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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Effective creation of patient centred SMART goals • Effective legible written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to work single handed with individuals and groups. • Ability to manage own workload effectively and determine priorities. • Ability to work under pressure. • Specialist clinical reasoning skills. • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. • Computer literate. • Demonstrates initiative. • Problem solving or solution-based approach to challenges. • Self-motivated and be able to motivate others. • Able to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking). • Presentation and training skills. • Supervisory/appraisal skills. • Audit skills.
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge of Physiotherapy assessment and treatment and how to apply this effectively within specialty • Specialist knowledge of Physiotherapy role within an acute setting • Awareness of the service and specialties of UHCW • Knowledge of current best practice in Physiotherapy and its application. • Effective planning, evaluation and co-ordination of treatment. • Applied knowledge of relevant legislation including CPD and risk assessment and management. • Knowledge of clinical governance.
- Experience
Current (or recent) and substantial working experience of specific /specified area or relevant associated area • Significant evidence of treating patients who are acutely unwell including respiratory management and treating patients at Critical Care level • Current or recent experience of participation in respiratory on call rota • Documented evidence of continuing professional development. • MDT Working. • Experience of service improvement.
- Qualifications
BSc / MSc Physiotherapy and evidence of post graduate training in relevant specialist area • HCPC registered • Clinical education training or willingness to complete within one year
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Offers innovative ideas for practice or service development
- Experience
Experience of managing staff / students • Experience of integrated working • Experience of change management • Broad range of clinical experience within acute inpatient setting • Post preceptorship experience
- Qualifications
Formal post grad training relevant to area • First line management course • Membership of Professional body • Membership of Clinical Interest Group • Post Preceptorship
Job overview
With frailty and an ageing population at the forefront of service development across the NHS, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist with a passion for supporting older adults within an acute setting to join our dedicated Frailty rotation which spans our Care of the Elderly and Medicine wards.
Our Care of the Elderly service covers four wards, providing specialist care for older adults with:
- Delirium
- Falls
- Dementia
- Infections
Our Medicine service covers four wards, providing specialist care for adults, with:
- Respiratory conditions
- Long-term conditions
- Endocrinology conditions
The patients we support are often living with frailty and are at significant risk of deconditioning during their hospital stay. If you have broad inpatient experience and a particular interest in frailty management, rehabilitation, and preventing deconditioning, this could be the ideal role for you.
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist joining the team, you will benefit from a two-week supernumerary induction period, giving you the opportunity to become familiar with the service, meet the wider team, and identify any development or training needs. We are committed to supporting your professional growth and helping you thrive in your new role.
Please note, that interviews will be face-to-face. Please detail in your supporting statement that you are able to attend on site, and that you have the knowledge, skills and experience to participate in the respiratory on-call service.
Main duties of the job
- To manage a caseload of patients with varying diagnosis and / or complex needs, using evidence-based practice with client centred principles, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
- To support the learning and development of students and staff
- To develop enhanced clinical skills and knowledge in an area of interest linked with patient cohorts (e.g. cognition, specific clinical condition, prehabilitation / acute rehabilitation)
- To participate in 7-day working patterns as required
- To participate in the respiratory on-call service
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us for an informal discussion, a tour of our facilities, or the opportunity to meet members of our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Be professional, legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work and activities, to manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload.
- Carry a clinical caseload of highly complex patients, provide advanced therapeutic assessment & evaluation and provide detailed written treatment plans with patient centered goals working within ward / department areas.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner and member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programs, taking on the role of care coordinator where relevant.
- Carry out treatment, using a broad variety of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique evaluating, modifying and recording all interventions and outcomes & adapting them to meet the needs of the patient.
- Use highly developed manual treatment skills requiring coordination, sensation & dexterity.
- Work in accordance with CSP & HCPC rules of professional conduct and within local care pathways, policies and standards.
- Establish and maintain effective communication networks with patients, carer’s, MDT, other workers and agencies across health, social care and the private sector locally and regionally.
- Contribute to the Group and Trust clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards, clinical risk’s, and Health & Safety.
- Take the lead for information management within area of responsibility to ensure high quality up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards & produce in a timely manner
- Be aware of and assist with managing resources and equipment necessary to meet service needs in clinical area reporting any faults.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
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.
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This advert is for Specialist Physiotherapist - Frailty Rotation with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in Coventry, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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