Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Oncology

+ You will be part of a therapy service meeting the needs of a multi-cultural and diverse population. As a senior member of a committed team they will be responsible for providing an advanced standard of physiotherapy care to oncology and palliative care patients at Charing Cross Hospital.
+ You will assist the multi-disciplinary team by contributing to the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluation of the physiotherapy input to the Trust's oncology service.
+ You will be a resource for specialist advice to the physiotherapy service and other professions for this specialty area. Supported by a Clinical Lead and Clinical Service Lead.
+ You will have the opportunity to participate and lead in quality improvement and service development projects.
+ Although directly employed by Imperial college healthcare NHS trust, this post is also one of a network of over 8000 Macmillan health and social care roles that Macmillan supports across the UK. In addition to this network, Macmillan also directly employ a range of professionals within the Macmillan Support Line Services.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced physiotherapist with a passion for Oncology to join our team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Our cancer services based at Charing Cross offers a unique opportunity to work in a leading specialist cancer centre. We offer the most up-to-date chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, which leads to one of the best survival rates in the country. In this specialist role, you will be providing high quality therapy to inpatients with cancer. You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team including palliative care, neuro-oncology and respiratory therapists as part of the integrated physiotherapy and occupational therapy team.
We are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking and passionate therapist with excellent leadership, communication skills and advanced clinical skills, to join the team and deliver high quality, timely care. You will possess the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure. It is important that the successful applicant is a team player with a positive outlook, has enthusiasm and has the ability to learn and develop new skills.
You must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience in oncology, possessing highly specialist assessment, treatment and risk management skills. The ability to work autonomously, but also well within a multi-disciplinary team is essential.
We welcome applicants who are seeking a secondment opportunity.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.