Senior Physiotherapist- Med/Surg Rotation

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist with relevant clinical experience to join our established inpatient Medical/ Surgical rotation. This exciting role offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development, that has included the development of posters for conferences. You will receive regular supervision an annual appraisal and will be supported to take a role in service development. You will work within a teams of Highly Specialised Physiotherapists, Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients. You will take a significant role in supervising and supporting junior staff, Physiotherapy support workers and students delegating workload as appropriate. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working as part of a team and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.

Participation in the out of hours rotas for emergency on-call, weekend and Bank Holiday working is a requirement of the post.

In some of the rotations the service allows us to consider compressed hours so this is discussed and agreed in advance of each 9 month rotation

Other fixed term opportunities may become available within the multiple specialties of the rotation.

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients.

You will be expected to participate in out of hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physiotherapeutic intervention, this will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on call and weekend duties.

As a senior member of the team you will rotate between you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required.

You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements.

The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations.

- Neurosciences

- Neuro-Oncology

- Critical Care

- Medical Respiratory

- Thoracic Surgery

- Vascular Surgery

- Renal and Cardiology

- Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay

- Older Persons Medicine

- Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Rotate through key clinical specialities
• Deliver physiotherapy intervention to patients with a range of clinical conditions and complex needs.
• Support junior, student and non-registered staff.
• Actively support the on call and weekend working respiratory rota's.
• Support service development to drive service delivery forwards
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.