Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Outpatients

Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Outpatients

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Therapies Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term Until September 2027) Hours Part - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 282-SA1841

Employer The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Marsden Chelsea Town Chelsea Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Part time 22.5 hours per week.
Fixed term until September 2026. Chelsea Based.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with a national and international reputation for high quality patient care, research, development and education. As physiotherapists we are key members of a multidisciplinary team geared to the rehabilitation of patients undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in both in and outpatient settings. Oncology provides a challenging environment for developing a number of skills including clinical reasoning, communication and multi-professional working. Ongoing professional training and development is encouraged and supported.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced physiotherapist to join the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will share leadership responsibilities for the outpatient physiotherapy service on the Chelsea site. We are looking for an experienced oncology or musculoskeletal physiotherapist with an interest in oncology rehabilitation. You will be supported by senior colleagues, with regular supervision and in-service training.

Main duties of the job

Cancer care is a rapidly developing and relatively new area of expertise within physiotherapy.

The Band 7 Physiotherapists take a lead role, alongside the Band 8a Physiotherapist, to provide a high quality; evidence-based outpatient physiotherapy service.

This Band 7 Physiotherapist will share responsibility across the week for leading the outpatient service on the Chelsea site. They will prioritise outpatient referrals, co-ordinate outpatient appointments, assess patients and treat patients managing physical consequences of cancer and its treatment. They provide a service to this patient group including the use of supported self-management strategies and onward referral

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

• Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients and support Band 5/6 physiotherapists and Therapy assistants to do similarly.
• Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload
• Continue to develop an area of advanced practise within oncology physiotherapy. This necessitates the acquisition and application of specific physiotherapy and oncology skills. These advanced skills will impact on the advanced assessment and treatment of this patient group and will enable a comprehensive approach to holistic care. This may include acupuncture as part of your treatment approach.
• Take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatments of patients with cancer and undertake comprehensive assessment of patients. Patients present with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies. These may include symptoms directly related to the disease process, symptoms related to treatment, or symptoms arising from pre-existing pathologies.
• Use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate physiotherapeutic diagnosis of their condition and place this within the context of their cancer and its treatment.
• Use advanced listening skills to understand the physical, emotional and psychological needs of patients and carers and incorporate these into treatment planning. This includes the ability to interpret and respond to patient’s unsaid needs, to respond to an opening that the patient may provide and to refer patients to the appropriate health care professional to address this need.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Diploma/degree level qualification in physiotherapy
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or have alternative indemnity arrangements
• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
• Evidence of on-going personal/professional development through maintenance of CPD portfolio

Experience

• Demonstrable knowledge in core physiotherapy skills including musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurology, orthopaedics, surgical, medical and rehabilitation
• Evidence of skill in provision of a physiotherapy service to patients with haemato-oncology diagnoses
• Evidence of skill in provision of a physiotherapy service to patients with haemato-oncology diagnoses
• Ability to teach skills/knowledge to others in both formal and informal environments

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Confident to take the lead and articulate ideas and concerns
• Advanced communication skills with particular ability to work with complex/sensitive situations with patients, carers, physiotherapy colleagues and the wider MDT
• Ability to show tact and to manage boundaries
• Ability to be innovative and respond to change
• Ability to maintain judgement under pressure
• Ability to make decisions organise and prioritise
• Ability to keep accurate patient notes
• Evidence of a good understanding of NHS issues
• Evidence of a good understanding of clinical governance
• Ability to supervise physiotherapy colleagues and facilitate their development
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and recognise the additional stresses of patients/carers dealing with a cancer diagnosis
• Computer literate (e.g. Microsoft words and Outlook
• Membership of a clinical interest group in physiotherapy

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to meet the service needs
• Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
• Ability to participate in the provision of an on call physiotherapy service

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.