Bank Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational) Band 6
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25.76 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £25.76 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, EN5 3DJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9391-25-1484 |
Summary
Royal Free World Class Values: The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1.To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including clinical practice, and for the work and clinical practice of line-managed staff. 2.To carry out assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner includingcomplex or chronic presentations, using a high level of clinical reasoning skills and integrating specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice. 3.To undertake advanced, comprehensive, and where applicable, standardised assessments within a specialised field, looking at all occupational performance including self-maintenance, productivity and leisure, for patients with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies. 4.To be able to establish priority, determine needs and initiate a specialist treatment plan for patients referred for physiotherapy using judgement of highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PATIENTS 1.To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other professionals on an individual or group basis to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensureunderstanding of condition, which will frequently require flexible verbal and non-verbal communication skills including: motivation persuasion explanation of complex issues and negotiation 2.To demonstrate flexibility in communication and interpersonal skills to overcome barriers to communication such as: dysfunctional illness beliefs altered perception and cognition loss of hearing/sight language and cultural barriers distressing information e.g. Victims of torture/abuse environmental e.g., lack of privacy, excess noise hostile, antagonistic and highly emotive situations controversial and/or highly complex information long-term illness/dysfunction and/or uncertain prognosis. 3.To occasionally convey information, particularly in highly complex, contentious and emotive situations, which may be beyond the scope of more junior staff, which may require more developed communication skills. 4.To communicate complex patient related information effectively, to ensurecollaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team members across health and social care sectors ensuring the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT 1.To have knowledge and understanding of a variety of cultural backgrounds and beliefs to respect individuals rights and dignity. 2.To provide legal and disability reports as required with the support of the Lead Therapist. 3.To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and RiskManagement appropriate to the work situation. 4.To contribute to improvements in service delivery and clinical practice, including integrated care pathway development and clinical networks. **For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**