Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

You will be participating in the Band 6 Rotational Physiotherapy scheme working across the Newham Hospital site which will require working in a range of ward settings and departments including Stroke, Accident and Emergency, Acute Assessment Unit, Medical wards, Amputee/Surgical, Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), Health Care of the Elderly, Elective Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal/Outpatients.

Main duties of the job

  • You will provide high quality Physiotherapy interventions to a wide variety of patients including the advanced assessment and treatment of patients in ward environments, provision of individual and group education and treatment, rehabilitation, support for flow throughout the hospital and advocacy for the patient and their family as needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
  • Member of the Health Care Professionals Council

Desirable

  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant post registration experience as a Physiotherapist
  • Post registration experience in relevant clinical settings: Respiratory, Neurology, Surgery, MSK
  • Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations
  • Experience of working as part of a multi- disciplinary team
  • Experience of audit/research
  • Experience of sole working as part of an emergency out of hours service
  • To have had relevant NHS or similar experience

Desirable

  • Member of specific interest group
  • Committee membership e.g. Risk Management
  • Advice, training and support to more junior staff, assistants and students

Knowledge

Essential

  • Detailed and applied knowledge of Risk Management
  • Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
  • Broad knowledge of current best practice in PT in acute physical, community and rehab setting
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and its implication for services
  • Understanding and compliance with Data Protection & Confidentiality

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
  • Ability to organize, priorities and delegate
  • Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
  • Ability to apply current best practice in physiotherapy in acute physical, community and rehab settings
  • Ability to maintain respiratory competency to be able to perform emergency physiotherapy duties
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to supervise other staff e.g. more junior staff / assistants / students
  • Ability to work as an effective team member
  • Ability to demonstrate flexibility and reliability
  • Ability to gain patient’s trust
  • Ability to engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care
  • IM&T skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 26 July 2026

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