Highly Specialist Community Physiotherapist in City of Westminster

We care for you as much as you care for others. There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first‑class patient‑centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

The Community Independence Service in Westminster is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our friendly Community Rehabilitation Team. You will be passionate about the value of community and rehabilitation, have had extensive clinical experience and be ready to step into a community role to further develop your clinical and non‑clinical skills.

Main duties of the job:

• As a senior member of the Therapy Team, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of clinical competencies able to adapt to a variety of clinical circumstances.
• You will provide complex assessments and make high impact clinical decisions.
• You will work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care.
• You will use evidence based principles / current best practice and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions.
• Your exceptional caseload management and communication skills will enable you to prioritise patient care and delegate to junior members of your team.

This post will give opportunity to experience a wealth of learning and development. You will work alongside and show leadership in a responsive dynamic MDT who put high quality, patient centred care at the heart of what they do.

Job Summary:

• To provide a highly skilled Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients with complex conditions who are referred to the service.
• To plan, implement, evaluate treatment and management programmes to ensure the identified needs of the individual are met at all stages of the rehabilitation process.
• To act as a source of expertise on the management of the complex disability and provide an advisory service to Physiotherapy colleagues, other health and social care professionals, GPs, and other involved agencies.
• To actively participate and support the development of new initiatives within CNWL.
• To manage, assist and supervise the junior staff.

Person specification:

• Degree / diploma in Physiotherapy.
• Registration with HCPC as a physiotherapist.
• Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy as a physiotherapist.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates flexibility, complex problem solving, initiative and leadership skills.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.