Senior Specialist Medicine Renal Physiotherapist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London seeks a Senior Specialist Medicine Renal Physiotherapist. The role involves managing patient care, supervising junior staff, and contributing to service development within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. This position offers opportunities for development and a supportive work environment with a focus on patient-centered care.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in physiotherapy with a focus on Renal patients.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Membership in relevant special interest groups.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with varying needs.
• Supervise and train junior physiotherapists and students.
• Conduct assessments and communicate effectively with patients.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Manual Therapy Techniques

Patient Management

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

State registration with the Health Professions Council

Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Job description

Senior Specialist Medicine Renal Physiotherapist

Band 6

Main area Therapies Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (End date 31/03/2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 290-MIC-1678

Site Hammersmith Hospital Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 pa inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Medicine Renal physiotherapy team on a fixed term contract, our friendly department is full of opportunity for a dynamic, enthusiastic physiotherapist who wishes to develop a range of clinical expertise within the field of Renal physiotherapy.

We are looking for an enthusiastic physiotherapist, with a keen interest in the field of Renal physiotherapy, a wide range of clinical experience, good communication skills, interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering excellent patient centred care. You will have the opportunity to develop your specialist skills and knowledge in the areas of

You will have excellent support from band 7 Physiotherapist and 8a Clinical Lead and work closely with the well-established multi-disciplinary team. Alongside the clinical case load you will have the responsibilities of supervising junior and student physiotherapists, you will be involved in teaching of more staff and support on the new Renal fraility pathway. You will also work closely with the band 7 and 8a Occupational Therapist to help with the continuous development of the services as we have a passion to ensuring a high class patient centred service.

We offer a comprehensive in-service training and induction programme, Internal and external courses are supported, and opportunities for postgraduate study exist.

We are looking to recruit into a fixed-term contract.

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation.
• To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
• To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
• To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your own work and current practice through the use of projects, audit or outcome measures, whether individually or with the support of senior staff.
• To critically appraise published research and use results to inform practice.
• To assist in the induction, daily supervision and delegation of tasks to band 5 physiotherapists, therapy support workers, students and administrative staff, as required.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
• State registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
• Able to demonstrate specialist learning from previous physiotherapy rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
• Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Membership of CSP special interest groups relevant to speciality

Experience

• Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team
• To have participated in service development projects.
• Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants.
• Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
• To have undertaken audit and/or research, either within area of physiotherapy speciality or as part of the MDT
• Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist
• Previous senior physiotherapist experience in relevant post
• Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
• Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
• Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
• Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
• Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research
• To make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations.
• Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
• Able to work flexibly responding to the needs of the service.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
• Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills, to speak to groups.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.