Specialist Physiotherapist

NHS Professionals Limited; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization is seeking a Specialist Physiotherapist based in Bishops Stortford. You will deliver advanced healthcare services, including assessment and treatment, supporting patients and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include managing a diverse clinical caseload, contributing to service delivery, and enhancing professional standards. The ideal candidate is HCPC-registered and has experience supervising staff. Opportunities for career advancement and flexible working are available.

Benefits

Access to Learning & Development opportunities

Flexible shifts and well-being resources

Paid annual leave

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified HCPC-registered Physiotherapist.
• Experience in supervising junior staff and students is required.
• Proficient in using electronic patient records.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload with high standards of physiotherapy care.
• Conduct assessments and provide interventions tailored to patient needs.
• Deliver educational and rehabilitative sessions for patients.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Supervision of staff/students

Knowledge of electronic patient records

Communication skills

Education

HCPC-registered Physiotherapist

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a SpecialistPhysiotherapist based at Herts & Essex Hospital in Bishops Stortford. Inthis role, you will be responsible for delivering a complex package ofhigh-quality healthcare, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment andpatient-centred advice for individuals with a wide range of needs such asorthopaedics, care of the elderly and neurology. You will support patients,carers, relatives and multidisciplinary colleagues by providing expert clinicalguidance, education and recommendations to ensure safe and effective care. Inaddition, you will deputise for the Lead Therapist when required, contributingto service delivery, decision-making and high clinical standards across theunit.

Main duties of the job

As aSpecialist Physiotherapist, you will manage a substantial and varied clinicalcaseload, applying advanced theoretical knowledge and practical expertise todeliver high-quality interventions. You will be responsible for supervising,teaching and assessing junior physiotherapists, technical instructors andstudents, ensuring high standards of practice across the team. The roleinvolves regular communication with multidisciplinary colleagues, includingmedical and nursing staff, social workers and other healthcare professionals,as well as engaging with patients, relatives and carers to support safe andeffective care. You will also take an active role in ongoing professionaldevelopment, contributing to departmental training initiatives, and participatingin audit and research activities to support service improvement.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for allaspects of your own clinical work, ensuring a consistently high standard of physiotherapy care for all patients under your management.
• To hold clinical responsibility for a designated caseload, organising andprioritising workload efficiently and effectively, and undertakingcomprehensive and where appropriate standardised assessments addressing allfunctional mobility issues.
• To formulate soundly reasoned prognoses and recommend the most appropriatecourse of intervention, developing patient-centred goals that promoteengagement in self-maintenance, productivity and leisure to achieve safedischarge.
• To facilitate and deliver educational and rehabilitative group sessions,continuously evaluating and modifying treatment programmes in response toindividual patient need and clinical risk.
• To maintain thorough, accurate and timely assessment and treatment recordsin accordance with legal, departmental and Trust requirements, contributing toevidence-based audit and research to enhance practice.
• To contribute to service development through compliance withorganisational policies, acting as a Champion for specific service areas,supporting in-service training programmes, and leading aspects of practiceimprovement as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC-registered PT
• Experience supervising staff/students
• Competent with electronic patient records
• UK driving licence/car
• SystmOne experience is desirable

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.

Hertfordshire & Essex Community Hospital