Senior Physiotherapist - Medical & Surgical Rotation

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist - Medical & Surgical Rotation

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist with relevant clinical experience to join our established inpatient Medical/ Surgical rotation. This role offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and non-clinical skills with access to in-service training and personal development, which has included the development of posters for conferences.

You will receive regular supervision and an annual appraisal and will be supported to take a role in service development. You will work within a team of Highly Specialised Physiotherapists, Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy support workers to undertake a variety of tasks to support the delivery of Physiotherapy services to patients. You will take a significant role in supervising and supporting junior staff, Physiotherapy support workers and students, delegating workload as appropriate. You will need excellent communication skills as you will be working as part of a team and with a caseload of patients with possible complex communication needs.

Participation in the out-of-hours rotas for emergency on-call, weekend and Bank Holiday working is a requirement of the post.

We would consider candidates looking for progressive opportunities.

In some of the rotations, the service allows us to consider compressed hours, so this is discussed and agreed in advance of each 9-month rotation.

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 rotational Physiotherapist, you will be expected to prioritise and manage your own caseload of patients while providing supervision and support to junior colleagues, assistants and students. You will have an active role in the development of the team and the delivery and evaluation of services provided to patients.

You will be expected to participate in out-of-hours work and to take responsibility for the management of acutely ill patients requiring physiotherapeutic intervention. This will also involve supporting junior staff to develop their own skills and experience to perform on-call and weekend duties.

As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to support the senior staff in the daily operational and clinical management of the team as required.

You will be required to take an active role in the provision of physiotherapy student placements.

The rotations are of 9 months duration and comprise the following rotations:

• Neurosciences
• Neuro-Oncology
• Critical Care
• Medical Respiratory
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Renal and Cardiology
• Acute Admission Unit and Short Stay
• Older Persons Medicine
• Mixed Orthopaedic Trauma (fragility fractures and polytrauma)

About us

• Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

• To assess, prioritise and manage own caseload of patients, determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated, and maintain records as a legally autonomous practitioner.
• Work will be undertaken without direct supervision. Clinical/professional supervision may take the form of formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and occasional direct observation of practice. Advice and support are always available.
• To provide clinical leadership within the specialty including educational, professional and managerial guidance.
• To have an active role in the planning, development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the physiotherapy service provided to patients within and out-reaching from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• To deputise for the Physiotherapy Operational Lead/Senior physiotherapy staff as required.
• To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
• To maintain a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a defined caseload of patients and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To use communication tools (verbal and non-verbal) and assess understanding of treatment proposals to gain valid informed consent.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
• Registration with the Health Professions Council (UK)

Experience

• Postgraduate experience as a Physiotherapist in a post with broad-based rotational opportunities. Candidates should have experience in all core areas, however those offering less experience, but meeting all other criteria, will be considered on their merit.
• Student or physiotherapy assistant direct supervision
• Involvement in service improvement audit, research and understanding quality issues

Skills

• Ability to demonstrate good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.