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Job summary

Main area
Therapies
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-MIC-2242
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charing Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/09/2026 23:59
Interview date
06/10/2026

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Specialist Physiotherapist Amputee Rehab

Band 7

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

 

Job overview

We have an exciting position for a Band 7 Physiotherapist to work in the amputee rehabilitation service at Charing Cross Hospital.  The post involves some cross site working.  This post is an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated physiotherapist to provide a comprehensive, patient centred, quality amputee rehabilitation and vascular/intermittent claudication physiotherapy service.  Holderness Rehabilitation Centre is on-site, with a Rehabilitation Consultant and prosthetic/orthotic team. The caseload is a combination of vascular and traumatic amputees.  This post will provide a fantastic opportunity for a physiotherapist who wishes to expand their clinical knowledge and skills in this very specialist area.  

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or current Band 7 Physiotherapist, with a keen interest in the field of amputee rehabilitation. You will work with a team of physiotherapists Band 8a physiotherapist, Band 6 physiotherapist and Band 3 physiotherapy assistant.  You will manage a clinical caseload using an evidence based client centred approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

The physiotherapy department supports robust CPD for all staff members.  You will have the opportunity to develop your research, audit, presentation, and leadership skills alongside management of improvement projects as we help you to fulfil team and personal objectives.

You will be expected to work as part of the Trauma & Orthopaedic weekend rota.

Main duties of the job

  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. 
  • To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment 
    techniques.  
  • To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.
  • To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams as a whole.
  • To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users.
  • Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team.
  • To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives.  

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. 

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree (or equivalent) in BSc Physiotherapy
  • State registration with the Health Professions Council
  • Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
  • Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Membership of the Professional Organisation
  • Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
  • Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
  • Management skills or leadership training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
  • Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
  • Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working
  • Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
  • Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
  • Experience of service development/change management
  • Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
  • Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
Desirable criteria
  • Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
  • Leadership of a therapy team
  • Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
  • Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
  • Clinical research experience
  • Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
  • Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
  • Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
  • Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
  • Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
  • Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
  • Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
  • Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
  • Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
  • Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
  • Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
  • Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
  • Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
  • Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
  • Negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Laura Burgess
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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