Macmillan Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This Macmillan-sponsored post provides clinical leadership for Physiotherapy services to Oncology and Haematology patients at Leicester Royal Infirmary. The role involves autonomous practice, delivering specialist assessments and individualised treatment programs for cancer patients. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, demonstrating excellent communication and time management skills, and applying extensive clinical knowledge of various conditions, including respiratory and long-term conditions.
Essential criteria
- Current advanced clinical knowledge and skills in Oncology / Haematology / Palliative care
- A level of competence with treating respiratory and neurology conditions
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post graduate study
- Evidence of Advanced communication training
- Evidence of leading and managing a team
- Evidence of challenging current practice and implementing change
- Involvement in Quality improvement projects and Audit
- A member of a specialist interest group
- Communication
- Leadership skills
- Knowledge and experience of effective team working and MDT collaboration and networking
- Evidence of advanced communication training and experience
- Analytical and Judegment
- Evidence of ability to evaluate and resolve issues and problems
- Demonstrate application and delivery of clinical supervision and appraisal of other
- Identifying own and others development needs
- Experience of performance managment.
- Planning and Organisational
- Demonstrates effective coping skills for dealing with pressurised and unexpected situations. (2)
- Evidence of standard setting and service development
- Training
- Current advanced clinical knowledge and skills in Oncology / Haematology / Palliative care
- A level of competence with treating respiratory and neurology conditions
- Evidence of post graduate study
- Evidence of Advanced communication training
- Evidence of leading and managing a team
- Evidence of challenging current practice and implementing change
- Involvement in Quality improvement projects and Audit
- A member of a specialist interest group
- Communication
- Leadership skills
- Knowledge and experience of effective team working and MDT collaboration and networking
- Evidence of advanced communication training and experience
- Analytical and Judegment
- Evidence of ability to evaluate and resolve issues and problems
- Demonstrate application and delivery of clinical supervision and appraisal of other
- Identifying own and others development needs
- Experience of performance managment.
- Planning and Organisational
- Demonstrates effective coping skills for dealing with pressurised and unexpected situations. (2)
- Evidence of standard setting and service development
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Macmillan Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
This post is sponsored by Macmillan to provide clinical leadership and of the delivery of Physiotherapy to Patient within Oncology and Haematology wards at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
You will demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills working within a multidisciplinary team carrying out assessments and interventions to support patient with a cancer diagnosis and going through cancer treatment. An extensive range of clinical skills and knowledge of a variety of conditions such as respiratory and long term conditions is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical and professional leadership to Physiotherapy colleagues in the team
- Be responsible for the clinical standards, evidence based practice and quality metrics within the team
- Work as an autonomous practitioner to provide specialist therapy assessments, diagnose and develop individualised treatment programmes based on the patients needs, using advanced clinical reasoning skills
- To be responsible for a clinical caseload; which will include complex cases
- Undertake an active role in developing Physiotherapy within the speciality
- Be responsible for the day to day management of the delivery of Physiotherapy by th
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