Highly Specialist Physiotherapist in Vascular

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in England is offering a full-time position for a Senior Physiotherapist specializing in the treatment of patients with vascular diseases and post-surgery care. The role involves clinical leadership, patient assessment, and collaboration with healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Physiotherapy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and within a team. This is an opportunity to join a supportive environment with career development prospects.

Benefits

Robust teaching and training programme

Supportive environment for professional development

Qualifications

• Passion for physiotherapy and patient care.
• Experience in clinical leadership and management.
• Ability to assess and manage patients with vascular diseases.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership across the Surgical & Vascular pathway.
• Assess, treat, and manage patients post-surgery.
• Communicate effectively with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Initiative

Ability to work autonomously

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

The Royal London Hospital is offering an opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to work in a specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients with vascular disease and patients post‑surgery, including major amputation. This is a one‑year maternity leave fixed‑term post. The ideal candidate will have a passion for physiotherapy; excellent communication skills, plenty of initiative and enthusiasm with the ability to work autonomously and as a part of the wider MDT. Within Barts we offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects, and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. As a Band 7 physiotherapist you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory and management skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and/or therapy support workers. The role is for a full‑time post and includes being a member of the Respiratory On Call Rota, as well as covering a weekend service.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership across the RLH Surgical & Vascular pathway, working alongside the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist and fellow Band 7 therapists, in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the physiotherapy service.
• Take a lead role in the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with vascular disease, renal disease, including those who have had surgeries and undergone major amputations.
• Communicate effectively with other health care professionals, social services and external partners regarding patient care, progress and planning of rehabilitation and discharge needs.
• Be responsible for the day‑to‑day clinical and operational management ensuring professional delivery of the physiotherapy service with support for the Surgical & Vascular Therapy Team.
• Work with the Clinical Lead Therapist to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas, and provide clinical leadership and skill development to the team.
• Deputise for and support the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist when and where required.
• Occasional cross cover under the specialities of general surgery, elective orthopaedics, gynaec‑oncology, neuro‑surgery, neuro‑oncology and trauma.

About Barts Health

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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. 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.