Specialist Physiotherapist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London seeks an enthusiastic Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist. This role is pivotal in delivering acute and community-based therapy and is based at the Royal London Hospital. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient discharges and prevent unnecessary admissions. The position demands strong clinical skills, adaptability, and experience in handling complex cases independently. A supportive environment with regular supervision and professional development opportunities awaits the ideal candidate.

Benefits

Robust training and education programme

Access to regular supervision

Personal development review programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in delivering acute and community-based therapy assessments and intervention.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Broad range of clinical expertise gained in the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Deliver acute and community-based therapy assessments and interventions.
• Support the multidisciplinary team across the service.
• Cover the Rapid Response and Intermediate Care Service for hospital discharges.

Skills

Strong clinical skills

Ability to manage complex cases independently

Problem solving skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Job description

Band 6 - Specialist Physiotherapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapists with previous experience in delivering both acute and community-based therapy assessments and intervention to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Discharge Service (AADS) in East London NHS Foundation Trust.

This specialist role is based in Royal London Hospital at borough of Tower Hamlets and is part of the Urgent Community Response Service which consists of a team of multidisciplinary professionals that work across the community and hospital to facilitate early discharge and prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

The service uses the discharge to assess model and works closely with our social care partners, including the Reablement service and hospital social workers. This role will be part of the rotation within the UCR team to cover the Rapid Response including Falls Pick Up Service, Intermediate Care Service to support hospital discharges, and Admission Avoidance in Emergency Department at the Royal London Hospital.

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and flexible physiotherapist to join our team in working with patients across a variety of clinical areas.

Applicants must have a strong clinical skills as well as the ability to manage complex cases independently, providing a comprehensive therapy assessment and intervention, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence-base practice.

The team has an excellent working relationship with hospital staff, GPs, the extended primary care teams, Ambulance crews, the Physician Response Unit, Geriatrician, community mental health team, care home staff and other community services.

The work is varied and challenging and your role is to support the multidisciplinary team across the service as well as deputising for the team lead when required.

The UCR -Admission Avoidance Pathway in East London Foundation Trust at Tower Hamlets operate a seven day service, covering core hours between 8am and 8pm.

You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who is prepared to work across a 7 day rota either within the emergency department at The Royal London Hospital or within the intermediate care and rapid response pathway of the service.

If you have a broad range of clinical expertise gained working in a multidisciplinary team within the NHS, then this is an ideal role for you.

The post holder will work alongside other specialised therapists, nurses, and social worker in the team as well as other therapists in the hospital and wider trust and will have access to regular supervision. The Trust has a well-established training and education programme, along with robust personal development review programme to support you in the development of both your clinical and managerial skills.

For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026