Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7699583
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Children and Young People’s Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Children and Young People’s Physiotherapist- Band 7 Acute inpatients and Outpatients
Up to 37.5 hours per week- full time/part time/job share considered
The Therapy Services team at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7paediatric physiotherapist to join the team based at Barnet Hospital. Candidates should have significant experience in managing a wide variety of acute paediatric complaints and conditions in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
The post holder will cover the general paediatric ward, be responsible for an outpatient caseload and on occasion be needed for an acute patient in fracture clinic or ED.
Main duties of the job
The role will include assessing patients’ therapy needs and devising, implementing and evaluating treatment plans. We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate individual with experience, skills and knowledge of the diverse paediatric specialty. The successful candidate should be a confident physiotherapist with the ability to work autonomously, and who possesses excellent communication skills required when liaising effectively with patients, parents/carers, and colleagues within the MDT and wider community health services.
You will enjoy peer group support from the paediatric outpatient physiotherapy team and dieticians who work in paediatrics. In addition, peers in the adult specialities are available to use as part of your clinical reasoning and problem solving. The Clinical Lead for the team is also a highly specialised children’s physiotherapist who will be able to support you in post. There are significant opportunities for CPD and ongoing postgraduate education.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration for profession
- Evidence or portfolio of post-graduate continued development in specialist clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Membership of specialist interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial postgraduate experience at a Band 6 level
- Wide range of paediatric experience in both in and outpatient settings
- Evidence of practical experience with children of all ages
- Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
Desirable criteria
- Experience at a Band 7 Level
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Awareness of current health issues
- Specialist knowledge within Paediatrics and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
- Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning including problem solving
- Positive attitude to and ability to cope well with change
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues
- Highly effective written communication skills
- Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
- Able to maintain judgement and make decisions under pressure
- Teaching and supervisory skills within formal and informal environments to peers and other professionals
- Clear vision of role and commitment to speciality
- Committed to personal and team development
- Able to manage own clinical caseload by prioritising effectively and support others to do the same
- Ability to lead and work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
- Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines and support others to do the same
- Competent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing
- Good presentation skills
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness in a range of situations
- Ability to negotiate at a variety of levels
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Forward thinking
- Punctual and reliable
- Able to work weekends when required
- Able to work on different sites
Others
Essential criteria
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
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
- Debra Silver
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 216 4405
- Additional information
For more information or an informal visit, contact Physiotherapist or Debra Silver, Clinical Lead on 0208 216 4405, [email protected]
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