Main area Physiotherapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
30 hours per week (On-call respiratory and weekend working) Job ref 223-MPT-116
Employer The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Princess Royal Hospital Town Telford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/03/2025 23:59
Acute Medicine and Intradialytic Specialist Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to offer this exciting Band 6 Physiotherapist position, split across the regional Renal Dialysis Units and the acute medical wards including the Renal Ward. This role allows the successful post holder the opportunity to build long term working partnerships with Dialysis patients.
Patients who attend our regular dialysis clinics are often vulnerable to global deconditioning, pain issues as well as complex medical co-morbidities. This role aims to engage patients in meaningful therapeutic exercise and enhance the quality of life for service users. Intradialytic exercise is a new and evolving area of renal care, as such the post holder will have potential opportunities to be part of Trust research projects and advancing this specialist knowledge base.
If you have a creative and adaptive approach to therapy delivery, strong communication skills and a sound understanding of exercise principles then this could be the perfect post for you.
Main duties of the job
This role will be based working within the regional dialysis units with key duties including group and individual therapy sessions, develop and review home exercise programmes as well as the delivery of education in line with current evidence base. This role involves travel to the 2 regional units at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford, with an occasional requirement to travel to Ludlow Hospital.
* To assess, interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and HCPC Regulations.
* Engage in own learning to develop self and service.
* Participate or lead on projects to develop services.
* Provide learning opportunities for others including assistant practitioners and students as well as celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and MDT teams.
* The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care.
* To work closely with team leads and clinical leads to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
* To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health care system.
Working for our organisation
Our Hospital Trust is split across two principal sites in Shrewsbury and Telford with a therapy workforce consisting of over 250 employees across inpatients, outpatients and within community services.
Here at SaTH NHS Trust we have a strong commitment to provide high quality, safe and effective therapy services to all our patients; key to this is ensuring our workforce is supported and equipped with the ability to deliver on that pledge. Regular access to clinical supervision, clinical and leadership training, job planning with committed weekly non-clinical time are some of the opportunities available to the successful post holder.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full job description and person specification please see the attached document entitled 'Job Pack'.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Physiotherapy degree
* HCPC registration
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
Experience
* NHS Physiotherapy experience across a range of therapy settings including Intradialytic Therapy and acute medical.
* Evidence of clinical leadership and supervision.
* Knowledge and delivery of exercise programmes for haemodialysis patients.
* Experience of collaborative work to achieve safe patient discharges and maintain patient flow.
Knowledge and Skills
* Sound understanding of Goal Setting principles.
* Ability to problem solve and consider adaptive therapeutic strategies.
* Sound communication skills and ability to motivate others.
* Understanding of Renal function and impact of dialysis.
We are committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
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