Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekend working)
- Job ref
- 259-8128418WXH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whipps Cross University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist
Band 6
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
Take professional responsibility for managing a caseload, undertaking comprehensive assessments, formulating accurate diagnoses, and delivering evidence-based physiotherapy interventions for patients with complex conditions. Provide individualised treatment plans using advanced clinical reasoning, manual therapy, exercise prescription, and patient education. Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to support discharge planning and ensure continuity of care. Maintain accurate clinical records, manage risks, and comply with confidentiality and data protection requirements.
Participate in weekend, on-call, and emergency respiratory rotas, providing specialist advice to clinical colleagues. Support the development of junior staff, students, and support workers through supervision, teaching, and performance assessment. Maintain professional competence through continuing professional development (CPD) and contribute to audit, research, and service improvement activities to promote evidence-based practice.
Represent physiotherapy within multidisciplinary team meetings, supporting integrated patient care. Demonstrate flexibility in working across Trust sites and services, undertaking leadership and operational responsibilities as required while maintaining high clinical, professional standards.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS experience as a Physiotherapist
- Post registration experience in relevant clinical settings: Respiratory, Neurology, Surgery, MSK.
- Experience of sole working as part of an emergency respiratory out of hours service
- Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of audit/research.
Desirable criteria
- Advice, training, and support to more junior staff, assistants, and students.
- Member of specific relevant interest group
- Committee membership eg Risk Management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Application of Risk Management
- Ability to deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Ability to apply current best practice in physiotherapy in acute physical and rehab settings.
- Ability to maintain respiratory competency to be able to perform emergency on-call physiotherapy duties
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to supervise other staff e.g. more junior staff / assistants / students.
- Ability to work as an effective team member
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of professional legal and ethical responsibilities.
- Broad understanding of current physiotherapy best practice across acute, community, and rehabilitation settings.
- Knowledge of risk management, clinical governance, data protection, and confidentiality.
- Flexible, reliable, and able to build patient trust, confidence, and a sense of safety.
- Strong IT, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Able to present information clearly and logically.
- Capacity to undertake sustained moderate-to-intense physical activity and manage multiple concurrent tasks.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helena Train
- Job title
- Clinical lead PT/OT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07842302699
- Additional information
Available M-F 08.00-16.00
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