Weekend Physiotherapist
Nuffield Health Vale Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent | Part-Time Weekends |
Up to £38,500 per annum (pro rata), depending on experience
24.5 hours per week
Are you an experienced Physiotherapist? Do you want to work for a leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation with fantastic career progression opportunities? Do you have a passion for the wellbeing of others and taking pride in supporting them through their road to recovery?
Due to an increased workload of our orthopaedics caseload both in the week and over the weekends, we now have an opportunity for a Physiotherapist at our Vale Hospital. Our expert physiotherapists are here to rehabilitate patients to optimal functional recovery following surgery.
The role will be one day per week in Outpatients seeing post-operative orthopaedic patients and 2 days as part of the Inpatient team treating these patients immediately after surgery. The 2 days within the Inpatient team will require working Saturday each week.
The hospital is brilliantly placed to support and mentor the successful candidate for this role, alongside our academy training programs.
As a Physiotherapist, you will:
* See a wide range of pre and post-surgery patients undertaking orthopaedic or gynaecology surgery.
* Cover Inpatient caseload.
* Work within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, AHPS and consultants in order to optimise the health and recovery of our patients.
* Adhere to our values and beliefs at Nuffield Health, in which we encourage behaviour which is enterprising, passionate, independent and caring.
* Deliver excellent clinical care that is evidence based, Safe, Effective, Caring, Well-led and responsive to our patient’s needs.
* Ensure ongoing monitoring of the standard of treatment provided.
* Be compliant with all professional, clinical and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes.
What are we looking for in our Physiotherapists?
* We require a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and you’ll be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
* Be able to demonstrate evidence of further professional training and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner.
* Be a confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with the general public and other healthcare professionals.
* Be able to demonstrate excellent manual therapy skills.
* Have the ability to prioritise and deal with your varied workload in an effective and timely manner.
It’s equally important that you share our values. We believe in putting people first and providing personalised, holistic healthcare. That makes you part of a much wider team, working to create a healthier future for each individual client.
Supporting your growth.
We’re committed to the professional development of all our clinical colleagues. Inside our Learning and Development Academy, you’ll discover a range of internal CPD courses and online content to support your clinical and professional development. As a Nuffield Health Physiotherapist, you’ll also enjoy opportunities to apply for funding support towards your relevant CPD activity and postgraduate study. Plus, you can access further professional development opportunities via the large number of apprenticeship programmes we offer.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
About Cardiff and Vale Hospital
Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals provide first class private healthcare to the immediate local areas of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as across South Wales and surrounding regions. Our two hospitals: The Vale Hospital (mainly in-patients) and Cardiff Bay Hospital (day cases) are multi-specialty hospitals which combine the finest consultants, the latest medical technology, with the unrivalled reputation of Nuffield Health.
The Vale Hospital is a purpose built, modern hospital located in beautiful surroundings of the Vale of Glamorgan. We provide 27 in-patient rooms within a very tranquil hospital setting and were recently identified as one of the top 30 most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. We host 2 fully digital ultra clean air operating theatres, an excellent physiotherapy department, 24-hour high dependency, surgical and medical RMO cover and exemplary outpatients and diagnostic service. The patient feedback for our hospital is one of the best within the Nuffield Health estate and this is something our staff and consultants are very proud of.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.
It starts with you.
So if this sounds like the role for you, apply today and work with a fantastic team!
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