Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Are you a band 7 or an experienced band 6 looking for an exciting new opportunity? We are seeking a skilled, motivated and dynamic Specialist Stroke Physiotherapist with a passion for high quality care and service development. This is for a 12-month fixed term contract within the Stroke Hub Team. The team provides specialist Stroke therapy in patient’s own home. We continuously prioritise our caseload to be responsive to the changing daily needs of our service users, communicating closely with other service providers to avoid admission, where it is safe to do so, and providing onward referrals to other community services including health and social care. You will be part of a friendly and approachable team who work well together, and you will be well supported by your senior management team.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they will manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence based practise, the principles of physiotherapy practise and patient centred practise, to ensure a high quality service to all those referred to the teams. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they will manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence based practise, the principles of physiotherapy practise and patient centred practise, to ensure a high quality service to all those referred to the teams. They are required to have a role in the leadership of junior staff and support assistants, through supervision, training and appraisal.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT (delete for internal only) NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum, pro rata for part time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find JD attached for further information for main responsibilities.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, they will manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence based practise, the principles of physiotherapy practise and patient centred practise, to ensure a high quality service to all those referred to the teams.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. To have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working as an Physiotherapist with neurological and stroke experience
2. Experience working as a qualified Physiotherapist for 5 years
3. Experience of MDT working
4. Previous experience of working in the UK or a similar health economy
5. Post registration courses completed in specific areas of neurology
6. Experience of working as a band 6 Physiotherapist and working in a variety of specialities
Desirable criteria
7. Membership of specialist interest group
knowledge
Essential criteria
8. Demonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines in relation to Physiotherapy
9. Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of Physiotherapy in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in MDT
10. Able to demonstrate a good understanding of role of Physiotherapy in rehabilitation as well as the role of other professionals in MDT
11. Work to HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct
Skills
Essential criteria
12. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
13. Advanced clinical reasoning skills – ability to decide and establish appropriate action in allocation of workload and other clinical decisions
14. Effective communication skills
15. Organisational skills: To be innovative and work on own initiative and prioritise own workload
16. Time management skills – ability to prioritise and implement management strategies for self and others
17. Leadership skills
18. Evidence of involvement with Audit / Service development
Desirable criteria
19. Evidence of involvement with Audit and research
other
Essential criteria
20. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area and across the boroughs
21. Excellent time management skills including an ability to prioritise workload.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
22. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
23. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
24. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
25. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.