Physiotherapist

Central London Community Health Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Central London Community Healthcare is seeking a part-time Physiotherapist to deliver autonomous assessment and treatment for acute illness, frailty and complex need in community settings. The role includes regular home visits, equipment handling, and contributing to supervision and quality improvement.

Rotational shifts 08:00–23:00, seven days a week, with a full UK driving licence required unless exempt, to support UCR and Hospital at Home pathways across London and surrounding areas.

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration required.
• Evidence of up-to-date CPD portfolio and specialist CPD activities.
• Experience across adult rehabilitation, neurology, orthopaedics or MSK outpatients.
• Experience in primary care or Accident & Emergency settings preferred.
• Experience managing complex caseloads and delivering patient-centred care.
• Postgraduate study in urgent/emergency care or frailty beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled physiotherapy assessments and interventions in patients' homes and community settings.
• Undertake triage, prioritise referrals and seek senior support when needed.
• Complete comprehensive assessments across mobility, falls, respiration, neurology and cognition.
• Apply clinical reasoning to diagnose, set rehabilitation goals and deliver evidence-based care.
• Identify red flags and escalate deterioration to seniors or emergency services.
• Work autonomously while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams for safe, coordinated care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Autonomous practice

Falls risk assessment

Mobility rehabilitation

Home visits

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Patient-centred care

Clinical reasoning

Education

Physiotherapy degree

HCPC registration

CPD portfolio evidence

Specialist CPD in Adult Rehab/Neurology/Orthopaedics

Professional body membership

Primary Care/AC&Es experience

Community/Emergency qualifications

Postgraduate urgent/emergency care studies

Job description

Join our integrated Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home services as a Physiotherapist, providing high-quality, autonomous assessment and treatment for people with acute illness, frailty, functional deterioration and complex health needs in community settings. This is a part time vacancy, 18.75 hours per week.

Using specialist clinical assessment, reasoning and rehabilitation skills, you will support people with complex mobility, falls, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal needs. Your work will help prevent hospital admissions, support Hospital at Home care, facilitate early supported discharge and promote independence through evidence-based, person-centred interventions.

You will manage an allocated caseload, contribute to clinical triage and prioritisation, identify deterioration and escalat[e] concerns appropriately. Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across primary, community, acute and social care, you will help deliver safe, coordinated care.

The role includes regular home visits, transporting equipment and safe manual handling, plus contributions to supervision, staff development and quality improvement.

Rotational shifts are between 08:00 and 23:00, seven days a week. A full valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use are required, unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

Main duties of the job

You will provide skilled, effective and evidence-based physiotherapy care to patients in their homes and other community settings.

Your main duties will include:

• Undertaking face-to-face clinical assessments and interventions, including transporting and handling clinical equipment safely in environments with varying physical and accessibility constraints.
• Assessing and triaging referrals, prioritising and responding according to clinical urgency and agreed timescales, and seeking senior support for cases outside your competence.
• Completing comprehensive physiotherapy assessments covering clinical history, observations, functional mobility, transfers, balance, gait, falls risk, frailty, respiratory function, neurological and musculoskeletal presentations, cognition and relevant psychosocial factors.
• Applying clinical reasoning to identify presenting problems, formulate physiotherapy diagnoses and rehabilitation goals, and deliver evidence-based, person-centred interventions.
• Recognising red flags and clinical deterioration and escalating promptly to appropriate senior, medical or emergency services.
• Working autonomously within your professional competence while collaborating with multidisciplinary colleagues to support safe, coordinated care.

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities**

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
• Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas of Adult Rehabilitation, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Older People Rehabilitation
• Member of Professional Body
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
• Qualifications in Community and/ or Accident and Emergency
• Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with Long Term Conditions
• Relevant postgraduate study in urgent/emergency care, frailty

Experience

• Experience post registration as a Band 5 physiotherapist
• Experience working at a Junior level in a wide range of specialised clinical areas including community, outpatients, neurology, rehabilitation, orthopedics and respiratory
• Experience of managing complex clinical caseloads, developing individualised treatment and care plans, and supporting admission avoidance, hospital-level care at home and timely supported discharge.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and coordinating care across community, primary, acute and social care services to ensure safe, effective and integrated patient management.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
• Experience of conducting research projects and audit.
• Experience working with voluntary organisations.

Skills

• Skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex multi-pathologies
• Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including multi-pathologies and falls
• Knowledge of role of Allied Health Professionals and interdisciplinary team working
• Ability to apply core Physiotherapy skills across a range of clinical conditions within a client centered, goal setting
• Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence-based practice
• Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning
• Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
• Teaching of junior staff / students, peers in Inservice training setting
• Clinical competence in assessing and managing acutely unwell patients with complex, undifferentiated presentations and long-term conditions, using evidence-based interventions and treatment planning within professional scope of practice.
• Ability to exercise autonomous clinical judgement, recognise red flags and clinical deterioration
• Ability to independently prioritise and coordinate clinical caseloads, manage competing demands and respond effectively to changing clinical priorities across UCR and H@H pathways.
• Acute illness, frailty, complex conditions and clinical deterioration within UCR and H@H.
• Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards, e.g. NICE
• Applying evidence-based care into practice
• Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Able to lead and motivate a team
• Supervision of assistant / junior staff
• Supervision of Students
• Knowledge and experience in research and audit
• Knowledge and understanding of National Service Framework for Older People

Key Attributes

• Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations.
• Able to undertake community visits to patients in their own homes and other community settings, including travelling between locations throughout the working day.
• Able to meet the physical demands of community-based clinical practice, including carrying and transporting clinical equipment, prolonged standing, bending, kneeling and working in varied home environments, with reasonable adjustments where appropriate.
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Able to work flexible shifts across 7 days, across a 08:00 - 23:00
• Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviours
• Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
• Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post.
• Able to work from more than one work base across Wandsworth and Merton

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,951 to £56,863 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)