East Surrey Hospital Physiotherapy Department is a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff.
The post will be within the respiratory team that covers critical care (ICU/HDU), surgery, cardiorespiratory (including acute respiratory unit and medical wards) and the Lane-Fox Remeo unit (on-site) a satellite unit of St Thomas' hospital for long term, complex, respiratory patients.
We are looking for someone with a passion for both respiratory physiotherapy and acute rehabilitation to join our friendly and enthusiastic team and take on the responsibilities of a senior physiotherapist. You will be involved in supervising students, band 5 and support staff and providing in-service training to more junior staff whilst developing your own clinical skills and expertise.
We offer:
* An opportunity to develop acute rehabilitation skills
* Close links with other inpatient physiotherapy teams
* A high level of clinical support from experienced senior staff
* Support to continue professional and personal development with an active in-service teaching programme and established supervision and achievement review structure
* An innovative and forward thinking department with strong clinical governance support and the opportunity to be involved in service development.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
* We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
Job responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Criteria
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* Evidence of essential skills and knowledge evidenced in supporting statement
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role (including on-call working)
* 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 appropriate CPD/Research relevant to the clinical specialty
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year plus high cost allowance.
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