Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

About Us

Whipps Cross Therapies aims to be at the heart of North East London, empowering individuals to live their best lives. We are dedicated to innovative development for our staff and services with a transparent approach. We offer a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive workplace with wellbeing initiatives and a Band 6 professional development teaching program designed to support your leadership journey.

Rotation Areas

• Stroke Rehabilitation & Community Stroke Service
• Acute Older Persons Services
• Critical Care including Surgery
• Surgery, Amputee Rehabilitation & Critical Care
• Acute Medicine with specialties such as endocrinology, neurology & respiratory
• Orthopaedics
• Emergency Therapy Team - Frailty Unit, Accident & Emergency, Acute Assessment Unit

Role Summary and Responsibilities

You will independently manage a caseload through thorough assessments, precise diagnoses, and delivering evidence-based physiotherapy treatments for patients with complex conditions. This involves creating personalized care plans using advanced clinical reasoning, manual therapy, exercise prescriptions, and patient education. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to support discharge and ensure seamless care continuation is required. Maintaining detailed clinical records, managing risks, and ensuring compliance with confidentiality and data protection are mandatory.

Your duties also include participating in weekend shifts, on-call, and emergency respiratory rotas, offering specialist advice to clinical peers. You will support development of junior staff, students, and support workers through mentoring, instruction, and appraisals. Continuous professional development and involvement in audits, research, and improvement projects to strengthen evidence-based practice are important aspects.

Represent physiotherapy within multidisciplinary team meetings, contribute to integrated patient care, and demonstrate flexibility by working across several Trust sites and services. You will also take on leadership and operational roles as needed, while upholding professional and clinical standards.

Additional Information

Interviews will be held in person. HCPC registration and prior NHS experience are compulsory.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK and a leading healthcare provider renowned for innovation and compassionate care. We are committed to Our WeCare values emphasizing patient safety, inclusion, and a supportive workplace where differences are valued and everyone belongs.

Contact Information

For more details or informal visits, contact Helena Train, Clinical Lead PT/OT, via email at h.train@nhs.net or by telephone at 07842302699 (available Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:00).