Job summary
As a Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist, you will provideassessments and treatments in a variety of clinical locations on a 6 monthly rotational basis.
Rotations currently include: two MSK outpatient clinics, two community Re-Ablement teams, two in-patients community hospitals (Bath and Paulton), Clara Cross Centre (Falls Clinic and Movement Disorders Clinic), Complex Needs and Community Neuro and Stroke Service. There are also two rotations into our local District General Hospital, The Royal United Hospital, Bath.
You will maintain and further develop professional standards, skills, knowledge, and strive to empower service users to reach their full potential following injury or will also undertake clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, working within a supervisory structure and participating in supervision and training as required.
Band 5 Physiotherapist Rotations will be for a 6-month period, based in community settings around Bath & North East is the possibility to rotate into our local District General Hospital, The Royal United Hospital, Bath some clinical areas, you will also participate in evening and weekend work.
Interview date:Tuesday 24thSeptember 2024.
Main duties of the job
1. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work. To manage a patient caseload, minimizing clinical risk and ensuring a high standard of care.
2. To carry out physiotherapy assessments, treatment planning and implementation to a high standard, evaluating and modifying your input as appropriate.
3. To communicate effectively with patients and carers, in order to gain informed consent, achieve accurate assessment, to facilitate patient choice and maximize patient engagement.
4. To communicate effectively with colleagues of all professions and with other agencies to achieve goals, including effective discharges. To ensure that confidentiality standards are maintained
For a full list of job responsibilities please see the attached job description.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Rotational band 5 Physiotherapist, youll be part of our valued team in Bath & North East Somerset
You will feel valued as a Rotational Band 5 Physiotherapistwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
5. Salary of £28,407 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
6. Free tea and coffee at your base location
7. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
8. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
9. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
10. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
11. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
12. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
13. Appropriate professional physiotherapist qualification.
14. Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
15. Valid UK driving licence with access to a car.
16. Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
17. To have gained effective experience of rehabilitation in MSK, Neurology, Elderly care and ideally Respiratory.
18. Be a skilled practitioner, demonstrating clinical expertise in respiratory practice.
Please see the attached job description for a full person specification.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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