Job summary
Are you passionate about preventing falls, promoting independence, and delivering transformational care across the community? We are looking for an inspiring Falls Lead Physiotherapist to drive innovation and lead integrated falls prevention and management across our community pathways to join our Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service. We are seeking for a skilled Physiotherapists to lead in driving a proactive prevention approach and be at the forefront of proactive healthcare in a multidisciplinary team that will shape the future of Intermediate Care Falls Pathways.
This role is developed to be the pivotal link between acute, community, and care sector services. Working in collaboration with Older People Service at The Royal London Hospital, the Intermediate Care Service, Urgent Community Response, and the wider Community Therapy Teams, you will design and implement a structured, preventative falls management pathway that delivers real impact across the system.
You will also work in partnership with care homes, independent providers, and voluntary and community organisations to embed sustainable, evidence-based interventions from proactive care plans to stable, long-term community and care home based and exercise groups.
Main duties of the job
- Lead in strategic falls prevention and management initiatives across community, hospital discharges, and care home settings.
- Deliver coordinated care planning and intervention in partnership with Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service, Community Therapy Team, and Integrated In-Reach and Older People Service clinicians.
- Develop and expand MDT community facing exercise groups focusing on strength, balance, and resilience.
- Work collaboratively with the independent care sector, primary care, and other partners to embed falls prevention into everyday practice.
- Champion training and upskilling across care teams and build networks of influence to drive a whole system approach to falls reduction.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be required to work with partners across the health and social care interface to ensure a joined up and integrated approach is adopted to the provision of services. All staff are expected to work across traditional boundaries of both community and acute services, to deliver truly holistic care.
- To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of highly complex patients in your care to prevent relapses/injury and identify risks for admission. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To lead the multidisciplinary falls response within the Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service and Older People Clinic
- To support therapy teams with specialist input, clinical reasoning, and escalation pathways for patients who have fallen or are at high risk.
- To develop and embed structured care plans with measurable goals and timely reviews.
- To coordinate and integrate care across community teams and Falls Clinic, ensuring continuity and consistency.
- To provide outreach support to primary care networks, care homes, and voluntary sector organizations to deliver falls awareness, training, and proactive case identification.
- To contribute to service development, data analysis, and quality improvement initiatives to drive outcomes in falls prevention and reduce system pressure.
- To formulate accurate physiotherapy assessment and prognosis of patients/clients presenting with a broad range of highly complex physical, cognitive and psychological conditions and disabilities by utilising interpreting and analytical skills in order to recommend the best client-centred treatment plan and develop comprehensive discharge plans in order to meet patients complex physical, cognitive, social and environmental needs.
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure the junior staff do likewise.
- To be a source of knowledge and demonstrate highly specialised knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options, using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, and knowledge of wide range of treatment skills.
- To participate in on-going service development within the Admission Avoidance & Discharge Service and the wider Community Health Services.
- To deputise for the Clinical Lead taking responsibility for operationally managing allocated parts of the service.
- To be responsible for the education, supervision, and line management of junior staff, including static and rotational staff, postural stability instructor, and physiotherapy students.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be required to work with partners across the health and social care interface to ensure a joined up and integrated approach is adopted to the provision of services. All staff are expected to work across traditional boundaries of both community and acute services, to deliver truly holistic care.
- To be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of highly complex patients in your care to prevent relapses/injury and identify risks for admission. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
- To lead the multidisciplinary falls response within the Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service and Older People Clinic
- To support therapy teams with specialist input, clinical reasoning, and escalation pathways for patients who have fallen or are at high risk.
- To develop and embed structured care plans with measurable goals and timely reviews.
- To coordinate and integrate care across community teams and Falls Clinic, ensuring continuity and consistency.
- To provide outreach support to primary care networks, care homes, and voluntary sector organizations to deliver falls awareness, training, and proactive case identification.
- To contribute to service development, data analysis, and quality improvement initiatives to drive outcomes in falls prevention and reduce system pressure.
- To formulate accurate physiotherapy assessment and prognosis of patients/clients presenting with a broad range of highly complex physical, cognitive and psychological conditions and disabilities by utilising interpreting and analytical skills in order to recommend the best client-centred treatment plan and develop comprehensive discharge plans in order to meet patients complex physical, cognitive, social and environmental needs.
- To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure the junior staff do likewise.
- To be a source of knowledge and demonstrate highly specialised knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options, using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, and knowledge of wide range of treatment skills.
- To participate in on-going service development within the Admission Avoidance & Discharge Service and the wider Community Health Services.
- To deputise for the Clinical Lead taking responsibility for operationally managing allocated parts of the service.
- To be responsible for the education, supervision, and line management of junior staff, including static and rotational staff, postural stability instructor, and physiotherapy students.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- substantial post registration and experience at a senior level with a minimum clinical experience in a broad range of specialties relevant to the post on an in-patient and or community basis
- Knowledge of broad clinical conditions
- Experience working in Falls Team or sound knowledge in Falls
- Working with a multidisciplinary team
- Equipment provision and assessment
- Contributing to professional development and clinical education of more junior staff, students and assistants
Desirable
- Experience in Intermediate Care and Reablement Service
- Experience of working in falls prevention, rehabilitation, social services and community based work
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues
Knowledge and Skill
Essential
- Ability to communicate and present information, orally and in writing, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes in line with local and national standards and policies
- Ability to cope working in a fast paced and stressful environment and with emotional and/or aggressive patients and carer
- Ability to assess, advise and educate clients and carers about safe manual handling techniques (including use of equipment and adaptations)
- Ability to assess for/review medical devices & other rehabilitative equipment for patient/clients, carers and others. This includes safe handling, fitting and demonstration
Desirable
- Proficient IT skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Car Driver
Education and Qualification Training
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of CPD Maintained in a portfolio including post graduate courses and training
- Field Educators training
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Society for Physiotherapy
- Training in Care Act
- Involvement in a relevant Physiotherapy Special Clinical interest
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- substantial post registration and experience at a senior level with a minimum clinical experience in a broad range of specialties relevant to the post on an in-patient and or community basis
- Knowledge of broad clinical conditions
- Experience working in Falls Team or sound knowledge in Falls
- Working with a multidisciplinary team
- Equipment provision and assessment
- Contributing to professional development and clinical education of more junior staff, students and assistants
Desirable
- Experience in Intermediate Care and Reablement Service
- Experience of working in falls prevention, rehabilitation, social services and community based work
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues
Knowledge and Skill
Essential
- Ability to communicate and present information, orally and in writing, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes in line with local and national standards and policies
- Ability to cope working in a fast paced and stressful environment and with emotional and/or aggressive patients and carer
- Ability to assess, advise and educate clients and carers about safe manual handling techniques (including use of equipment and adaptations)
- Ability to assess for/review medical devices & other rehabilitative equipment for patient/clients, carers and others. This includes safe handling, fitting and demonstration
Desirable
- Proficient IT skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Car Driver
Education and Qualification Training
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of CPD Maintained in a portfolio including post graduate courses and training
- Field Educators training
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Society for Physiotherapy
- Training in Care Act
- Involvement in a relevant Physiotherapy Special Clinical interest
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).
