Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

• Degree/ graduate diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a physiotherapist
• Certificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in clinical specialty areas

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP
• Membership of special interest group

Experience

Essential

• Good understanding of relevant clinical guidelines
• Broad range of clinical experience at a Band 5 level or above
• Experience of working in an acute, hospital based setting, including working within an MDT
• Presentations to a range of groups
• Teaching/training of staff or students
• Supervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students
• Active participation in an audit or project work
• Computer literate, to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills
• Experience of weekend working and emergency on-call working

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and use initiative
• Evidence of specialist clinical skills and core Physiotherapy skills
• Effective clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to reflect on and appraise own practice
• Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues.
• Effective written communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
• Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
• Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines
• Ability to be proactive in service development
• Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice

Desirable

• Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately.

Royal Free Shared Commitments

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

• Strong interpersonal skills, including assertiveness
• Ability to negotiate
• Positive attitude to change; able to facilitate change within teams
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others

Other

Essential

• Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).