• Job Description

  Req#: C9391-25-0889?language=en&page=250&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a newly qualified physiotherapist or an experienced Band 5 looking to build on your experience? We have full-time, permanent positions within our physiotherapy team.

  The physiotherapy department at North Middlesex University Hospital is recruiting enthusiastic, forward-thinking team players to join our dynamic service. We are looking for physiotherapists who are motivated to achieve their potential. You will work within a supportive team of clinical specialists, Band 7 and Band 6 physiotherapists gaining the relevant experience needed to move forward to senior roles.

  Your caseload will be varied and interesting, rotating through:

  • Acute stroke/Neurology
  • Medical/oncology
  • Respiratory/ICU
  • Orthopaedics
  • Musculoskeletal outpatients
  • Acute medicine for the elderly

  You will also have regular supervision, in-service training and teaching to further develop your skills. We will support you in developing to be able to supervise you own students.

  CPD funding is available for appropriate course identified through training needs analysis

  Please ensure you read the Person Specification and address all the essential criteria in your application. Please note this job may close earlier than the date stated due to a high volume of applicants.

  Main duties of the job

  To perform physiotherapy assessments and treatments within each rotation, working as an autonomous practitioner. To effectively liaise with patients, carers and members of the MDT in both verbal and written format.

  To consolidate your knowledge and skills within each rotation and use these in other rotations. To assist Team Leaders in running a clinically cost-effective Service.

  To seek advice and support from senior staff or colleagues when you feel unsure about any clinical or process matters. To fully participate in the 7-day rota in your rotation and the emergency oncall (night-time rota).

  To participate fully in the rotation scheme.

  To keep accurate daily statistical records to support the Finance department.

  To maintain an up-to-date CPD portfolio which supports your HCPC registration.

  To support the Service in achieving the London Quality Standards mandated on the Trust.

  About us

  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/

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £34,521 to £41,956 a year per annum inclusive (Pro-rata if LTFT)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  391-NMUH-7171170

  Job locations

  North Middlesex University Hospital

  Sterling Way

  London

  N18 1QX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Clinical

  • Clinically, legally and professionally responsible for each patient in your care
  • Perform physiotherapy assessments on a range of patients ensuring you comply with HCPC & local standards
  • Design and implement tailored management programmes for patients presenting with a range of simple, complex and highly complex conditions (with Senior support) and treat them as an autonomous practitioner
  • Use a variety of assessment and treatment techniques using well developed observational, palpatory and empathetic investigative and analytical skills
  • You will use clinical reasoning skills to formulate hypotheses
  • Create an impairment list following your patient assessment and document a timed treatment plan for each patient. You will create a patient-centred goal list related to both impairments and functional outcomes
  • Understand the duty of care you have to each patient you are treating and how duty of care impacts on the prioritization of your caseload.
  • Able to evaluate treatment outcomes, progress treatment programmes and discharge when appropriate. (Treatments will include a range of skilled options such as manual therapy, using physiotherapy adjuncts, handling unconscious and/or paralysed patients etc.)
  • Be required to give planned or spontaneous advice and information to patients and carers including an explanation about the individual responsibility both patients and physiotherapist will appropriately take for the patient's treatment, progress and management
  • Assess patients for special equipment (e.g. walking aids, bespoke splints) and organise provision of this when necessary
  • Advise patients on the safe use of all equipment issued and ensure that all legal requirements are met
  • Alert your supervisor when stock is getting low
  • Keep appropriate, accurate treatment records which fulfil legal and statistical requirements relating to information governance and which are in accordance with departmental & Trust policies and procedures
  • Participate in the 7-day rota for your rotation and the emergency on-call night-time rota when you have been assessed as competent to do so. This will involve the assessment and treatment of patients on the wards, A & E and intensive care units.
  • Consult the responsible senior member of staff for advice regarding complex patients, difficult liaison problems or where specialised or highly specialised treatments are involved
  • Develop the ability and skill of prioritising your own workload with supervisory assistance of the Senior Physiotherapist
  • Be able to treat patients, when appropriate, in individual or group treatment sessions.
  • Understand the role of the PTA/Technical Instructor and delegate appropriate work to this grade of staff
  • You may be required to treat patients in a variety of settings, e.g. hospital, school or home as appropriate for each rotation
  • Contribute to the development of patient care by attending relevant team, departmental and care group meetings and make recommendations / suggestions regarding changes to clinical care or service provision.

