A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Physiotherapist for Front of House at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital(NSECH). The team provide a service to the Emergency Department and range of acute wards based in at NSECH. The suitable candidate will be enthusiastic, innovative, and is ready to take on the responsibility and challenges of a senior position within a busy front of house environment.
The post holder will work with the Principle Physiotherapist for Front of House, and a team of 10 registered and unregistered Physiotherapy staff dedicated to front of house. The post holder will assist in the leadership of the team, on a day to day basis.
The applicant will have the skills and experience to mange a complex caseload, providing high quality physiotherapy to patients with a range of conditions. The role will involve daily MDT working therefore experience of working as part of a MDT is essential.
"Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting to the Emergency department and patients who have been admitted to an acute ward. Experience of working with older people in an acute setting is essential as a large number of patients are older adults. Experience of working with in an Emergency Department is desirable.
The applicant must demonstrate excellent communication skills with Multidisciplinary Teams and peers. Applicants should have experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit.
Applicants must provide evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training related to the role. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in service development. Therefore experience of service development would be advantageous.
The post holder will contribute to a weekend rota, working approximately 1 in 12 weekends. As well as an on call commitment of approximately 1 on call every 6 weeks
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within this speciality.
To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services.
To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
To supervise registered & unregistered staff within the specialist team.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Feb 2025
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