Neurological Physiotherapist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 0JB |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7240269/391-NMUH-7240269 |
Summary
Providing care to a multi cultural and diverse population, to deliver a high standard of physiotherapy care to patients and their carers in the community.
To perform comprehensive physiotherapy assessment of people with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. To use this assessment to provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment program.
To hold responsibility for your own caseload and, working without direct supervision but together with the other members of the MDT, deliver a comprehensive package of care to patients and their carers. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case review and case conferences. Access to advice and support from a more senior physiotherapist is available when required.
1.1To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and that work delegated to support staff.
1.2To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies: using a high level of clinical reasoning and assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
1.3To utilise an extensive knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options to select and deliver a specialised occupational therapy programme to individual patients and plan their successful discharge.
1.4Carry out assessments and treatments of neuro/muscular skeletal conditions with moderate physical, and significant mental and emotional effort on a daily basis.
1.5To take responsibility for a delegated caseload, ensuring that the MDT is fully involved as required.
1.6To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
1.7To be responsible for maintaining accurate comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) standards of practice and ECS/RF policies and to communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
1.11To use relevant clinical outcome measures to demonstrate efficacy of intervention.
1.12To undertake therapeutic manual handling in compliance with Trust manual handling policies and local guidance at all times.
1.13Be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment, through teaching and supervision of practice.
1.14To manage the pressure resulting from frequent interruptions and requests from other professionals that require thoughtful, timely and decisive action and which necessitate adjustment and re-prioritisation of the work plan for self and team.
1.15Apply a sound knowledge of clinical governance and risk management both to own caseload and that delegated to support staff.
1.16To be responsible for organising and planning own clinical caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise.
1.17To optimise the over all effective and efficient use of clinical and organisational skills and resources to ensure that you are highly responsive to clinical and local service priorities and needs.
1.18Deputise for the Band 7 Physiotherapist in their absence, allocating and organising the work of the junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis.
1.19To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring that equipment use is safe.
1.20When working in a community setting, to work as lone practitioner with telephone support from a more senior physiotherapist as required. In these instances the working environment is out of your control. E.g. may be cramped, poorly lit and therefore not suitable for all treatment and interventions.
1.21The job involves the potential for regular exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular (daily basis) e.g. bodily fluids including sputum, vomit, urine, and occasional exposure to fleas, lice, verbal and physical aggression.
1.22To comply with the HCPC/ Physiotherpaist Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures
1.23To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the service Clinical Lead or Therapy Services Manager.
This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025