  GOVERNANCE & CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

  • Ensure your HCPC registration is in date at all times and notify the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy of any changes in your HCPC status.
  • Take personal responsibility for ensuring your statutory and mandatory training is complete and up -to-date. You will adhere to all Health & Safety policies & procedures and actively seek out training and advice when necessary.
  • Register clinical and non-clinical incidents which may affect patient care, your colleagues, visitors, contractors or yourself.
  • Assist senior staff and the Trust in audit processes. You will be an active participant in trust ADR and PDP system.
  • Participate in the collection of accurate statistics and reports required to monitor and evaluate the service.
  • May be involved in a Physiotherapy Clinical Governance activity, (clinical case-note audit, Hip fracture database, National Stroke
  • Audit (SNNAP), Planned to actual treatment delivery)
  • Comply with or aspire to comply with all NICE and CQC guidance and show an awareness of best, and evidence based practice.
  • Will have supervision on a weekly basis with a senior staff member in your rotation this may take different forms eg: case note audit, observed assessment or treatment, caseload reviews, clinical reasoning review or pastoral meeting. You will have 1 hour of planned Self Education Time at work per week (under review March 2014)
  • Have weekly IST within your rotation (1 hour

  EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Have the ability to communicate with a range of people including patients, carers and staff across a range of ages and cultures. You will develop and seek feedback on your communication skills from your colleagues and Team Leaders.
  • Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team in formal and informal meetings(Consultants, Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Dietitians, Teachers, Care Workers, Social Workers and Link-workers etc.) to develop and agree management programmes for patients in your care.
  • To provide accurate written and verbal reports to a variety of social, legal and health organisations when necessary.
  • To work as an integral member of each department / rotation and attend staff and management meetings as required.
  • Liaise with your Team Leader regarding annual leave, professional training and all aspects to do with the physiotherapy rotational posts.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties and Responsibilities:

  Clinical

  • Clinically, legally and professionally responsible for each patient in your care
  • Perform physiotherapy assessments on a range of patients ensuring you comply with HCPC & local standards
  • Design and implement tailored management programmes for patients presenting with a range of simple, complex and highly complex conditions (with Senior support) and treat them as an autonomous practitioner
  • Use a variety of assessment and treatment techniques using well developed observational, palpatory and empathetic investigative and analytical skills
  • You will use clinical reasoning skills to formulate hypotheses
  • Create an impairment list following your patient assessment and document a timed treatment plan for each patient. You will create a patient-centred goal list related to both impairments and functional outcomes
  • Understand the duty of care you have to each patient you are treating and how duty of care impacts on the prioritization of your caseload.
  • Able to evaluate treatment outcomes, progress treatment programmes and discharge when appropriate. (Treatments will include a range of skilled options such as manual therapy, using physiotherapy adjuncts, handling unconscious and/or paralysed patients etc.)
  • Be required to give planned or spontaneous advice and information to patients and carers including an explanation about the individual responsibility both patients and physiotherapist will appropriately take for the patient's treatment, progress and management
  • Assess patients for special equipment (e.g. walking aids, bespoke splints) and organise provision of this when necessary
  • Advise patients on the safe use of all equipment issued and ensure that all legal requirements are met
  • Alert your supervisor when stock is getting low
  • Keep appropriate, accurate treatment records which fulfil legal and statistical requirements relating to information governance and which are in accordance with departmental & Trust policies and procedures
  • Participate in the 7-day rota for your rotation and the emergency on-call night-time rota when you have been assessed as competent to do so. This will involve the assessment and treatment of patients on the wards, A & E and intensive care units.
  • Consult the responsible senior member of staff for advice regarding complex patients, difficult liaison problems or where specialised or highly specialised treatments are involved
  • Develop the ability and skill of prioritising your own workload with supervisory assistance of the Senior Physiotherapist
  • Be able to treat patients, when appropriate, in individual or group treatment sessions.
  • Understand the role of the PTA/Technical Instructor and delegate appropriate work to this grade of staff
  • You may be required to treat patients in a variety of settings, e.g. hospital, school or home as appropriate for each rotation
  • Contribute to the development of patient care by attending relevant team, departmental and care group meetings and make recommendations / suggestions regarding changes to clinical care or service provision.

