Advanced Practice Physiotherapist: Knee Revision Surgery
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,490 - £66,239 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAs |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2025 |
| Location: | Stanmore, HA7 4LP |
| Company: | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7279259/392-RNOH-1237 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to shape the future of care for patients undergoing consideration of complex knee revision surgery. As an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist within the Major Revision Knee Centre at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, you will play a pivotal role in transforming patient pathways, leading innovation, and influencing national standards of physiotherapy practice. Working across multidisciplinary teams and regional networks, you will provide expert clinical leadership, develop advanced rehabilitation protocols, and mentor senior clinicians across multiple Trusts. This role offers the chance to directly impact patient outcomes, contribute to cutting-edge research, and drive service transformation in one of the UK’s leading orthopaedic institutions.
Main Duties
• Lead specialist clinics for complex knee arthroplasty patients, including non-operative pathways.
• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and management within the major revision knee pathway.
• Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and case discussions.
• Develop and implement advanced clinical protocols across the regional knee revision network.
• Mentor senior clinicians and support professional development across multiple Trusts.
• Design and deliver specialist training and contribute to national education strategies.
• Lead and participate in clinical audits, research, and service evaluations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless patient care.
• Uphold high standards of clinical governance, innovation, and evidence-based practice.
• Support strategic service development and transformation aligned with Trust objectives.
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
The post holder will provide excellent clinical leadership, drive innovation, lead research and significantly contribute to the strategic direction of the service in keeping with the trusts vision and objectives.
The post holder will work within the major knee revision pathway to provide evidence-based treatment recommendations for patient management. The post holder will be accountable for the provision of consultant clinic appointments (virtual and face to face) to support highly complex adult patients during their pathway. The post holder will also provide expert knowledge and skills advice to other nationally based health care professionals, allowing equity of treatment for all patients. They will also forge a strong rehabilitation relationship within the regional revision knee network and other shared care Trusts, for clinical and audit purposes.
Please see job description for full details
This advert closes on Friday 11 Jul 2025
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to shape the future of care for patients undergoing consideration of complex knee revision surgery. As an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist within the Major Revision Knee Centre at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, you will play a pivotal role in transforming patient pathways, leading innovation, and influencing national standards of physiotherapy practice. Working across multidisciplinary teams and regional networks, you will provide expert clinical leadership, develop advanced rehabilitation protocols, and mentor senior clinicians across multiple Trusts. This role offers the chance to directly impact patient outcomes, contribute to cutting-edge research, and drive service transformation in one of the UK’s leading orthopaedic institutions.
Main Duties
• Lead specialist clinics for complex knee arthroplasty patients, including non-operative pathways.
• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and management within the major revision knee pathway.
• Attend and contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings and case discussions.
• Develop and implement advanced clinical protocols across the regional knee revision network.
• Mentor senior clinicians and support professional development across multiple Trusts.
• Design and deliver specialist training and contribute to national education strategies.
• Lead and participate in clinical audits, research, and service evaluations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless patient care.
• Uphold high standards of clinical governance, innovation, and evidence-based practice.
• Support strategic service development and transformation aligned with Trust objectives.
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
The post holder will provide excellent clinical leadership, drive innovation, lead research and significantly contribute to the strategic direction of the service in keeping with the trusts vision and objectives.
The post holder will work within the major knee revision pathway to provide evidence-based treatment recommendations for patient management. The post holder will be accountable for the provision of consultant clinic appointments (virtual and face to face) to support highly complex adult patients during their pathway. The post holder will also provide expert knowledge and skills advice to other nationally based health care professionals, allowing equity of treatment for all patients. They will also forge a strong rehabilitation relationship within the regional revision knee network and other shared care Trusts, for clinical and audit purposes.
Please see job description for full details
This advert closes on Friday 11 Jul 2025
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