Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosciences
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 213-DivisionC-8229008-A
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Orpingtion hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 per annum pro rata including HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Team Lead Physiotherapist, Acute Neuro Rehabilitation and Spasticity
Band 7
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
We are pleased to offer this new part time role as part of expansion of the Spasticity services at Kings College Hospital and Hub and Spoke model for spasticity management across SEL . This role will be split between the Spasticity service and Acute Neuro Rehabilitation service at PRUH and ORP hospitals, and will work alongside a Fulltime Team lead in Acute Neuro rehabilitation and Spasticity.
Main duties of the job
To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient Physiotherapy service within acute inpatient rehabilitation within allocated resources.
To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills as an autonomous practitioner, and as part of the multidisciplinary spasticity service.
To support the spasticity clinics as part of the MDT service, and undertake full assessments and treatment plans, including physical management strategies, botulinum toxin, patient/carer education and liaison with community partners.
To support Ward teams with early identification and problem solving around barriers to rehab and discharge, and support ward with complex referrals and signposting.
To foster links with local rehabilitation services, and attend Multidisciplinary meetings to support patient pathways where appropriate eg (SCI round, Neuro Rehab round, FND Complex MDM)
To support physiotherapy teams in neuro-physiotherapy management and to supervise, teach and develop staff and students to meet individual and service needs.
To lead and manage ANR and Spasticity physiotherapy team and deputise for the Clinical Leads when necessary.
This post requires a flexible approach to working and may require the post holder to work as part of a rota’d seven day working pattern as necessary. Staff may be required to work across multiple sites dependent upon the needs of the service. This includes both static and rotational posts
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient Physiotherapy service within acute inpatient rehabilitation within allocated resources.
· To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to manage own complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner, and as part of the multidisciplinary spasticity service.
· To receive referrals, undertake full assessment and independently plan individual, specialised, evidence-based, treatment programmes for patients appropriately depending on the diagnosis, using clinical reasoning and a variety of highly specialist skills such as neuro-handling skills, spasticity management, splinting, posture and seating management.
· To support the spasticity clinics as part of the MDT service, and undertake full assessments and treatment plans, including physical management strategies, botulinum toxin, patient/carer education and liaison with community partners.
· To support Ward teams with early identification and problem solving around barriers to rehabilitation and discharge, and support ward with complex referrals and signposting to internal and external services
· To foster links with local rehabilitation services, and attend Multidisciplinary meetings to support patient pathways where appropriate eg (SCI round, Neuro Rehab round, FND Complex MDM)
· To support physiotherapy teams in neuro-physiotherapy management and to supervise, teach and develop staff and students to meet individual and service needs.
· To lead and manage ANR and Spasticity physiotherapy team.
· To deputise for the Clinical Leads when necessary and take part in the on call/weekend rota
This post requires a flexible approach to working and may require the post holder to work as part of a rota’d seven day working pattern as necessary.
Staff may be required to work across multiple sites dependent upon the needs of the service. This includes both static and rotational posts
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Degree or other recognized qualification in physiotherapy
- Working at Masters level, as demonstrated by ongoing CPD including at M level, evidence-based project work, external post graduate lecturing including on M level courses
- Undertaken post-graduate training / qualification in the management of neurological disorders
- Certificate in Injection therapy for Botulinum Toxin, or willingness to complete
- Specialist knowledge and understanding in a broad range of neurological conditions and problems
- Good assessment skills and experience of a wide variety of neurological treatment techniques including specialist handling, splinting, FES, Vestibular rehabilitation.
- Specialist experience in neurology including acute and rehab
- Wide ranging post registration experience
- Has understanding of clinical governance and its implications for Physiotherapy
- Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
- Experience of supervising and developing staff and students
- Good assessment skills showing highly specialist clinical reasoning
- Able to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary team and understand roles of MDT and own role within MDT
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to process and share complex information
- Able to work at moderate to high levels of physical activity involving the delivery of manual therapy, therapeutic handling and the demonstration of exercise throughout the working day
- Able to work with a busy working environment, able to cope with periods of interruption during the working day and able to support others to do the sam
Desirable criteria
- Member of Related Clinical Interest Group
- Full Masters in Related Subject
- Experience of treating patients in Primary Care setting
- Research experience
- Management Training and Experience
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
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
- Rachel Coates
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01689 866361
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