Rotational Physiotherapist

Job overview

The post offers a Secondment or  Fixed Term 12 month contract as part of the 6 monthly rotational programme working in one of the rotational areas such as Urgent Care, Stroke, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Neuro Rehabilitation, MSK Outpatients and Intermediate Care Services in the community.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a clinical physiotherapeutic service to designated wards, outpatient clinics, intermediate and community services at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
• Attend relevant ward rounds/meetings such as whiteboards, and liaise with medical, paramedical, nursing, discharge and social work professionals as necessary.
• Act as a resource for physiotherapeutic information and advice to other professionals.
• Assist with training and updating healthcare professionals, regarding evidence-based therapy, including giving lectures and informal talks.
• Collect all data necessary to meet local information requirements and as required by the Therapy service for monitoring.
• Participate in quality assurance programmes, and development and maintenance of service standards, policies & procedures.
• Participate in personal and professional development through objective setting and regular job review.
• Work as a committed and effective member of the physiotherapy staff in order to maximise the potential of the service and profession.
• Maintain professional competence and expertise by keeping up to date with current research, working practices and models of working.
• Provide physiotherapy cover for other physiotherapy teams as necessary.
• Partake in the respiratory on call overnight and weekend service (depending on fixed term speciality location and training)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.

The person specification detailed is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.