Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Weekend working is required
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part of weekend rota)
- Job ref
- 236-OCO-P393-24
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Oldham Hospital
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Rotational Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
Are you a passionate Physiotherapist who is committed to service development and dedicated to collaborative working This is an exciting opportunity to join our Medical Therapy Team for those physiotherapists with an interest in patients presenting with complex medical conditions,
The Medical Therapy Team is an integrated team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, providing assessment, intervention and discharge planning across several medical specialties ,including respiratory, cardiology haematology general medicine, ,frailty and acute medicine .
This is an ideal opening for an experienced band 5 looking to progress in their career or an existing band 6 wanting to specialise in this dynamic clinical area.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with our multi-disciplinary team, working within an integrated model of care to provide timely assessments, rehabilitation and support with discharge planning for our patients.
You will gain experience of working in a busy and pro-active environment where evidence based practice is embedded and joint working, service development and CPD is encouraged.
As a band 6 you will receive support from the band 7 team leader and peers. You will be expected to provide supervision to more junior staff and students.
The service operates over seven days and as such some weekend working is required as part of the role.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three
core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information
around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website
https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Registration / Qualification
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualificaton in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Post graduate training in specialist areas
Desirable criteria
- Clinical educator accreditation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post grad experience in relevant area(s)
- Autonomous post grad CPD
- MDT/Partnership working
- Teaching and supervsing others
- service development
- Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working
- Involvement in and responsibility for service development activity
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist Knowledge anatomy/physiology related to specialist areas
- Knowledge of how clinical governance affects practice, including quality, audit and risk management
- To have an understanding of and adhere to relevant Trust/national policies and procedures including, but not limited to, data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisational/ written skills
- Enabling effective team working
- Ability to use advanced clinical reasoning, making professional judgements in complex and challenging situations
- Ability to work over 7 days
- Excellent organisational skills including time management, prioritising and the ability to complete a task.
- Ability to work autonomously and take responsibility for specialist clinical caseload.
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
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
- Gillian Quinn
- Job title
- Operational and Professional Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 627 8251
- Additional information
Michael Sullivan
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