Senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist for Orthopaedics

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS hospital in London is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to lead a skilled team focused on orthopaedic care. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in an acute hospital setting and a degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on patient outcomes through evidence-based practices in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in an acute hospital setting.
• Experience implementing quality improvement and research initiatives.
• Ability to manage and support a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a therapy team delivering assessments and interventions.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to enhance orthopaedic care.

Skills

Leadership

Evidence-based practice

Team management

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy

Registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist for Orthopaedics

Are you a passionate and skilled Physiotherapist or an Occupational Therapist eager to advance your career in a research-driven environment? Join Whipps Cross Hospital, a Centre of Excellence in Frailty and the centre for NOF fractures for Barts Health, where compassionate care and innovation come together.

Job summary

We are seeking a confident Band 7 Occupational Therapist with strong leadership skills and a broad T&O background to lead our dedicated therapy team. Our orthopaedic wards follow the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol for NOF fractures, improving outcomes through evidence-based practice. In this role, you will lead a skilled team delivering specialist assessments and interventions across complex T&O and rehabilitation caseloads, working within a multidisciplinary team and championing best practice in orthopaedic care alongside your peers, including the Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow B7 T&O Physiotherapist and Band 8a Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in T&O.

Contact Amina Mourad – [e-mail] for more information.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. 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.

Job description

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments below.

Person Specification

Essential

• Extensive post‑registration experience working in an acute hospital setting in the NHS (or similar health service) within orthopaedics and frailty speciality
• Leading and operationally line‑managing a team, with experience of supervising and appraising junior staff and students
• Experience of working within a high‑pressure and fast‑paced environment
• Experience of implementing quality improvement / research ideas that lead to improved service delivery and care to patients, both within the profession & externally to other staff groups
• Ability to recognise service risks and issues and escalated accordingly
• Ability to recognise own professional boundaries and to seek advice and support as needed
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession & associated code of ethics
• Degree in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
• Registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Proactive passion for evidence‑based practice, continual professional development and learning

Desirable

• Member of a specific interest group relevant to Orthopaedics and frailty
• Committee membership e.g. Risk Management
• Leadership training / qualifications

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.

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.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here for criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross University Hospital
London
E11 1NR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk