Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-7350768
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
Band 5
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Do you aspire for your next career move to work for an NHS organisation that is not only rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission but is also in the HSJ best places to work list.
If so, look no further than the Learning Disability Team within the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).
As London’s largest NHS Trust dedicated to community healthcare, we offer leadership, learning and career opportunities for community healthcare professional that few can match (along with a High Cost Area Supplement).
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Physiotherapist (Band 5) to join Central London Community Health Care NHS Trust (CLCH) community learning disabilities teams (CLDT). For the right candidate, this is a real opportunity to shape patient care and put physiotherapy at the centre of LD community services. We are a forward thinking, well respected and dynamic physiotherapy team with a mission to improve integration across healthcare providers. We have the backing of our employer, CLCH, London’s largest community NHS community Trust, which enables our physiotherapy to innovate and drive forward clinical excellence. Partnership working is our core to our values and the role Clinical Lead Physiotherapy is paving the way towards integration, shared care and breaking down organisational barriers.
Main duties of the job
You will work within a friendly, multidisciplinary team mainly in the clinic and domiciliary setting across the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster providing the highest standard of care in the community, offering a community-based service to adults with learning disabilities from aged 18 years, as well as supporting transition from children’s services. You will work closely with community services, primary care, care providers, equipment specialists and wheelchair services to provide physiotherapy assessment and management for an identified group of patients with complex needs.
You will be responsible for setting high standards of practice and be a flexible and adaptable team player. You must have excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills, able to motivate and engage both care staff and clients.
If you have these skills, why not join CLCH?
- As a specialist in the provision of community services we have been assessed as 'good' by the CQC and as an organisation we have been awarded on the top 120 places to work by the HSJ and Nursing Times.
- We have a range of employee benefits including the ability to support you with your housing needs through a rental deposit loan scheme.
- Our service offers an educationally-focused environment which will allow you to professionally grow and develop a repertoire of clinical skills and theoretical knowledge through work-based education and formal qualifications.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSC or MSC degree in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
- NVQ Level 3 equivalent or higher in English literacy.
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
- Member of ACPPLD
- A short course relating to the Postural Assessment of patients with spinal deformity.
- Evidence of up-to-date CPD portfolio for the past 6 months.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Community Learning Disability team
- Paediatrics / Special Needs School
- Neurology (inpatient / community)
- Wheelchair Service
Desirable criteria
- Experience working for a Learning Disability Team
- Experience working in a paediatric special needs placement.
- Experience in Rehabilitation and/or neurological rehabilitation.
- Experience working with orthotics, wheelchairs and specialist seating.
- Experience working as a Band 5 Physiotherapist greater than 6months
- Experience working in the NHS
- Experience working with adults with cerebral palsy.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of role of Allied Health Professionals and interdisciplinary team working
- Ability to apply core physiotherapy skills across a range of clinical conditions and engage clients in goal setting.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence based practice associated with long-term conditions.
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication and timely report writing skills.
- Competent IT skills – Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel, MS teams.
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of Social Services and voluntary agencies
- Able to provide pool-based therapy programmes.
- Able to confidently and safely use public transport within the London area.
Desirable criteria
- Skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with complex multipathologies including cerebral palsy.
- Knowledge and understanding of complex medical conditions including cerebral palsy and other multi-pathologies.
- Postural Assessment for Adults with CP
- Knowledge of orthotics, wheelchairs, specialist seating
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Supervision of Students.
- Able to work as a team member
- Flexible, adaptable and reliable to the workload demand.
- Able to work under pressure and in a timely manner.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to competently supervise assistant staff.
- Able to resolve situations of conflict
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Niall O'Gorman
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Physiotherapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 753 6887
- Additional information
Interviews will be held around Mid-August (TBC). Interviews MUST be conducted face-to-face.
Please DO NOT apply if you do not hold HCPC registration.
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