This post will close once sufficient numbers of applications have been received.
Base sites: Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital
Education opportunity:We have an excellent Preceptorship Program, directed to meet learning needs of newly qualified Band 5 AHPs
We are looking for enthusiastic and innovative physiotherapists who value team working.
Are you keen to develop your clinical and service development skills because you know how important physiotherapy is?
Here at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, our physiotherapists play a vital role in supporting patients to optimise their abilities through therapeutic interventions and empowering collaboration. Each in-patient specialism has a multi-disciplinary team made up of therapy support workers, occupational therapists, dieticians, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists. Our outpatient services are well supported with Clinical Specialists and APPs and are involved in multiple innovative areas of practice.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to enrol onto preceptorship program and to take part in 6-month rotations in the following specialities across the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital sites:
• Acute Stroke
• Acute Neurology
• Medical / Health Services for Elderly People
• Rapid Response
• ITU / Surgery
• Orthopaedics – trauma and elective
• Musculoskeletal Outpatients
• Pelvic Health Outpatients
Please note that for overseas applicants:we are unable to provide a relocation package.
Main duties:
The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise therapy support workers as appropriate. You will be supported by highly skilled and experienced Band 6 to Band 8 staff throughout each specialty. You will be joining a well established and supportive integrated Therapy team, who work closely with the multidisciplinary team.
It is a requirement for this post to participate in the 7 day physiotherapy service and bank holiday cover.
The Therapies Team are passionate about developing and delivering a world class care service, and will provide training and development opportunities, including supervision and appraisal, to ensure you are supported in your role. There is a strong education ethos with a Band 5 in-service training program and frequent opportunities to learn from other disciplines both formally and informally. Applicants with a commitment to lifelong learning will be fully supported and given ample opportunity to take part in quality improvement ideas and finding ways to improve staff satisfaction and patient outcomes.
The post holder will uphold the Royal Free World Class Values when interacting with service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike so that everyone at Barnet Hospital can feel:
• Welcome all of the time
• Confident because we are clearly communicating
• Respected and cared for
• Reassured that they are always in safe hands
Our catchment area spans diverse communities and we are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them. Enthusiasm for advancing equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities is essential.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Jan 2025