Job summary
- Main area
- BANK Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1577
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pembridge Hospice, St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29.73 (inclusive of HACS)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 28/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
BANK Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 7
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
BANK Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Band 7
Are you an experienced and motivated Physiotherapist with a passion for specialist palliative care and rehabilitation? CLCH is seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join our dedicated multidisciplinary team at Pembridge Palliative Care Centre on a bank basis.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering and developing high-quality rehabilitation services for adults with complex palliative care needs, helping patients achieve the best possible quality of life and independence.
Main duties of the job
- As a senior clinician, provide operational management and clinical leadership including time keeping, work allocation and rest breaks, respond to immediate sickness absence (requesting agency, as per protocol as required) and ensure efficient and effective use of resources
- As senior clinician you will act as role model supporting the team to achieve and maintain high standards of clinical care, based on evidence based practice.
- As senior clinician you will respond to clinical incidents, accidents and complaints in accordance with CLCH policy.
- Undertake assessment and appraisal of designated members of the team.
- To initiate and participate in change management processes as needed.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Physiotherapy
- Health Professions Council registered
- Evidence of post registration study
- Continuing Professional Development portfolio
- Desire to attain advanced skills
Desirable criteria
- Additional training in palliative care or oncology
- Training in communication skills
- Registered with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 5 years post qualifying physiotherapist experience in a multi-disciplinary health setting including working with palliative and end of life patients
- Evidence of post graduate study/relevant CPD activities
- Supervision and training of junior staff, assistants and students
- Complex caseload management
- Participated in audit/research project
- Experience of working within ethnically and culturally diverse communities.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of lone working
- Experience of teaching.
- Experience of supervising staff.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cathy Saraby
- Job title
- Senior Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 102 5000
- Additional information
Mike Griffin
Occupational Therapist
0208 102 5000
[email protected]
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