Physiotherapist

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000

Job description

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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Key details

Location: Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD

Contract type & working pattern: 10 months (fixed term), Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working on rota basis)

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Specialty: Physiotherapy

Job Overview

An opportunity to join us as a B5 physiotherapist at Fairfield General Hospital and create a future you can be truly proud of, as part of the Northern Care Alliance. You will be joining a team where evidence-based practice, integrated working and service development are foremost in the provision of a quality service. This is a 10 month, fixed term position, based in the MSK team and would be an opportunity for an existing physiotherapist to develop in a MSK setting. Innovation and future thinking is what drives our success so we are seeking someone with energy and enthusiasm to help create a therapy service that delivers the best possible solutions for our patients and their families. The Physiotherapy service is working towards a 7 day model and as such you will be expected to be flexible in terms of working patterns including weekday hours, weekends, bank holidays and extra hours if necessary.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality, timely patient assessments and determine a clinical judgement of the patients condition/needs.
• Develop, implement and modify individualised treatment programmes, using a person centred and goal focused approach.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment plans to ensure maximum patient benefit and health outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for your own clinical caseload which will include patients with complex needs.
• Access regular training, supervision and support from senior staff.

We welcome applications from Newly Qualified applicants.

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.

Experience

Essential criteria:

• Broad range of experience at undergraduate level including respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions within the NHS.
• Experience of working within a team and independently with support.
• Experience of liaison with other professionals and partnership working.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria:

• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology to support relevant clinical skills and effective clinical reasoning.
• Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management.
• Able to present information in a clear and logical manner.
• Demonstrates organisational skills including time management, prioritisation and the ability to complete a task.
• Uses examples to demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of the NHS.

Qualifications

Essential criteria:

• BSc/MSc Physiotherapy.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Lucy Knott
Job title: Operational and Professional Therapy Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0161 778 3830