Specialist Physiotherapist Amputee Rehab
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Physiotherapist to join the amputee rehabilitation service at Charing Cross Hospital. The role involves providing comprehensive, patient-centred amputee rehabilitation and vascular/intermittent claudication physiotherapy. You will manage a clinical caseload using an evidence-based approach and work within a multidisciplinary team. The department supports robust CPD and offers opportunities for research, audit, presentation, and leadership skill development.
Essential criteria
- Degree (or equivalent) in BSc Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the Professional Organisation
- Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
- Management skills or leadership training
- Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working
- Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
- Experience of service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
- Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
- Leadership of a therapy team
- Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Clinical research experience
- Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities
- Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
- Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
- Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
- Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
- Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
- Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships
- Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
- Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Education/ Qualifications
- Degree (or equivalent) in BSc Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
- Membership of the Professional Organisation
- Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
- Management skills or leadership training
- Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
- Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working
- Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
- Experience of service development/change management
- Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
- Previous Band 7 or equivalent exper
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Specialist Physiotherapist Amputee Rehab
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting position for a Band 7 Physiotherapist to work in the amputee rehabilitation service at Charing Cross Hospital. The post involves some cross site working. This post is an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated physiotherapist to provide a comprehensive, patient centred, quality amputee rehabilitation and vascular/intermittent claudication physiotherapy service. Holderness Rehabilitation Centre is on-site, with a Rehabilitation Consultant and prosthetic/orthotic team. The caseload is a combination of vascular and traumatic amputees. This post will provide a fantastic opportunity for a physiotherapist who wishes to expand their clinical knowledge and skills in this very specialist area.
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or current Band 7 Physiotherapist, with a keen interest in the field of amputee rehabilitation. You will work with a team of physiotherapists Band 8a physiotherapist, Band 6 physiotherapist and Band 3 physiotherapy assistant. You will manage a clinical caseload using an evidence based client centred approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
The physiotherapy department supports robust CPD for all staff members. You will have the opportunity to develop your
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