Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff
Health Care of Older People Physiotherapist
Band 6
Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: working weekend as part of a rota Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Plus weekend and bank holiday rosters.) Job ref 164-7134620
Site Queens Medical Centre & City campus Town Nottingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are looking for a Physiotherapist with recent relevant clinical experience who has a passion for working in the specialty of Health care of Older People.
This is a well-established role where you will be expected to work flexibly across the team as the service demands at Queens Medical Centre site or City campus site of NUH.
The successful candidate will have a broad range of skills including acute experience as a qualified Physiotherapist in the core areas of Respiratory, Health Care of the Older Person, Neurology and MSK- whether this be inpatient in the form of Trauma and orthopaedics or outpatient MSK.
You will have the opportunity to move through the following aspects of the team: Health Care of the Elder Person (both at QMC and City Hospital Campuses) on base wards; Complex Dementia Care with Elderly Mental Health and Acute Medical Admissions Unit.
This is a permanent post where we welcome part time applicants.
Working days can be discussed further at interview.
Main duties of the job
NUH is a large Acute Teaching Hospital and this post will allow you to work in many specialist areas with a huge variety of patients and to work alongside many experienced Clinicians. You will be expected to work collaboratively across the MDT with a wide range of Health Care Professionals.
You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload in what is a fast paced working environment. The post has a requirement that you manage and support Band 5’s, Support Staff and Students on Clinical Placement allowing you to develop your leadership, managerial and teaching skills. You will need to lead the Team in the absence of the Band 7s.
There is a requirement that you participate in weekend and emergency overnight on-call duties. Previous Respiratory on-call experience is essential.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details see attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* BSc honours or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of maintaining professional competence through C.P.D.
* State Registered and HCPC.
* Evidence of post-graduate training in specialty.
* Member of CIG
* First line management course.
* Clinical Educators Course.
Experience
* Broad based junior rotational experience with an acute in-patient focus
* Possession of specific knowledge, technical skills and experience in acute in-patient areas to include respiratory, neurology and orthopaedics
* Experience in evaluation of practice. Appraisal of performance.
* Previous Band 6 Experience.
* Experience of audit.
Communication and relationship skills
* Ability to communicate complex information.
* Ability to motivate, train and teach.
* Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team
* Demonstrate leadership ability
Analytical and Judgement skills
* Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
* Experience of performance management.
Planning and organisation skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
* Experience of effective delegation.
* Experience of organising others workload.
Physical skills
* Evidence of manual therapy skills.
* Basic keyboard skills.
* Capacity to carry out treatment handling skills
* Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
Other requirements specific to the role
* Maintain competence in respiratory care for rostered emergency duty work.
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support.
If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available.
* Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment.
Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard).
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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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