Rotational Specialist Physiotherapist - 10 months fixed term

Job summary

How does a 10-month fixed term contract in transplant and cardiac surgery sound? Enticing? Exciting? Both things? Then this is the job for you. We would love you to come and join a friendly, innovative team passionate about patient care.

We welcome applications from current Band 6's and experienced Band 5's with a passion for transplant and cardiac surgery, with experience in acute care across multiple specialities, who are motivated to learn and progress. Clinical support will be provided by senior staff, with a dedicated mentor.

Candidates should:

Have a BSc, MSc or Grad Dip in Physiotherapy, be HCPC registered, have great communication & interpersonal skills.

Be able to provide a comprehensive Physiotherapy service to patients with a wide range of cardio-respiratory conditions in all settings.

Be able to build on developed Physiotherapy skills & consolidate specialist skills in transplant and cardiac surgery.

"Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We may close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment

Main duties of the job

Become part of our innovative team covering inpatient and outpatient services including our on-call, twilight and weekend working provision.

Main duties will include:

To effectively manage own clinical caseloads, and support others daily and prioritise workload accordingly.

To undertake an independent comprehensive, assessment of patients who have a wide variety of clinical presentations with a range of complexities.

To actively participate and lead sessions in team and departmental learning opportunities including in-service training (IST) sessions, clinical supervision and education.

To participate and lead with relevant audit, service improvement projects (SIP), and research with support from senior staff.

What we provide to you:

Support and teaching to enable you to provide excellent patient care across all rotational area's

Specialist departmental and team in service training

Regular one to ones, clinical supervision, appraisals, and competency support

In house courses and access to external courses and conferences

Involvement with expert multi-disciplinary teams

Advanced skill teaching and support in transplant and cardiac surgery.

Opportunity for service development projects.

Participation in audits and research.

Support and guidance for you to mentor students and junior staff.

Join our supportive, dynamic and growing Physiotherapy team in our internationally renowned Cardiothoracic Hospital at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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