Team Lead Physiotherapist, Acute Neuro Rehabilitation and Spasticity

Main area Neurosciences Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Orpingtion hospital Town Orpington Salary £55,524 - £62,652 per annum pro rata including HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are pleased to offer this new part time role as part of expansion of the Spasticity services at Kings College Hospital and Hub and Spoke model for spasticity management across SEL . This role will be split between the Spasticity service and Acute Neuro Rehabilitation service at PRUH and ORP hospitals, and will work alongside a Fulltime Team lead in Acute Neuro rehabilitation and Spasticity.

To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient Physiotherapy service within acute inpatient rehabilitation within allocated resources.

To use highly specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills as an autonomous practitioner, and as part of the multidisciplinary spasticity service.

To support the spasticity clinics as part of the MDT service, and undertake full assessments and treatment plans, including physical management strategies, botulinum toxin, patient/carereducationand liaison with community partners.

To support Ward teams with early identification and problem solving around barriers to rehab and discharge, and support ward with complex referrals and signposting.

To foster links with local rehabilitation services, and attend Multidisciplinary meetings to support patient pathways where appropriateeg(SCI round, Neuro Rehab round, FND Complex MDM)

To support physiotherapy teams in neuro-physiotherapy management and to supervise, teach and develop staff and students to meet individual and service needs.

To lead and manage ANRand Spasticity physiotherapy team and deputise for the Clinical Leads when necessary.

This post requires a flexible approach to working and may require the post holder to work as part of a rota’d seven day working patternasnecessary. Staff maybe required to work across multiple sites dependent upon the needs of the service. This includes both static and rotational posts

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative –…