We are looking for an ambitious, motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and forward-thinking rehabilitation team at St Christophers.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be responsible for providing and delivering person-centred, holistic rehabilitation to palliative care patients including those with cancer, long-term neurological and other progressive life-limiting conditions such as COPD and heart failure. You will be responsible for providing expert and skilled rehabilitation by undertaking holistic, specialist assessments of people's goals and needs, and developing dynamic treatment plans. You will implement and deliver excellent treatments including both group and individual sessions to patients focusing on maximising function and engagement with their lives. The Rehab and Wellbeing team support patients in a number of settings including out-patients at both our sites, our in-patient unit, and in patients' own homes.
About us
St Christophers, in our experience, is an extraordinary place to work. Our aim at St Christophers is to deliver care and support that is of the highest quality to our patients, their families, and carers, and anyone else who looks to us for help. We know that people working across our organisation will only be able to provide this if they in turn, feel supported in their endeavours.
What you will get in return
What you will get in return is a stimulating and rewarding career with an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives and experiences of people living with life-limiting and terminal illness. In addition, you will benefit from access to some excellent training and development opportunities, a number of staff health and wellbeing schemes, a competitive contributory pension scheme, and a Life Assurance scheme with a generous beneficiary plan.
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
* Recognised qualification in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration.
Experience
* More than three years clinical experience across a range of clinical areas i.e. general medical, oncology, neurology, respiratory, orthopaedic, elderly care, etc.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
How to apply
Please contact Lorna Pearce, Rehabilitation and Wellbeing lead on 0208 768 4661 (l.pearce@stchristophers.org.uk) or Lizzy Jenkins, Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist on 07900320894 (l.jenkins@stchristophers.org.uk) for an informal discussion about the role. To apply for this role, please visit the vacancies section on our website www.stchristophers.org.uk and complete the application form, together with the other required documentation and return these to recruitment@stchristophers.org.uk by no later than the closing date specified below.
Interview date: 30th April 2025
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