Experienced Physiotherapist in Medicine & ICU - Fixed Term 12 Months

Job overview

Band 6 Experienced Physiotherapist in Medicine & ICU

**This is a fixed-term/secondment post for 12 months to cover maternity leave.**

An exciting fixed-term/secondment opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join the ICU & Surgery and  Medicine Physiotherapy teams at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, in a split role.

For 3 days per week, the role will be based predominantly on our Intensive Care Unit with an expectation to support the wider ICU/Surgery team on the Surgical Wards.

The other 2 days, the role will be based in our Medicine team, covering the acute medical wards and supporting the wider Medicine team.

You will be supported by the Therapy team and participate in the in-service training programme. Regular supervision/appraisal will be conducted.

An on-call respiratory service is provided by the department, which you will be expected to take part in, once competencies assessed, and you will be required to participate in the weekend working service on a rostered basis.

Main duties of the job

• To be an experienced Physiotherapist delivering patient centered, caring therapy for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
• To be professionally responsible for all aspects of your own work including the therapeutic management of patients in your care, with support from your supervisor.
• To use your physiotherapy knowledge and skills to provide specialist support and advice to the multi-disciplinary team and to manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner
• To deliver a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in the Therapy team.
• To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the job role.