Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine & Emergency Care Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-UE-6127672
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Acute rotations based at The James Cook University Hospital. The successful post holder will treat a wide variety of patients with different conditions, providing comprehensive assessments and treatment plans across some of the following areas and specialities:
Critical Care - Neurosurgery, Major Trauma
Cardiothoracics - Cardiology and Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Surgery - Upper GI, Lower GI, Urology, Gastroenterology and Vascular
Acute Medicine - Respiratory, Endocrinology and Renal
We are looking for a physiotherapist with the ability to think outside the box, who can work independently and within a team and brings experience from a variety of settings. The successful candidate will support junior physiotherapists, students and unqualified staff, providing training and supervision alongside effective ward and caseload management skills.
Main duties of the job
To provide advanced clinical and professional Physiotherapy to the above clinical areas at The James Cook University Hospital and to provide support to the Physiotherapy team leads ensuring that the Acute Physiotherapy Team contributes to the Strategic plan for South Tees NHS Trust.
Undertake physiotherapy advanced assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis (where appropriate) and to develop and delivery individualised treatment programmes.
As a clinical supervisor, delegate tasks to assistant practitioners and junior therapists relevant to their skill level and competence.
The post holder will be expected to have experience in the physiotherapy management of critical care patients, acute and long term respiratory conditions alongside general rehabilitation. Relevant post graduate study, leadership training and experience is also desirable.
This post will offer development in clinical skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses. We have an established and comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their CPD through workshops, clinical supervision and the appraisal process. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research and the Hospital has close links with both the University of Teesside and Durham University.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • To hold a degree or relevant Diploma in Physiotherapy and HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- • Attendance at the leadership and development and improvement programme (4.5 days)
Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of audit and research
- • Evidence of MDT working
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate knowledge of physiotherapy within critical care and management of complex respiratory patients.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with patients with respiratory conditions
- • Experience working within the NHS
- • Can demonstrate relevant/varied post-graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical experience of critical care, acute trauma, neurological rehabilitation
Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns on a frequent basis e.g. working to deadlines, interruptions
- • Efficient prioritisation of complex workload/time management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Philip Howard
- Job title
- Service Lead Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
01642 850850 ext 56214
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