Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time with additional hours and oncalls evenings and weekends,)
- Job ref
- 343-6760560-FM-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General + various sites
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 Pro-rata pa including outer london HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Physiotherapist
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and well-motivated Physiotherapist to join our four monthly junior rotational programme which covers both in and out-patient settings. These post are based at Epsom & St Helier Hospital and Surrey Downs Health & Care various sites
The 4 monthly rotations include: Respiratory/ medical, Inpatient neuro, Musculoskeletal outpatients, Orthopaedics, Community hospitals, and Community Neuro
All post holders will be supported by a band 7 team leader.
Clinical development and supervision will be a priority.
Good communication skills and car owner/driver are essential, with a Full UK Drivers Licence.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will demonstrate effective communication skills and be committed to developing clinical skills.
You will be proactive, use your initiative and have sound organisational abilities to support prioritising and managing your caseload.
You will be part of a weekend and weekday on-call rota. On certain rotations, you are expected to work across a seven-day rota and extended day working.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- CSP member
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad experience in a range of clinical areas
- Demonstrates commitment to on-going CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience within the NHS
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Knowledge/Skills
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates knowledge and importance of documentation
- • Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning
- • Competent IT skills
- • Knowledge of relevant Health and Safety issues
Other
Essential criteria
- • Car Driver, with access to a car.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. 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
- Fran Tarling
- Job title
- Acute Physiotherapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795125147
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