Band 6 Rotational Physiotherapist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Mere Green; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Hope Hospital is seeking a Chartered Physiotherapist to contribute to assessment, treatment and rehabilitation across diverse clinical areas. The role involves working within multidisciplinary teams and managing a defined caseload with supervision via formal training and peer review.

The post requires participation in seven-day programmes and flexible shifts, with opportunities to supervise physiotherapy students and collaborate with universities to uphold high practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapeutic assessment, management and rehabilitation of patients across multiple clinical areas at Good Hope Hospital.
• Work within diverse teams of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers.
• Rotations of approximately 6 months each.
• Participate in seven day working programmes and adapt to various shift patterns.
• Hold responsibility for own caseload and a defined service area with minimal supervision.
• Receive supervision via regular training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and case conferences.
• Access advice and support from senior physiotherapists; not all work is routinely evaluated.
• Undertake all clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain records.
• Take part in site on-call respiratory physiotherapy out of hours after training and competence.
• Supervise, educate and assess physiotherapy students to a graduate standard in collaboration with universities.

Job description

To provide Physiotherapeutic assessment, management and rehabilitation of patients in a variety of clinical areas at Good Hope Hospital. Working in a variety of teams that consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers. The rotations will be approximately 6 months in duration.

Required to participate in the seven day working programmes across the organisation, and demonstrate flexibility to work in a variety of shift patterns.

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.

To participate in the site on-call respiratory physiotherapy out of hours service once training has been provided and deemed competent.

To assist with supervision, education and assessment of the performance of physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.