Specialist Physiotherapist

Job overview

The Critical Care Therapy Team are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and driven Physiotherapist to join their team.  We're looking for a dynamic and motivated professional with strong clinical expertise and proven leadership skills to help drive service development and deliver high quality, evidenced based therapy interventions.  Please note this is a static post within the Critical Care therapy team.

As a senior Physiotherapist you will provide assessment, treatment and management advice for patients within the new Critical Care unit at Scarborough Hospital, and across surgical wards as required. You should be able to demonstrate advanced skills in prioritising and managing the team's daily caseload, to deliver effective therapy interventions while maintaining the highest professional standards of care. The successful candidate will embody the Trust's values and act as a positive leader within the team, service and wider organisation.

There will be a requirement to be part of the respiratory out of hours on-call rota.

We welcome you getting in contact with us to discuss this post further.

Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at the hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available.

The post may become Permanent at the end of this Fixed Term/Secondment.

If you wish to apply for this post as a Secondment opportunity, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying.

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively as part of the team to support the delivery of high-quality therapy services across critical care and surgical caseloads, working closely with the senior leadership team.
• To provide specialist guidance and advice to therapy staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• To use patient-centred approaches to patient care.
• To participate in and provide clinical and management supervision.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
• To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
• To contribute to and lead on educational teaching programmes for Respiratory on-call training.
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.