Main area Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: Will include weekend and bank holiday working Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 319-7027973AZ
Site Wansbeck General Hospital Town Ashington Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/03/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). 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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you :
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post is a Band 6 general rotation which includes Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Care of the older person, Neurology and Respiratory.
The successful applicant will join our friendly teams and work between North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital at Cramlington, Wansbeck General Hospital, Hexham General Hospital and a range of rehabilitation units across the trust.
The successful candidate will be required to participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.
The successful candidate will also be required to contribute to the respiratory service at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital. This includes an evening shadow on call rota and occasional nightshift commitment.
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.
Main duties of the job
* To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload within the specialities
* To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
* To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care in each rotation
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
* Contribute to student education. Student educator status is desirable.
* To support the day-to-day leadership and organisation of the team
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification
* Registered Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Evidence of continued professional development through self directed learning, in-service training record and attendance at relevant short post graduate courses.
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Student training qualification provided by University
Experience
* Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations
* Competent to assess and treat an independent caseload
* Awareness of relevant Department of Health initiatives and National Service Frameworks relating to clinical guidelines
* To consolidate post graduate skills and enhance more specialist skills and knowledge developing towards Specialist Senior Physiotherapist
* Competent in the emergency care of respiratory patients including NIV
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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