Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Job Overview

We are inviting applications for a motivated and forward-thinking Physiotherapist to join our Inpatient team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual looking to enhance their clinical and managerial skills within a supportive and dynamic environment. This role rotates every 8 months, using a request system allowing staff to tailor their clinical experience.

Rotations include:

• ITU/ Surgery
• Respiratory/ MADU
• Cardiology
• Acute Medicine
• Stroke
• Neuro Outliers
• Neuro Outpatients

The successful candidate will benefit from strong mentorship under the guidance of experienced Band 7 professionals and will have access to career progression opportunities. We foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and CPD, ensuring that our team members are equipped with the latest knowledge and best practices.

As a senior member of the team, you will be involved in the supervision, education, and appraisal of physiotherapists, support staff, and students. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to lead and participate in relevant service development initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a high-quality physiotherapy service by assessing and treating patients with complex presentations.
• Supervise and mentor newly qualified physiotherapists, technicians, assistants, and students while contributing to the education of multidisciplinary team (MDT) staff.
• Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) and actively participate in departmental activities.
• Take part in the weekend and on-call service as required.
• Weekend working commitments will be determined based on service demands and rotational requirements.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Clinical Duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Implement relevant standards, policies, and best practices in patient care.
• Independently assess and manage complex respiratory patients using clinical reasoning.
• Develop and deliver personalised physiotherapy treatment plans.
• Maintain professional and legal accountability, ensuring accurate documentation.
• Stay updated with clinical advancements, contributing to service development.
• Participate in the respiratory on-call and weekend service.

Management & Leadership

• Effectively manage a dynamic caseload and respond to urgent referrals.
• Supervise, support, and mentor junior staff, assistants, and students.
• Contribute to service improvements and policy development.
• Ensure safe use of physiotherapy equipment and report any defects.

Communication & Collaboration

• Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, liaising with medical staff, nurses, and allied health professionals.
• Communicate complex information sensitively to patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Maintain accurate patient records and contribute to ward rounds and case discussions.
• Participate in department meetings and ensure effective information sharing.

Education & Research

• Support the training and development of junior physiotherapists and students.
• Engage in continuous professional development and stay informed about best practices.
• Lead and participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and research projects.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Rotational B5 experience in NHS environment.
• HCPC.
• Physio Degree or equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Member of clinical interest group.
• Experience of staff/student supervision.

Experience

Essential criteria

• On call competency.
• Respiratory Rotation at Band 5 or 6 level within NHS.
• Completion of Band 5 rotations with experience in Ortho, Neuro, Medicine, Resp, ITU/ Surg.

Desirable criteria

• Band 6 experience.
• Service development/ audit experience.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of supervision skills.

Desirable criteria

• Audit skills.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

Apply online now.