Specialist Physiotherapist – Stroke | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7330622/259-7330622RLH |
Summary
Exciting Opportunity for an Innovative Physiotherapist – Join the Cutting Edge of Stroke Care at The Royal London Hospital!
Are you a passionate Physiotherapist looking to make a real difference in the lives of stroke patients? The Royal London Hospital, the leading tertiary Neurosciences and Major Trauma centre for North East London and Essex, invites you to become a key player in a groundbreaking initiative within our Stroke Therapy Team.
This is your chance to work in one of London’s eight designated Hyper-Acute Stroke Units (HASUs)—a specialist environment at the forefront of stroke treatment and recovery. As part of a brand-new, dynamic team, you will deliver expert, patient-centred physiotherapy from the very first moment a stroke patient arrives in the Emergency Department (ED), and for Stroke patients when they’re temporarily cared for on non-stroke wards.
• To assist and contribute to organising, developing and delivering a high-quality physiotherapy service provided to Stroke patients in the Emergency Department (ED) and on outlying non stroke wards at the Royal London Hospital (RLH)
• To play a key role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients with Stroke, determining the clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and physiotherapy (PT) treatment program required.
• To work with senior colleagues in developing efficient and effective PT working processes to assist in producing a fully multi-professional team approach in a fast paced – high pressured environment.
• To work with the Clinical Lead Therapists to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas.
• The post holder may be required to work in more than one speciality area.
• To contribute to a 7 day rota.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025