Senior Physiotherapist - Neuro Rotation

Job overview

Hull University Teaching Hospitals are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist in a fixed term post for 18 months to join our diverse team of allied health professionals. The post holder will work gain experience working in a large busy acute teaching hospital Trust and in the community as part of our Neuro Rotation.

The Neuro Rotation currently covers the following rotation areas:

INPATIENTS: Stroke, Neurosurgery (HRI), Complex Rehab (CHH)

The post holders will work alongside colleagues to support the 7 day service in the speciality areas. As a Senior Physiotherapist you will deliver the assessment and treatment of patients who present with neurological conditions, delivering evidence based interventions to facilitate recovery, promote well-being and optimise independent functioning as far as reasonably possible in all areas of life

We are seeking skilled people who have proven NHS/UK experience, can adapt to changing environment and work well in a team. You will be expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and build clinical networks working in partnership with other agencies to identify and address the immediate and ongoing need.

Main duties of the job

This is a Senior Physiotherapist role that will align with a range of neuro specialities to provide essential physiotherapy services.

This is an ideal post for a Band 5 Physiotherapist with an interest in Neuro specialities, who has post-graduate UK experience and feels ready for the opportunity of the challenge of a senior position in a large, busy, acute hospital Trust.

The post holder will be self motivated and aspirational, be able to assess in an effective and timely manner in a rapid paced environment. Pathways will support early recognition of deterioration with appropriate escalation processes in place to maintain patient safety.

Support will be provided to enhance operational management skills and the post holder will contribute to service planning, development and teaching. As a Senior Physiotherapist, the post holder will be a role model for their team and pride themselves on delivering high quality care and motivate their team to do the same.

Being a driver, or having demonstrable means of independently travelling to patient's residences in the community, is essential in this post due to the community aspect of the rotation. The post holder will contribute to 7 day services, working patterns up to 8pm in some teams, and contribute to the Respiratory On-call Service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

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.