Rotational Physiotherapist

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital; Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Rotational Physiotherapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: Over 7 days to include weekends and On call
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 349-CSS-7041962*

Site: Wythenshawe Hospital
Town: Wythenshawe, Manchester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

We have exciting opportunities for Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapists at our Wythenshawe site. We are looking for enthusiastic, forward-thinking and dynamic physiotherapists to join our Band 6 rotations, with the ability to work flexibly and well as part of a team.

You will be able to undertake advanced physiotherapeutic assessments of patients with a diverse and often complex presentation. You will require excellent clinical reasoning to develop and deliver individual treatment programs and plan safe and timely discharges. You will manage your own caseload while supporting more junior staff, assistants, students, and team leaders.

Rotations are currently 8-monthly and provide a wide variety of clinical opportunities including Cardiothoracic Surgery, Burns and Plastics, General Surgery, Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Stroke Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Thoracic Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Long Term Ventilation, Complex Health & Medicine, Complex Airways, Community Respiratory Team.

The department is committed to CPD and moving the Governments’ initiatives forward. Applicants must have a broad range of post-graduate experience. They should be enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic, and a team player.

Main duties of the job

1. To help deliver a comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients in the area of specialty that you are working in.
2. To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with a diverse and often complex presentation. You will require excellent clinical reasoning to develop and deliver individual treatment programs and plan appropriate discharges, and be able to prioritise to clinical need.
3. To be responsible for organising and managing your own caseload to meet service needs and patient priorities.
4. Support, appraise and educate more junior staff, rehabilitation assistants and students.
5. Support your team leaders and deputise as required.
6. To have excellent communication skills with patients and relatives, showing empathy and understanding.
7. Work as part of the therapy team and wider MDT demonstrating excellent communication skills.
8. Maintain confidentiality, dignity and professionalism at all times.
9. Participate in the weekend and on-call rotas as departmental policy.
10. Maintain your professional standards of practice and codes of conduct and ensure any staff under your supervision maintain these as well.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Physiotherapy MSc or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

• Relevant Post graduate course
• Membership of relevant specialist interest groups
• Member of CSP

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous Post graduate clinical experience
• Broad Range of post graduate clinical experience as a Band 5 in a rotational post
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Supervision and education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Desirable criteria

• Involvement with audit and research
• Membership of department/Trust groups e.g. Health and Safety
• Previous band 6 experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Good time management skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills – clinical reasoning
• Effective written communication skills e.g. Clinical records, reports
• To be able to maintain safe Moving and Handling
• Good therapeutic handling skills
• Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients
• Competent I.T. skills
• Ability to work as part of a team

Desirable criteria

• Presentation skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for practice
• Well-developed contemporary theoretical underpinning knowledge of physiotherapy
• Knowledge of community services & discharge pathways

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of the political / national situation

Other

Essential criteria

• Participation in on call and weekend working
• Flexible to meet service delivery needs

Desirable criteria

• Car driver/ Owner
• UK Driving licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Karen Quinn
Job title: Physiotherapy Lead
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0161 291 5700
Additional information

Laura Cartledge
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Manager
[e-mail]
0161 291 5700

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!