clinical Lead with day‑to‑day running of the team, oversight of their ACCU pod and governance for their area. The post holder will be an integral part of the ACCU MDT, supporting weekly complex patient MDM, tracheostomy ward rounds, and participating in ICU ward rounds. The team has a strong ethos for clinical and team education and development, innovation, and research opportunities.

The successful applicant will have a broad range of acute and critical care experience, be a motivated team player, and deliver high quality care within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team.

This advert is subject to close early once sufficient applications have been received. Interviews for this position will be face to face only.

Main duties of the job

To assist in coordinating and developing the physiotherapy service in the Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients across the ACCUs involving major trauma/neurosciences, specialist medicine and surgery specialities, determining the clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and delivering current physiotherapy treatments. The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership to a team of qualified staff in the ACCU physiotherapy team.

Key areas/rotations to work across

• 4E Level 3 ACCU
• 4F Level 2 ACCU
• 3F Level 2 ACCU – Elective Surgical HDU
• ICU Follow‑up service (with opportunity for musculoskeletal outpatient service exposure)

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Diploma or Degree in physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of post graduate training relevant to clinical specialty

Qualifications – Desirable

• Member of CSP
• Member of relevant professional special interest group
• Formal post graduate qualification relevant to clinical specialty
• Clinical educators training
• Leadership training

Experience – Essential

• Extensive post graduate clinical experience in critical care
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex neuro and/or trauma presentations
• Experience in the management of acute and chronic respiratory conditions
• Experience of managing a team and supervising junior members of staff
• Experience of providing and participating in an in‑service training programme
• Clinical experience in an acute hospital setting

Experience – Desirable

• Evidence in the adoption of innovative physiotherapy practices in critical care
• Involvement/participation in research pertaining to the critical care population
• Clinical experience in the NHS/Pathways
• Experience of ICU follow‑up services
• Experience in musculoskeletal specialism

Knowledge – Essential

• Knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and presentations relating to critical illness
• Knowledge of the management of tracheostomies including weaning and decannulation
• Knowledge of mechanical ventilation, non‑invasive ventilation and weaning positive pressure

Knowledge – Desirable

• Participation in service improvement projects
• Change management strategies
• Experience in assessment and management of service risk

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.