  GOVERNANCE & CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

  • Ensure your HCPC registration is in date at all times and notify the Professional Lead for Physiotherapy of any changes in your HCPC status.
  • Take personal responsibility for ensuring your statutory and mandatory training is complete and up -to-date. You will adhere to all Health & Safety policies & procedures and actively seek out training and advice when necessary.
  • Register clinical and non-clinical incidents which may affect patient care, your colleagues, visitors, contractors or yourself.
  • Assist senior staff and the Trust in audit processes. You will be an active participant in trust ADR and PDP system.
  • Participate in the collection of accurate statistics and reports required to monitor and evaluate the service.
  • May be involved in a Physiotherapy Clinical Governance activity, (clinical case-note audit, Hip fracture database, National Stroke
  • Audit (SNNAP), Planned to actual treatment delivery)
  • Comply with or aspire to comply with all NICE and CQC guidance and show an awareness of best, and evidence based practice.
  • Will have supervision on a weekly basis with a senior staff member in your rotation this may take different forms eg: case note audit, observed assessment or treatment, caseload reviews, clinical reasoning review or pastoral meeting. You will have 1 hour of planned Self Education Time at work per week (under review March 2014)
  • Have weekly IST within your rotation (1 hour

  EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Have the ability to communicate with a range of people including patients, carers and staff across a range of ages and cultures. You will develop and seek feedback on your communication skills from your colleagues and Team Leaders.
  • Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team in formal and informal meetings(Consultants, Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Dietitians, Teachers, Care Workers, Social Workers and Link-workers etc.) to develop and agree management programmes for patients in your care.
  • To provide accurate written and verbal reports to a variety of social, legal and health organisations when necessary.
  • To work as an integral member of each department / rotation and attend staff and management meetings as required.
  • Liaise with your Team Leader regarding annual leave, professional training and all aspects to do with the physiotherapy rotational posts.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualification

  Essential

  • Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Registration with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

  Desirable

  • Member of CSP
  • Member of Special interest Group

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to discuss clinical reasoning in the management of cases
  • Ability to identify and act upon adverse clinical signs
  • Able to communicate complex information to patients, carers and other health professionals
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Good time management skills with ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
  • Ability to self-direct learning, be critical and evaluate own learning needs, demonstrated in a CPD portfolio
  • Able to provide a high standard of clear concise written and verbal reports in English
  • Good presentation skills
  • IT skills, including using hospital data bases, word processing
  • Ability to manage own stress and work in a stressful and unpredictable environment. To show empathy and fairness to give support to others

  Desirable

  • IT skills - ability to create and/or format data and/or complex spreadsheets
  • Motivational skills

  Experience

  Essential

  • A broad range of undergraduate experience in all core specialties
  • Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MDT

  Desirable

  • Previous experience at band 5
  • Experience of participating in an NHS environment
  • Experience of participating in audit and EBP
  • Evidence of actively participating in IST and MDT groups
  • research experience
  • Experience in managing limited resources and high workloads

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • An understanding of EBP pertaining to physiotherapy
  • Awareness of national guidelines and standards relevant to physiotherapy
  • understanding of Clinical governance and its implication for physiotherapy
  • Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession

  Desirable

  • Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments

  Other

  Essential

  • self motivated
  • demonstrate professional independence
  • work across sites in a flexible manner
  • physically fit and able to comply with therapeutic handling
  • Professional manner
  • available for on-call, weekend duties and altered working patterns where clinically appropriate

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualification

  Essential

  • Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
  • Registration with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

  Desirable

  • Member of CSP
  • Member of Special interest Group

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to discuss clinical reasoning in the management of cases
  • Ability to identify and act upon adverse clinical signs
  • Able to communicate complex information to patients, carers and other health professionals
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Good time management skills with ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
  • Ability to self-direct learning, be critical and evaluate own learning needs, demonstrated in a CPD portfolio
  • Able to provide a high standard of clear concise written and verbal reports in English
  • Good presentation skills
  • IT skills, including using hospital data bases, word processing
  • Ability to manage own stress and work in a stressful and unpredictable environment. To show empathy and fairness to give support to others

  Desirable

  • IT skills - ability to create and/or format data and/or complex spreadsheets
  • Motivational skills

  Experience

  Essential

  • A broad range of undergraduate experience in all core specialties
  • Experience and ability to work collaboratively within MDT

  Desirable

  • Previous experience at band 5
  • Experience of participating in an NHS environment
  • Experience of participating in audit and EBP
  • Evidence of actively participating in IST and MDT groups
  • research experience
  • Experience in managing limited resources and high workloads

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • An understanding of EBP pertaining to physiotherapy
  • Awareness of national guidelines and standards relevant to physiotherapy
  • understanding of Clinical governance and its implication for physiotherapy
  • Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession

  Desirable

  • Awareness and understanding of NHS structure, current issues and developments

  Other

  Essential

  • self motivated
  • demonstrate professional independence
  • work across sites in a flexible manner
  • physically fit and able to comply with therapeutic handling
  • Professional manner
  • available for on-call, weekend duties and altered working patterns where clinically appropriate

  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).

  Additional information

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  North Middlesex University Hospital

  Sterling Way

  London

  N18 1QX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  North Middlesex University Hospital

  Sterling Way

  London

  N18 1QX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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