Physiotherapist

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist on a fixed-term post for 18 months to join our Neuro Rotation. The post holder will work in a large busy acute teaching hospital and in the community as part of the Neuro Rotation.

The role involves assessing and treating patients with neurological conditions, delivering evidence-based interventions to promote recovery, well-being and independent functioning within the context of a 7-day service.

Qualifications

• Proven NHS/UK experience.
• Interest or background in neuro specialities.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with neurological conditions using evidence-based interventions.
• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy in a large acute teaching hospital and community settings.
• Contribute to service planning, development and teaching within the neuro rotation.
• Support the 7-day service and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

NHS experience

Neuro skills

MDT teamwork

Self-motivation

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist in afixed term post for 18 monthsto join our diverse team of allied health professionals. The post holder will work gain experience working in a large busy acute teaching hospital Trust and in the community as part of ourNeuro Rotation., The post holders will work alongside colleagues to support the 7 day service in the speciality areas. As a Senior Physiotherapist you will deliver the assessment and treatment of patients who present with neurological conditions, delivering evidence based interventions to facilitate recovery, promote well-being and optimise independent functioning as far as reasonably possible in all areas of life

We are seeking skilled people who have proven NHS/UK experience, can adapt to changing environment and work well in a team. You will be expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and build clinical networks working in partnership with other agencies to identify and address the immediate and ongoing need.

This is a Senior Physiotherapist role that will align with a range of neuro specialities to provide essential physiotherapy services.

This is an ideal post for a Band 5 Physiotherapist with an interest in Neuro specialities, who has post-graduate UK experience and feels ready for the opportunity of the challenge of a senior position in a large, busy, acute hospital Trust.

The post holder will be self motivated and aspirational, be able to assess in an effective and timely manner in a rapid paced environment. Pathways will support early recognition of deterioration with appropriate escalation processes in place to maintain patient safety.

Support will be provided to enhance operational management skills and the post holder will contribute to service planning, development and teaching. As a Senior Physiotherapist, the post holder will be a role model for their team and pride themselves on delivering high quality care and motivate their team to do the same.

Being a driver, or having demonstrable means of independently travelling to patient's residences in the community, is essential in this post due to the community aspect of the rotation. The post holder will contribute to 7 day services, working patterns up to 8pm in some teams, and contribute to the Respiratory On-call Service.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.