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Job summary

Main area
Learning Disabilities
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
455-NLFT-0309
Employer
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Integrated Learning Disability Service
Town
Enfield
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 Per annum including HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59
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Physiotherapist (Learning Disabilities)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we: 

  • Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
  • Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
  • Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
  • Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
  • Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
  • Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer.  We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our trust website is:  https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ 

Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist with experience working with individuals with learning disabilities.  This is a full time community service role to provide Physiotherapy intervention, management and advice for adults with Learning Disabilities in their residence or within other day services .

The successful candidate will join the Integrated Learning Disability Service in London  Borough of Enfield, where we aim to address both the health and social well-being needs of adults with learning disabilities.

This candidate for this role is: 

  • To provide a very high standard of physiotherapy service to adults with Learning Disabilities (LD), their families and carers, taking into consideration and meeting the needs of a multicultural and diverse population.
  • To act as a resource of specialist advice to the staff of the Integrated Learning Disabilities
    Service and other physiotherapists in Enfield promoting best practice for the specific needs
    of this client group.
  • To take an active role working with local community groups on health promotion projects that enhances the physical health of adults with learning disabilities.
  • To be involved in multi-disciplinary health screening initiatives, to aid early detection and treatment of health problems plus care planning to ensure a smooth and safe transfer to adult provision.

Main duties of the job

To assess the physical needs of adults with learning disabilities (LD) and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment programmes.

To manage a caseload of LD clients with specialist needs.

 To participate in multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment provision.

To select and apply Physiotherapy assessments for LD caseload, addressing skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of independence, self-maintenance, inclusion, productivity and leisure.

To work with LD clients to identify Physiotherapy goals as part of their overall care plan.


To plan and implement individual and /or group interventions, in collaboration with the LD client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for LD clients with multiple or complex needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

 To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability; and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and recommended adaptations to the client’s physical and social environment.

 To identify unmet needs in the service and advise the physiotherapy team leader as necessary.

 To provide support and education to LD clients and carers regarding aspects of Physiotherapy e.g., equipment provision, rehab programmes.


To assess for the requirement of mobility and physical aids / equipment, ensuring that risks are considered and fully reduced by giving effective instructions for use to the clients and carers.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. 
 
Our Five-Year Strategy:  

  1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.  

  1. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all  

  1. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.  

Why NLFT?  

  • We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.  

  • We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. 

  • NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme  

  • Excellent internal staff network  

 

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification in the attachment of the job advert.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Current HCPC Registered
  • Qualifications in Physiotherapy: Diploma/BSc or Equivalent or International qualification
  • Demonstration of commitment to lifelong learning
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate training in relevant clinical areas and related health subjects
  • Accreditation to take Physiotherapy students on Practice placements

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • Postgraduate PT experience relevant to Learning Disabilities.
  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Extensive clinical experience including individual & group work
  • HCPC registered
  • Documented evidence of C.P.D.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in neurology and neurological conditions
  • Experience in supervising / teaching staff / students / volunteers
  • Leadership & first line management experience
  • Experience of involvement in audit
  • Member of Special Interest Group
  • Understanding of resource management

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential criteria
  • Experienced application of PT practice to Learning Disabilities
  • Ability to work safely and effectively with people who exhibit challenging behaviour
  • Ability to work autonomously & set own priorities
  • Ability to analyse professional & ethical issues
  • Ability to build effective working relationships.
  • Proactive team member
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage workload and determine priorities and delegate
  • Negotiation skills
  • Ability to organise & respond effectively to complex information
  • Reflect & critically approve own performance
  • Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
  • Excellent presentation & training skills.
  • Ability to promote self and profession.
  • Ability to apply appraisal and supervision skills
  • Ability to laterally think and problem solve
Desirable criteria
  • Word processing and internet skills
  • Critical Appraisal skills
  • Ability to identify clinical shortfalls and development
  • Ability to use resources to effectively meet clinical need.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of PT outcome measures.
  • Up to date knowledge of developments effecting PT practice.
  • Knowledge of research process
  • Knowledge of differing models of practice
  • Knowledge of different approaches all 3 to treatment relevant to Learning disabilities
  • Incorporating principles of Clinical Governance into day to day workload.
  • Awareness of understanding in developing services in conjunction with NHS guidance
  • Specialist knowledge & application of PT Assessments & Interventions relevant to adults with learning disabilities.
  • Knowledge of techniques to manage aggression and challenging behaviour
  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
  • Understanding of risks involved in work in the community and clinical settings including travel.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential criteria
  • Member of Special Interest Group
  • Understanding of resource management
Desirable criteria
  • Car driver
NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleJob share policyAge positiveImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer. Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthAccredited Living Wage Employer

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Olu Sofuwa
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02083796887
Additional information

Pat Mitchell

Administration

Integrated Learning Disabilities  Service

[email protected]

0208 1322563

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