Specialist Neuro Physiotherapist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Woolwich, SE18 3RZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£45,953 to £54,254
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 November 2026
11 days leftJob description
- **Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post*** The Greenwich Neuro...
- To provide an effective and efficient specialist physiotherapy service to adults who have an acquired neurological condition.
- To manage a specialist caseload, including those with complex needs. Duties will include assessment, diagnosis, and therapy, planning therapy programmes and discharging patients.
- To work as a lone and autonomous practitioner in the community.
The Greenwich Neuro Rehab Team provides specialist neuro rehabilitation to adults with an acquired neurological condition who are residents of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The rehabilitation will be provided across various community settings (residential and nursing homes) and in clients' homes.
- Demonstrate specialist theoretical knowledge of complex acute and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of patients.
- Work closely with other health professionals and social servicesand provide specialist Physiotherapy advice in meeting the needs of the clients.
- Conduct a thorough holistic assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures.
- Recommend appropriate Physiotherapy interventions topromote independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice.
- Complete individual plans of care for patients who require input from integrated community services bed-based or home-based rehabilitation input.
- Maintain effective multidisciplinary communicationwith other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met.
- Providespecialist Physiotherapy advice and support to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and reasoning.
- To use highly specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decision making for case management.
- Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation and demonstration of equipment.
- Participate in and when appropriate lead MDT meetings and complex family conferences.
- Ensure management of clinical risk with complex patients, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- To be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and completeinput in a timely, seamless manner.
- Seek guidance from moreexperienced colleagues when required.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Education and experience
Essential: - Meets educational qualifications for post
Desirable: - Experience of NHS; - Community rehabilitation experience
Knowledge
Essential: - Enhanced knowledge and understanding of the neuro rehabilitation process
Desirable: - Relevant neuro courses attended
Communictaion
Essential: - Ability to communicate complex information to others where there may be barriers to understanding
Desirable: - Relevant neuro courses attended
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First seen
9 November 2026
Last checked
11 November 2026
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