Physiotherapist

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Greater London is looking for a dedicated Physiotherapist to join their Intensive Rehabilitation Service. You will manage your own caseload, delivering high-quality rehabilitation in patients' homes while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate is HCPC registered and passionate about rehabilitation. Enjoy flexible working opportunities, a commitment to wellbeing, and support for professional development. Join us in making a difference in community-based healthcare.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

NHS pension

Protected CPD time

Close transport links to London

Qualifications

• Registered Physiotherapist (HCPC) with experience in community health.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary team collaboration.
• Skills in rehabilitation and patient management in home settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseload of community-based patients.
• Deliver person-centred rehabilitation in patients' homes.
• Provide supervision and training to colleagues across the team.
• Collaborate with inpatient teams for seamless care transitions.

Skills

Patient-centred care

Collaboration

Supervision and training

Goal-oriented rehabilitation

Community integration

Education

HCPC registered Physiotherapist

Job description

We're offering a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic and supportive Intensive Rehabilitation Service (IRS) – a multidisciplinary community team that plays a vital role in reducing hospital admissions and supporting early discharges.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload of community-based patients
• Deliver high-impact, person-centred rehabilitation in patients' homes
• Collaborate with inpatient and acute teams to ensure seamless transitions of care
• Provide supervision, training, and joint sessions with colleagues across the team
• Deliver high‑quality rehabilitation in a patient’s home rather than a community bed setting, as part of a multi‑professional service/team
• Work with patient-centred, goal‑orientated rehabilitation to promote self‑management and independence throughout the continuum of care
• Provide onward referrals to other community services, including health and social care, to ensure safe management when completing IRS episode of care
• Assess, manage, plan and deliver care as a Registered Physiotherapist (HCPC), being professionally and legally accountable
• Support peers and team leader, be an effective team member while working independently and support collaborative working with other health and social care professionals and agencies

This is your chance to make a real difference while gaining valuable experience in a fast‑paced, community‑focused setting. If you’re passionate about rehabilitation, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to grow your leadership skills, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

• 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
• Commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work‑life balance through flexible working opportunities, and support for working parents and carers (top 10 family‑friendly employer)
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to an employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors
• Flexible working friendly organisation – discuss job share, part‑time hours or other flexible patterns
• Armed Forces support – signed Covenant, Gold Award, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses, additional leave for reservists
• Protected CPD time with a diverse in‑service training programme
• Regular supervision
• NHS pension
• Close transport links into London
• Opportunity for service development and audit
• Flexibility within our 7‑day working services
• Agile working devices to support community‑based work

Values

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London: This post also attracts payment for a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum, pro rata for part‑time).

Use of AI: Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Join Team NELFT and become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We are CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT provides community and mental health care services to adults and children across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway.

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 five consecutive years, and 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 at NELFT.