Main area Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Will be required to participate in respiratory on-call rota and some weekends/bank holidays)
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Site East Surrey Hospital Town Redhill Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 21/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/05/2025
We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.
We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.
* We have been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years.
* The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.
* We are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
* We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.
Benefits to working with us
* Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs).
* At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
* A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands.
* Lockable storage for cycles.
About us
* We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
* We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic physiotherapist who has completed a variety of band 5 rotations and is ready to take on the responsibilities and challenges of a band 6 position. This post includes respiratory on-call and weekend responsibilities and some rotation specific extended hours/ rostered weekend working.
You will have opportunity to rotate every 9 months through a broad range of clinical areas including:
* Respiratory (critical care, surgery and cardiorespiratory)
* Lane-Fox REMEO Unit (satellite unit for Lane-Fox Weaning Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital for long term, complex respiratory patients)
* Orthopaedics (Elective, trauma and day surgery)
* Care of the Elderly (Inpatient Wards and Intermediate Care Wards)
* Acute Medicine (General medicine, haematology/oncology and endocrinology)
* Front Door Services (Emergency department, acute medical unit, ambulatory care, Outpatient Frailty Unit)
* Neurology (Acute stroke unit including hyperacute care and an outlier service for neurological patients on other wards in the Trust)
Main duties of the job
You will also be involved in supervising students, band 5s and support staff and provide in-service training to more junior staff. All of our band 6s are encouraged to continue developing their own clinical and leadership skills through ongoing supervision and training (internal and external) and will be expected to take an active role in service development projects under guidance from their team leaders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Criteria
* Evidence of an excellent standard of written English appropriate to the role
* Evidence of knowledge and skills appropriate to the role
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role (a variety of Band 5 rotations)
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* Evidence of CPD/research relevant to clinical specialty
We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operate a 24 hour 365 day a year service and all nursing, clinical and operational roles will require staff to work 24/7 shifts (if required) unless you are specifically advised otherwise as part of the recruitment process.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering.
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.
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