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CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. With more than 350 different careers on offer there is a job for you no matter what your interests, skills, or qualifications.
We’re looking for an exceptional individual interested in care and rehabilitation. We want to hear from you! We’re a successful Trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. Your job, alongside your team colleagues, will be to deliver an excellent MSK/Pelvic Health Out-Patient and Orthopaedic In-patient Physiotherapy service. You will be working with our current team to ensure our patients receive timely assessment and rehabilitation. With your energy and commitment to our public service, you’ll be able to make a huge difference. We’re looking for a dedicated individual with caring and/or experience of rehabilitation, who is keen to work with our current team to deliver excellent care.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Physiotherapy Support Worker Team, you will support the team to deliver care for out-patients following musculoskeletal injuries/orthopaedic surgery, by providing walking aids and motivation to actively participate in their rehabilitation and recovery during exercise and hydrotherapy sessions. There is also the opportunity to work alongside our Pelvic Health Team to deliver excellent post-natal care and our In-patient Orthopaedic Team, working with our patients immediately following Orthopaedic surgery. An important aspect of this role is your contribution to achieving high levels of Infection, Prevention and Control management, through shared housekeeping duties and stock ordering/management.
Alongside other team members, you’ll embody our Proud to CARE values to contribute to a truly inclusive workplace. We’re not shy about celebrating our people at the Trust and taking them with us on our collaborative, system working journey with our partners across the local area. So, we want you to contribute to the Physiotherapy Service at our Trust. Here’s a message from Sharon Wood, one of our Professional & Service Development Leads in Physiotherapy: “If you have experience of working in a caring role, a passion for rehabilitation or physiotherapy, and believe your motivation can help us work with our system partners to deliver the excellent Physiotherapy service our patients deserve, come and join us! I’d love to welcome you to our team.”
Working for our organisation
We provide a full range of district general services including urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery. Our vision is exceptional care provided by exceptional people. Our mission is to bring our people, communities and partners together, providing patient care we can all be proud of. Your energy and participation will be critical to our success.
We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way” and with our Proud to CARE values. This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. We know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and we offer flexibility and a whole raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing. This role is hugely important to us and we look forward to hearing from you.
Please note a face-to-face interview and skills test will be required for this post. Unfortunately, there will be no virtual offer for interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached documents which have details of the main responsibilities and job descriptions for the post.
Person specification
Essential / Desirable
* 5 GCSEs (grades 9-4 or A*, A, B, C) OR equivalent level 2 qualifications AND Functional skills (level 2) OR as a level 2 apprenticeship, such as the Healthcare support worker apprenticeship OR the ability to start these qualifications within the first 6 months of employment.
* Experience of working with people & teamwork.
* Experience of working in a caring role.
* Evidence of working flexibly & undertaking a variety of tasks.
* Awareness of disability/illness and the impact this has on an individual.
* Demonstrates clear understanding of this post.
* Good oral and written communication skills.
* Demonstrates clear reason for applying for this post.
* Willing to respond positively to change.
* Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement.
* NVQ/QCF or equivalent level 2 in a health-related subject.
* Periods of stable employment working with people.
* An interest in the care of older people.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients; therefore, encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defense against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non-UK/RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail; therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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