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Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Acute

East Cheshire NHS Trust

Macclesfield

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 40,000

Full time

27 days ago

Job summary

Join East Cheshire NHS Trust as a Physiotherapist in a friendly Acute Therapy Team, providing care on medical wards and ITU. This permanent role supports professional development and requires essential HCPC registration along with a strong commitment to patient care and teamwork.

Qualifications

  • HCPC registration is essential.
  • Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent required.
  • Experience in NHS settings preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and treatment.
  • Work autonomously as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist.
  • Manage complex rehabilitation issues.

Skills

Advanced communication skills
Ability to work autonomously
Ability to lead junior colleagues
Audit skills
IT skills

Education

Relevant professional degree / diploma
Clinical educators training
Attendance at degree level post graduate courses
HCPC registration

Job description

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our friendly Acute Therapy Team in East Cheshire.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Physiotherapist with proven experience in the assessment and treatment of patients within the acute wards settings.

About the service:

We are an exciting team, offering assessment and treatment to patients on the medical wards and on ITU.

We work holistically within a large multidisciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare and Rehabilitation Assistants and Social Workers.

Travel is an essential part of this role, please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.

This post is permanent.

Hours per week: 22.5

Please be advised we are unable to provide Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship to non-UK residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist provide high standard comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and treatment service of patients with a wide range of conditions working as an autonomous clinician, using accurate analytical skills and clinical reasoning to interpret assessment findings, making diagnoses where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.

Upon completion and maintenance of on call competencies, to work unsupervised in an on-call and out of hour's emergency service.

Working for our organisation

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • HCPC registration
  • Relevant professional degree / diploma
  • Clinical educators training
  • Attendance at degree level post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area or working towards this or be prepared to study at this level
Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area and evidenced by CPD
  • Knowledge of recent NHS legislation, recommendations
  • Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist area
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of the service / trust values & objectives
Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to lead junior colleagues
  • Advanced communication and listening skills
  • Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
  • Audit skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
  • Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Proactive, takes own initiative
  • Supportive team member
  • IT skills
Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven post registration experience, some of which is in a relevant setting / associated area
  • Experience of completing and contributing to audit / research
  • Experience of contributing to the teaching and mentoring of staff & members of the MDT
Specific Job Requirement

Essential criteria
  • Prior experience working in the NHS - with a broad range of NHS rotations as a Physiotherapist to include, Respiratory ITU, and Outpatients, Orthopaedics, Neurology
  • Proven ability to manage complex rehabilitation issues and ensure safe and timely discharge of patients
Other Role Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding the role requirements
Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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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.

Documents to download

  • Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 352.4KB)
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust Applicant Pack (PDF, 579.0KB)
  • Staff Benefits Brochure (PDF, 878.5KB)
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