Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 339-SRD4751
- Employer
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southmead Hospital
- Town
- BRISTOL
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Physiotherapist - Burns and Plastics - Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Static Band 6 Physiotherapist within our burns and plastics team. North Bristol NHS Trust is an adult Major Trauma Centre, a leading tertiary centre for all aspects of plastics surgery and a burns unit.
We offer access to a wide range of training opportunities, competencies and supportive structured learning with the team. You will supervise students and more junior members of the team .
This advert may close early if we have received a sufficient amount of applications. Therefore, you are highly advised to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.
Main duties of the job
You will treat patients in an inpatient or outpatient setting following burn injury or plastic surgery including major trauma and orthoplastics patients, this will include supporting burns patients on our intensive care unit. Working alongside the multi-disciplinary team you will assess, treat and plan discharge for a caseload of patients within this area.
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Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, our Trust is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (such as Portishead or Chepstow).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main roles of this post will be
- To be an autonomous physiotherapy practitioner providing a high standard of service in the Burns and Plastics service, to both in and outpatients.
- Access to advice/support from a more senior physiotherapist is available most of the time
- To provide outpatient physiotherapy management of burns to patients and support/ advise regional therapy departments in their continued care
- To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team
- To provide teaching and training to Health Care Professionals, students, patients and carers
- To contribute to weekend and on call rotas
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to attached documents where this can be found
Person specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of postgraduate learning
Desirable criteria
- Specific CPD in burns/plastics/trauma
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- significant experience core rotations
- Experience of working as a key member of the MDT
- Experience working with burns and plastics patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of on call
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to supervise and support other staff and students
- Service development
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/ deputising experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Grace Hennell
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Physiotherapist - Burns and Plastics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07808201364
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