Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist (Rotational)

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Physiotherapist (Band 6) to join a rotating team at Leighton Hospital in Crewe. The role covers Cardio-respiratory, Orthopaedics, A&E and Stroke/rehabilitation with six-month rotations and comprehensive support to develop clinical skills.

The post offers ongoing training opportunities, involvement in service development and audit, and a commitment to a 7-day service with appropriate on-call opportunities for experienced

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months NHS acute hospital experience.
• Experience of acute ward discharge planning.
• Desirable: Clinical supervision experience.
• On-call knowledge/experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard physiotherapy assessment and treatment autonomously.
• Be an active member of a 7-day service.
• Work unsupervised in on-call and out-of-hours emergencies after competencies.
• Manage a defined complex patient caseload within a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide specialist services rotating across core wards.
• Contribute to team development and service improvement projects.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

On-call experience

Clinical supervision experience

Education

HCPC registered (UK)

Job description

Job summary

Physiotherapist: Band 6.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join our Band 6 rotations here at Leighton Hospital. The rotations are 6 monthly and consist of Cardio-respiratory, Orthopaedics, A&E and Stroke/ Rehabilitation.

We look forward to welcoming you into the team and will offer you support and training opportunities. We encourage service development and audit participation, and will support you to develop as a clinician. We also offer improvement coaching to support with service development projects when commenced.

Main duties of the job

• As a clinical specialist, the post holder would provide a 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 diagnosis where appropriate, identifying patient problems, setting goals, and providing an appropriate treatment plan and progression.
• To be an active member of a 7 day working service.
• Upon completion and maintenance of on-call competencies, to work unsupervised in an on-call and out of hour's emergency service.
• To work autonomously to manage a defined complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• To provide specialist clinical services to patient while rotating across the core specialty wards within Leighton hospital.
• Contributing to teams when on rotation through the service, gaining and maintaining relevant competencies required to practice in different teams.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more specific details regarding the job.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous NHS Experience in acute hospital (Minimum 12 months)
• Experience of acute ward experience and discharge planning

Desirable

• Clinical Supervisor experience

Skills

Essential

• Post grad training relevant to role
• Advanced communication Skills

Desirable

• Evidence of contribution to quality and safety

Knowledge

Essential

• On-call experience
• Assessment and treatment planning knowledge of complex patients within acute setting

Desirable

• Member of Special Interest Group

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.

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