Job summary
We are recruiting for a Physiotherapist - Rotational who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We offer excellent opportunities for new graduates and experienced Band 5's wanting to enhance their skills.
We offer strong professional leadership and rotations across East and North Hertfordshire, working in partnership with Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Deliver a complex package of high quality healthcare including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice to patients with various needs in a variety of settings. Participate in the Band 5 Rotational scheme which involves musculoskeletal outpatients, community care, acute orthopaedics, respiratory care including critical care, care of the elderly, acute medicine, stroke rehabilitation and medical rehabilitation.
Assess, diagnose and treat own patient caseload and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner as well as communicating with relevant medical and nursing staff, social workers, other health care professionals, patients, relatives and carers
Be responsible for own patient caseload and work predominantly without direct supervision. Regular indirect clinical supervision is provided by a more senior member of the team. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and reflective practices. As well as participating in the physiotherapy emergency respiratory on-call service.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
1. The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
2. New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
3. Hertford County, Hertford
4. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
5. Physiotherapy degree or equivalent
6. HCPC registration
7. Documented evidence of professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
8. Ability to assess patients conditions, establish the patients problem, formulate and implement a treatment plan in a wide variety of clinical settings
9. Basic understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance
Skills
Essential
10. Ability to communicate complex and/or sensitive information requiring empathy and reassurance
11. Knowledge of barriers to communication and strategies to overcome them
12. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, other health professionals, patients and their relatives/carers
13. Ability to present information accurately, written and oral in English
14. Clinical problem solving ability in routine cases
15. Ability to prioritise patient workload
16. Physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
Other requirements
Essential
17. Self -motivated
18. Enthusiastic
19. Empathetic