Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Physiotherapist
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Senior Community Physiotherapist
Specialised Physiotherapist – Integrated Neighbourhood Team (Camden, London)
Job Overview
We are seeking a dedicated Physiotherapist to join the Specialised Physiotherapist team within the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in Camden borough.
This role involves:
- Working across community-based services, residential homes, therapy gyms, and community facilities
- Supporting clients with client-centred assessment, rehabilitation, and disability management
- Covering a Mental Health inpatient unit
Our NHS Trust offers a comprehensive package of staff benefits, detailed in the wellbeing attachment.
If you join us:
- We’ll support your clinical and leadership development via personal development and appraisal plans
- You’ll be equipped for mobile working and promoted flexible working practices
- Work with a multi-agency team (Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health, Social Care, Reablement)
- Contribute to meaningful outcomes for clients daily
As an NHS Trust, vaccination is strongly recommended to protect yourself, colleagues, and service users.
Key requirement: Regular contact with patients/service users.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Practice
- Deliver a high-quality, efficient physiotherapy service within the Integrated Community Health Service
- Actively engage in multi-disciplinary team projects, service development, and clinical audits
- Provide supervision to rehabilitation assistants and physiotherapy students
Client-Centred Care
- Assess clients with diverse needs using subjective questioning, objective assessments, and medical records
- Prioritise conditions based on clinical reasoning, prognosis, and social/emotional factors
- Set treatment goals in collaboration with clients or carers
- Apply evidence-based practice, standardised measures, and patient outcomes
- Independently screen complex referrals, establish priorities, and initiate intervention plans
- Identify deteriorating patients and escalate concerns in a timely manner
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✅ Inclusive culture, valuing diverse contributions across roles and levels ✅ Formal and informal support (supervision, social events) ✅ Career development opportunities via internal/external training ✅ Service development initiatives to foster clinical excellence
Detailed Job Description & Key Responsibilities
The role focuses on providing:
- Goal-focused rehabilitation tailored to community settings
- Evidence-based interventions for clients with specialist and varying needs
Core expectations:
- Proficient communication (written & verbal)
- Personal & professional accountability for practice aligned with:
- Team, Trust, Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC), and CSP guidelines
- Demonstrates dedication to client-centred care
- High standards of clinical practice with adaptive reasoning in acute & community contexts
Person Specification
Education/Quaifications
✔ Essential Criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registered with HPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
💡 Desirable Criteria
- Postgraduate degree
- Membership of a specialist interest group (e.g., via professional bodies)
- Completion of Relevant Post-Registration Courses:
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Experience
✔ Essential Criteria
- Older People/Frailty Rehabilitation
- Falls management
- Dementia & delirium assessment
- Community physiotherapy delivery
- Respiratory rehab
- Group work facilitation
- Supervision of students/rehabilitation assistants
- Teaching junior colleagues & assistants
- Previous work experience as a Physiotherapist abroad (UK/equivalent economy)
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
✔ Essential Criteria
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Excellent written/verbal communication skills
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Strong self-driven clinical & professional development
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Comprehension of multidisciplinary team dynamics
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Understanding of disability-related challenges & implications
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Awareness of NHS reforms, service delivery, & Long-Term Plan priorities
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Evidence-based practice against standards/guidelines
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Ability to:
- Operate in acute/community rehabilitation settings with clarity
- Demonstrate high commitment to older adults & frailty care
- Apply health & safety principles
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Canself-supervise, show leadership, initiative, and adaptability
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Strong time management, prioritisation & delegation capabilities
💡 Desirable Criteria
- Full UK driver’s must-have
- Prioritise problem-solving, initiative & leadership
Note: Responsibilities may include lone working and off-site obligations.
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