Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 6 months (Although this position is a 6 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 6 months.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-8262541RLH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal London Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialised Physiotherapist Specialist Medicine
Band 7
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
We have an exciting opportunity to Join Specialist Medicine Therapy team as a highly specialist rehabilitation physiotherapist (Band 7) at the Royal London Hospital.
It is a 6-month fixed term post starting 1st October 2026 to 31st March 2027. It's an exciting opportunity for any experienced Band 6 or Band 7 to work within Specialist Medicine team and gain some experience.
Barts Health is a high performing group of NHS hospitals that is renowned for excellence and innovation, providing equitable, safe and compassionate care to our patient in East London and beyond.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual that is passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative care to patients living with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions. The team covers the Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary, Renal wards and HDU, Endocrinology & Haematology, Respiratory and Cardiology wards including all neurological and stroke outliers. The Respiratory ward has two 4 bedded enhanced care bays that cares for patients on NIV, heated high flow therapy and those with altered airways. Physiotherapists play a lead role in overseeing the enhanced respiratory care service alongside a dynamic team of respiratory consultants, trainees and nurses.
Successful candidates will be experienced in delivering quality improvement projects and will lead on service development under the guidance of the clinical leads.
Main duties of the job
o To work in a diverse multicultural environment in a leadership role within the specialist medicine team to deliver high quality, patient focussed care
o To take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients living with long term conditions with complex rehabilitation needs across the acute medical wards including Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary, Renal, Endocrinology & Haematology, Respiratory and Cardiology
o To take a lead role in the advances assessment and treatment of outlying neurological and stroke patients on the medical wards including leading on facilitating their transition closer to home
o To support with clinical leads in service development leading on innovation and quality improvement in line with local and national healthcare priorities
o To be responsible for the induction, supervision, learning and development of rotational staff within the team.
o To be jointly responsible with clinical leads for overseeing clinical governance within the team including but not limited to managing clinical risk, staff development, and rota management.
o To support the overnight respiratory on-call services
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
- BSc Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Masters’ modules relevant to specialist area
- Leadership Course
- Membership of Specialist Interest Group
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience delivering acute rehabilitation for patients acute and chronic medical conditions such as renal, liver and heart failure, frailty and stroke/neurological conditions.
- Awareness of local and national policies relating to delivery of acute rehabilitation services including dosage of rehab interventions
- In-depth understanding of clinical governance
- Understanding of the opportunities and challenges of working within a culturally diverse environment
- Experienced in presenting and teaching skills to a variety of professionals
- Experienced in delivering clinical education to range of staff groups of varying knowledge
- Experience of leading a quality improvement/clinical effectiveness work based project/ Audit
- Experience of implementing people management policies including sickness absence and performance
- Experience of investigating and reporting on incidents and complaints
Desirable criteria
- Simulation Training Skills
- Experience in research
- Experience of managing a small team in a clinically defined area
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
- Ruth Kent
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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