Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Physiotherapist Band 6
The closing date is 22 November 2026

Job summary
We have an opportunity for a motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join our dynamic Therapy Team at Barnet Hospital - part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. This post is via the staff Bank and would involve working up to 37.5 hours per week.

The Therapy teams at Barnet Hospital provide an integrated therapy service in the following areas:

• Stroke
• Neurology
• Emergency Department and Admission Avoidance
• Acute Medicine
• Surgery (including Head & Neck surgery)
• Acute Respiratory Care (including Non-Invasive Ventilation) across the Enhanced Care Unit and ward
• Critical Care
• Acute cardiology
• Health Services for Elderly People (HSEP)
• Trauma & Orthopaedics

The successful applicant will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise other staff as appropriate, whilst being supported by highly skilled and experienced band 7 and 8 staff in the relevant specialty.

You will be working in a rewarding and challenging clinical environment. The Therapies department at Barnet Hospital is committed to ensuring bank staff feel supported with regular supervision and access to in-service training sessions. As part of this we continue to work towards becoming a fully inclusive department.

If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your application.

VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE

Main duties of the job

• This Band 6 Physiotherapist will undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and work in accordance with the standards, policies, and procedures established within the inpatient clinical areas.
• To provide an advanced standard of therapy assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload within inpatient areas to patients, considering carers and families, without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from team leads is available when required. Clinical work is routinely evaluated.
• To work in a trans-disciplinary therapy team including other physiotherapists, occupational therapists, therapy support workers, dieticians and speech and language therapists.
• To work with patient's families or carers to provide an advanced level of support, education and expectation regarding the outcome of the hospital attendance.
• To supervise, teach and appraise Band 5 therapists and support workers.
• To participate in Continuing Professional Development, evidence - based audit and research projects that will enhance the service.

For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS

About us
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £25.76 an hour
Contract: Bank
Working pattern: Flexible working
Reference number: 391-3998-BANK
Job locations: Barnet Hospital, Barnet, EN5 3DJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Core responsibilities

• To be professional, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations or multiple pathologies, using clinical reasoning skills and a variety of assessment techniques to provide an accurate analysis of their condition.
• To be able to analyse clinical and social information from a range of sources and integrate this into your assessment in order to identify goals, develop a treatment plan and deliver patient centred care.
• To deliver effective, evidence based therapy treatment that is modified to reflect the patients on-going needs.

Clinical/service delivery

• To be responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of therapy treatment and care delivered to the patient.
• To be responsible for maintaining evidence based clinical practice both for self and band 5 physiotherapist /support worker members of the team under supervision.
• To be able to motivate and persuade patients with a range of conditions to work with treatment programmes and work towards treatment goals.
• To organise and lead family meetings and case conferences as required to facilitate realistic goal setting and appropriate discharge planning.

Operational and administrative duties

• To ensure that appropriate risk assessment/management occurs within designated area, reporting back to senior.
• To work on any of the Trust sites as requested.
• To use information technology to communicate assessment and treatment results to relevant disciplines and produce letters and reports as necessary.

Leadership/management responsibilities

• To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service needs and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise, on a day-to-day basis. To assist band 5 physiotherapists / support worker staff to do likewise.
• To be responsible in the day-to-day supervision and allocation of work to less experienced physiotherapists and support workers within the clinical team.

Person specification
Essential:

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust's shared commitments
• HCPC Registration
• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current physiotherapy in relevant area.
• Awareness of Evidence Based practice.
• Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation.
• Experience in a broad acute rotational post including core rotations.
• Experience with complex discharge planning.
• Able to display transdisciplinary working competencies across Physiotherapy.
• Able to make decisions in an emergency and work under pressure.
• Able to document information accurately.
• Able to demonstrate sound reasoning skills.
• Effective Communication Skills.
• Evidence of teaching and supervision skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Computer literate.

Desirable:

• Membership of Special Interest Group
• Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Knowledge of current NHS, Emergency Medicine and local issues
• Experience of working at band 6 level
• Evidence of student or physiotherapy assistant supervision.
• Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues.
• Presentation skills.

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Barnet Hospital, Barnet, EN5 3DJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead Ali Rhodes

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