Senior Community Physiotherapist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum including HCAS
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Edmonton, N9 0PD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Oct 2026

Apply for this job

Summary

Providing care to a multicultural and diverse population, to deliver a high standard of physiotherapy care to patients and their carers.

To perform comprehensive physiotherapy assessment of people with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. To use this to provide a clinical diagnosis and deliver an individualised treatment program.

To hold responsibility for your own caseload and, working without direct supervision, together with the other members of the MDT, deliver a comprehensive package of care to patients and their carers. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case review and case conferences. To support more junior members of staff and provide comprehensive clinical supervision.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

With support from more senior staff, to undertake evidence-based audit and/or research projects to further own teams and clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May contribute to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

To be aware of and to highlight to your line manager any clinical governance issues pertaining to your role and practice.

To contribute to the delivery of health promotion activities within the service and wider Trust initiatives.

Providing care to a multi cultural and diverse population, to deliver a high standard of physiotherapy care to patients and their carers.

To hold responsibility for your own caseload and, working without direct supervision but together with the other members of the MDT, deliver a comprehensive package of care to patients and their carers. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case review and case conferences. To support more junior members of staff and provide comprehensive clinical supervision.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

With support from more senior staff, to undertake evidence-based audit and or research projects to further own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May contribute to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

To be aware of and to highlight to your line manager any clinical governance issues pertaining to your role and practice.

To contribute to the delivery of health promotion activities within the service and wider Trust initiatives.

TheRoyal Free Hospitalis a world-renowned teaching hospital located inHampstead, Camden, London. Established in1828by surgeonWilliam Marsden, it was the first hospital in London to provide free healthcare to patients who could not afford treatment. Today, it serves as a major teaching site forUCL Medical Schooland is the flagship hospital of theRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Key Services and Specialisms

• Organ Transplantation:An internationally recognised centre for kidney and liver transplantation, performing hundreds of procedures each year.

• Infectious Diseases:Home to one of the UK's specialist high-level isolation units for treating high-consequence infectious diseases.

• Cancer Care:Provides specialist diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of cancers, including liver, kidney, pancreatic, and neuroendocrine tumours.

• Rare Diseases:Acts as a national referral centre for rare conditions, including haemophilia and amyloidosis.

• Clinical Research and Innovation:Hosts leading research institutions, including theUCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, supporting advances in medicine and patient care.

Overall, the Royal Free Hospital is one of the UK's leading academic and specialist hospitals, combining high-quality patient care, medical education, research, and specialist services.

See job description and person specification attached to this job advert.All details included in this document.

To perform comprehensive physiotherapy assessment of patients who are presenting with complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a clinical diagnosis of their physiotherapy problems and develop and deliver an individualised treatment program.

To ensure all physiotherapy assessment are completed within agreed timescales.

To support the B8a with the day-to-day organisation of the Community physiotherapy service and to manage a designated caseload, delivering care according the service specification requirements.

To support and educate patients and carers in managing complex

physiotherapy/rehabilitation needs for managing a community caseload.

To work closely with other agencies e.g. specialist equipment services, social services voluntary sector and private agencies to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into the patients care programs where applicable.

To hold full responsibility for own caseload of patients, working without direct supervision.

Own supervision takes the form of regular formal training with peers, peer review and case conferences. Self-directed access to advice and support from a higher grade is available, as required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To provide clinical supervision and support to less experienced physiotherapy staff, rehab assistants, technical Instructors and students on placement and to support training and supervision of others in the MDT team.

This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Sep 2026

Apply for this job