Job summary
The Guy's and St Thomas's Long Covid service, has an exciting opportunity for a current band 7 physiotherapist or an experienced band 6 to join the service. This position is fixed term with an end date of 31st March 2026.
The role currently works with patients with long covid in Lambeth and Southwark, but we are excited to consider how the model may work for other conditions, so may evolve over the next few months to include patients with other long-term conditions with a similar symptom burden.
The role supports patients 1:1, via group interventions and via a self- management-based app. You will work in both the community and at hospital sites. Whilst the funding for the post is full-time, we would be happy to hear from people who wish to work more flexibly.
The successful candidate will highly motivated to enhance their skills and knowledge in this evolving and challenging clinical condition. You will have excellent communication skills and an ability to prioritise the responsibilities of your role. You will be required to lead and support service developments and demonstrate flexibility when adapting to and implementing change.
The roles include partnership working with hospital teams and other agencies within primary and secondary care, social care and voluntary sector organisations. You will be required to travel across Lambeth and Southwark.
Main duties of the job
- To perform highly specialised and advanced assessments and treatments of patients presenting with long covid, providing home-based, outpatient and virtual based therapy to adults living in Southwark and Lambeth.
- To act as team leader, manage designated staff performance and be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the Long Covid service. The post holder will provide clinical leadership and a source of clinical expertise to facilitate seamless rehabilitation of clients.
- Provide supervision and facilitate professional development with Physiotherapy staff, Therapy Assistants and Physiotherapy students as required.
- To work autonomously, frequently as a lone practitioner and at times in conjunction with team colleagues, across a variety of locations within the community including clients' homes to meet the individual needs of the multi-cultural population in an inner city area.
- To work across borough boundaries, accessing and recording information, communicating with patients and colleagues, attending meetings or training using mobile devices, and coming into offices when required.
- Support the service's commitment to meeting client needs and delivering excellence. It is essential the post holder be able to work their hours flexibly and contribute fully to both existing and new rotas. This includes 7 day working and non- traditional shift patterns.
Please see JD for full details.
About us
The long covid service operates across two directorates. The Therapies and Rehabilitation directorate provides the multi-disciplinary assessment clinic and group interventions. The Integrated Local Services (ILS) directorate provides the community- based 1:1 interventions for the pathway, as part of the Community Rehab and Falls Service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the role.
The interviews will be face to face and scheduled for 2nd May 2025.
Please ensure your application contains examples of your personal knowledge and experience in relation to this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the role.
The interviews will be face to face and scheduled for 2nd May 2025.
Please ensure your application contains examples of your personal knowledge and experience in relation to this role.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Health Professions Council registation
Experience, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Significant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas
- Evidence of a specialist knowledge base relevant to service area
- Highly specialist knowledge of a range of assessment and treatments relevant to the client group
- Knowledge and understanding of the impacts of chronic illness
- Knowledge of basic research and audit methodology
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of working with clients with mental health conditions;
Communication and information resources
Essential
- Demonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to demonstrate skills sharing and collaborative working at a variety of levels.
- To have basic IT skills. e.g. Word processing, e-mail, PowerPoint, Excel
Skills Analytical and Judgemental
Essential
- Ability to carry out the physiotherapy assessment and support a client with an individualised care plan, also taking into account their ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs
- Ability to use reflective practice to evaluate clinical interventions and achieve successful outcomes
- Ability to analyse assessment findings in order to formulate individual physiotherapy management plans and treatment goals for each client and progress treatment appropriately
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- Ability to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties
Personal Qualities, Interpersonal Skills and team working
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills- including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Committed to personal and team professional development
- Willing and able to take on extended or advanced roles when required
- Able to work as part of a diverse, multi-professional and multi-cultural team
- The ability to adapt to consistently changing service demands
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Health Professions Council registation
Experience, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Significant rehabilitation experience at specialist level across relevant clinical areas
- Evidence of a specialist knowledge base relevant to service area
- Highly specialist knowledge of a range of assessment and treatments relevant to the client group
- Knowledge and understanding of the impacts of chronic illness
- Knowledge of basic research and audit methodology
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of working with clients with mental health conditions;
Communication and information resources
Essential
- Demonstrate highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to demonstrate skills sharing and collaborative working at a variety of levels.
- To have basic IT skills. e.g. Word processing, e-mail, PowerPoint, Excel
Skills Analytical and Judgemental
Essential
- Ability to carry out the physiotherapy assessment and support a client with an individualised care plan, also taking into account their ethnicity and cultural and religious beliefs
- Ability to use reflective practice to evaluate clinical interventions and achieve successful outcomes
- Ability to analyse assessment findings in order to formulate individual physiotherapy management plans and treatment goals for each client and progress treatment appropriately
Planning and Organisation
Essential
- Ability to manage a complex and constantly changing workload of clinical and non- clinical duties
Personal Qualities, Interpersonal Skills and team working
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills- including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Committed to personal and team professional development
- Willing and able to take on extended or advanced roles when required
- Able to work as part of a diverse, multi-professional and multi-cultural team
- The ability to adapt to consistently changing service demands
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
