Rotational Specialised Physiotherapist

Transformationunitgm; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London is looking for a dedicated Rotational Specialised Physiotherapist. In this permanent position, you will provide personalized physiotherapy services and work within a multidisciplinary team across various specialties. The role requires an ability to manage complex cases and participate in clinical excellence and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience.
• Evidence of CPD with postgraduate courses relevant to physiotherapy.
• Special interest group membership.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a specialist caseload, including complex cases.
• Participate in night on-call and weekend services.
• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy across various clinical specialties.

Skills

Assessment Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Ability to Work Autonomously

Communication Skills

Team Goals Setting

Education

Degree or equivalent in physiotherapy

HPC registration

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Georges Hospital Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/06/2025 23:59

Rotational Specialised Physiotherapist

Band 6

Job overview

At St George’s Hospital, we are dedicated to helping individuals achieve their highest level of independence and quality of life through personalised, evidence-based physiotherapy. In this dynamic role, you will join our multidisciplinary team in this well established role to deliver high quality assessments and interventions across a broad range of clinical specialties – including ED admission avoidance, Senior Health and Frailty, Oncology, Falls and Bone Health, and Older Persons Rehabilitation. You will work as a skilled practitioner undertaking specialist assessments and provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients. This post is a rotational permanent contract, and it offers the opportunity to be part of a friendly, dynamic, and forward-thinking teaching Trust.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking enthusiastic and compassionate Physiotherapists dedicated to advancing their skills in acute assessment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for adult patients across acute and community settings.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will independently manage your own specialist caseload, including complex cases. You will also take part in our night on-call respiratory service and weekend working within the admission avoidance, enhanced rehabilitation, and haematology/oncology services.

Our role offers exciting 9‑month rotations that include:

· Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit & Short stay ward

· In-patient Senior Health Wards, including Acute Senior Health Unit

· Falls and Bone Health

· Community Rehabilitation (intermediate care bedded unit)

Working both autonomously and as part of a supportive therapy and multidisciplinary team, you will receive robust support from Clinical Team Leads. Excellent clinical, communication, and discharge-planning skills are essential. Our busy, seven-day service embraces evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research, and a dynamic continuing professional development programme designed to help you thrive and make a real difference in patients’ lives.

Working for our organisation

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group form a leading regional healthcare partnership serving populations across South West London, Surrey, and beyond. Our integrated hospitals group delivers a comprehensive range of services—from cutting-edge tertiary, trauma, and specialist care to robust community health offerings—to nearly 5 million people, backed by a 17,000-strong workforce.

At our flagship site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting—a major teaching hospital and one of the UK's 11 major trauma centres—we drive clinical excellence and research in partnership with St George’s, University of London and Kingston University. Our network extends to Queen Mary’s Hospital; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, which hosts the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Additionally, St Johns Therapy Centre and The Nelson Centre provide specialised services to a diverse patient base.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree or equivalent in physiotherapy
• HPC registration
• Evidence of CPD, in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio, including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
• Post graduate education completed or in progress.
• Special interest group membership

Other

• Physically fit and able to comply with the Trust’s Manual Handling Guidelines
• Able to perform on call and weekend duties
• Professional attitude/behaviour
• Compliance with the Trust’s No Smoking Policy and Dress Code (uniform) Policy
• Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours, unsociable hours and weekend working.
• Driving Licence

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year’s NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience).
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience
• Broad range of experience at band 5 level including a minimum of 4 months experience in each of: ICU, medical, surgery, neurology, outpatients and older people’s rehabilitation
• Participation in night time on-call rota
• Participate in weekend working within the rehabilitation setting you are based in
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and multidisciplinary team, including setting team goals
• Ability to form a sound prognosis and advise other members of the MDT
• Previous experience at Band 6 level
• Student supervision / clinical education
• Experience of the research process
• Teaching experience in in-service programmes
• Committee membership, e.g. health and safety
• Experience of clinical education of undergraduate students

Skills

• Fluent in written and oral English, and able to present complex information in a clear and logical manner
• Good assessment skills based on a sound clinical reasoning approach including the assessment of symptom behaviour, history taking and gathering of physical/objective testing and hypothesis formation
• Ability to work with multi/interdisciplinary team and set team goals
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• To actively participate in staff training
• Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment
• Able to motivate self and others
• Ability to work autonomously
• Supervision of other staff, e.g. physiotherapy assistant / Technical Instructor
• Ability to run courses – internal / external

Knowledge

• Remains updated with professional practice and new research
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
• Evidence of participation in research / audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.