Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist Acute Frailty Therapy Team in Romford

Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist Acute Frailty Therapy Team

Band 6

Main area BHRUT Therapies Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 162-7949-CCS

Site Queens Hospital Town Romford Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum Inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our fast paced and dynamic Acute Frailty Therapy Team in Queens Hospital.

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist in a large and busy team you will be required to demonstrate leadership skills and be confident to work as an autonomous practitioner with a focus on early assessment and discharge planning, with rapid and robust decision-making essential for efficient patient flow.

You will be familiar with the assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive, and psychological health conditions within elderly and medical specialities to develop and deliver treatment and discharge plans.

The Team works closely with the larger Multidisciplinary Team to care for acutely unwell frail patients attending the hospital and through collaborative decision making with our colleagues we facilitate safe and rapid discharge from hospital. We are based in Queens Emergency Department, Frailty SDEC, Medical SDEC, Queens Frailty Unit and an elderly inpatient ward in Queens Hospital.

The team is an integrated service with Occupational Therapy, and you will be supported by Band 7 Physiotherapists, a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and a Band 8a Clinical Lead. The team is very supportive and there are lots of opportunities to develop both clinical and non-clinical skills, with access to internal and external courses.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries

To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, Junior staff and Students on placement

Working for our organisation

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queens Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queens and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• H.C.P.C. Registration
• Evidence of recent and relevant CPD
• Post graduate clinical training
• Clinical supervisors training

Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Ability to work without supervision
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of limitations of own clinical practice and identify appropriate solutions
• Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of acute patients in line with current practise and research
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession and their implications for practice
• Understand clinical governance and its implications for service delivery and demonstrate evidence of its clinical application i.e. audit
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
• Supervision of other staff i.e. assistants and technical instructors
• Ability to work at moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day
• Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers

Experience/ Knowledge

• To have recent broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations in an acute hospital setting
• Active participation of in service training
• Evidence of recent working within an acute hospital setting and treating patients with complex needs within the NHS
• Previous band 6 acute experience
• Recent clinical experience working in Emergency Department or Frailty Unit
• Training of physiotherapy students on placements.

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

Certificate of Sponsorship
In line with UKVI guidance, we are unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship for Band 2 and Band 3 roles.

Recruitment process
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Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
BHRUT is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. All employees are expected to share this commitment and follow the Trust's safeguarding policies.

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BHRUT is a smoke-free Trust. All employees are expected to comply with our smoke-free policy.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.