Physiotherapist

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust in Warwickshire is seeking Band 5 Physiotherapists to join our dynamic therapy teams. Rotational posts will develop skills across neurology, respiratory, orthopaedics, paediatrics and MSK in acute and community settings.

This role offers weekend and bank holiday work, on-call duties and involvement in community services, with supervision and opportunities to grow your clinical and professional leadership abilities.

Qualifications

• Band 5 physiotherapist seeking to launch career or broaden clinical skills.
• Participation in weekend and bank holiday services, and on-call.
• Accountable practitioner with responsibility for own caseload.
• Accurate records of patient contact using written and electronic data capture.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard physiotherapy service to patients in in-patient and out-patient specialties.
• Participate in band 5 physiotherapy rotational scheme across acute and community settings.
• Work as an accountable practitioner, managing own caseload within professional guidelines.
• Maintain accurate records of patient contact using written and electronic data capture.
• Participate in weekend working and the on-call physiotherapy service.

Job description

Band 5 Physiotherapist – South Warwickshire Foundation Trust

Are you a passionate, motivated Physiotherapist looking to launch your career or broaden your clinical skills?

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Band 5 Physiotherapists to join our dynamic, forward think therapy teams. We offer you the opportunity to develop your professional skills in the core areas of neurology, medical, respiratory, surgical and ITU, orthopaedics, paediatrics and MSK, in both acute and community hospitals, and within community services. This is a rotational position offering an opportunity to work across different environments, in different hospitals and clinics within Warwickshire, including the community paediatric team, the adult community team and the Early Supported Discharge Team.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust offers the opportunity to develop clinical, leadership and professional knowledge, skills and behaviours through support and supervision from senior staff. Our aim is to enable the development of sound clinical reasoning and leadership skills, strategic thinking and inclusive practitioners. Opportunity to grow will be provided within a supportive and forward thinking environment.

This position will require participation in physiotherapy weekend and bank holiday services, and overnight on-call.

To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients within in-patient and out-patient specialities.

To participate in the band 5 physiotherapy rotational scheme this involves rotations working across the trust in both acute and community settings.

To work as an accountable practitioner, holding responsibility for own caseload, working within codes of practice and professional guidelines. Work is managed rather than supervised.

To keep accurate records of patient contact using written records and electronic data capture.

To participate in weekend working and the on call physiotherapy service.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Golby Job title: Physiotherapy Operational Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01926 495321 ext 7513