Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist
37.5 Hours Per Week (contracts are 7 day working, as some areas require this as part of the role and area)
Permanent (Evening and weekend work is part of the role and contract)
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Closing Date: 16th February 2025
Interview Date: 6th March 2025
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated, and motivated Physiotherapist/ final year student Physiotherapist with outstanding clinical, communication, organisational, and time management skills to join our rotational Band 5 therapists. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to work across various acute care settings, including:
* Medicine
* Respiratory
* Critical Care
* MSK Outpatients/Hands
* Trauma and Orthopaedics
* Stroke (In-patients)
* Neuro Outpatients
A flexible approach to day-to-day tasks is essential, as you will need to respond to the varying demands of the service. This includes working across different clinical areas, as well as being available for weekend and on-call shifts as required. Applicants will be expected to travel when necessary to participate in providing community services.
This post is open to registered AND those waiting for HCPC approval by summer 2025.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care taking centre stage. An ever-evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
* Effective open communication
* Excellence and safety in everything we do
* Challenge but support
* Expect respect and dignity
* Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care and to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
* To hold responsibility for your own caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and caseload review sessions. Access to advice from senior Physiotherapist is available if/as required clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
* To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with symptoms requiring analysis and interpretation, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques, to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
* To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions in order to select and recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
* To formulate and deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice, considering the range of possible options.
* To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
* To accept clinical responsibility for designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and time availability.
* To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating, such as those who are sensory impaired, dysphasic or have some degree of confusion or dementia.
* To use persuasive, motivation and reassurance skills to achieve the outcome required.
* To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual physiotherapy treatment of patients.
* To assess patients understanding of treatment protocols, gain valid consent, and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
* To enable patients to come to terms with chronic disability on a daily basis.
* To provide specialised advice, teaching and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
* To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
* To work within the Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Clinical Guidelines, to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards, and to monitor own practice.
* To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards of practice.
* To supervise support workers within your area of service.
* To have specialist knowledge and skills in the use and application of relevant equipment and to be responsible for your own safe and competent use of all that equipment, aids and appliances and that of support workers within your team.
* To liaise with medical and nursing staff, therapists, social workers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure a co-ordinated package of patient care.
* To be an active member of the overnight and weekend physiotherapy service rota.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
* Varied clinical placements as a student
* Relevant NHS experience as student or assistant
Desirable
* Evidence of previous employment/voluntary work
Qualification and Professional
Essential
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
* Registration with HCPC
Desirable
* Relevant external courses
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services
* Excellent written and oral communications
* Able to prioritise
* Well organised
* Good interpersonal skills
* Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
* Able to deal with distressing situations and working conditions in a sensitive and sensible manner
Desirable
* Driving licence and access to car
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Able to work in moderately physical demanding role
* Able to work as a team member
* To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
* Motivated and enthusiastic
Other
Essential
* Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working
Trust Values
Essential
* Effective Open Communication
* Excellence and Safety in all that we do
* Challenge but Support
* Expect Respect and Dignity
* Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
College Street
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
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