Physiotherapist

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Band 6 physiotherapists to join a rotational team spanning community hospitals, acute inpatient wards and community care. The role offers exposure to ITU, A&E, frailty and respiratory settings with weekend work and on-call requirements.

You will develop specialist skills across settings, manage your own caseload as an autonomous practitioner within an integrated MDT, and contribute to service development and patient care

Job description

The Acute inpatient and community Physiotherapy Services at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust are seeking enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 physiotherapists to join our rotational team. This post offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills across a range of settings, including :

• Community Hospitals Rehabilitation Wards
• Acute inpatients including ITU, A&E, Frailty, Cardio and Respiratory Wards
• Community including Home First
• Community Hospital Rehabilitation Wards
• Respiratory Outpatients

This rotational role offers experience across both acute and community settings, enabling staff to develop a broad range of clinical skills while supporting seamless patient care across the healthcare pathway. The rotation provides exposure to diverse patient populations, promotes multidisciplinary working, and enhances understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with delivering care in different environments. We are looking for physiotherapists with strong clinical experience in relevant settings who are motivated to develop advanced clinical reasoning skills and experienced in working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team. This post will be based in South Warwickshire, with rotations across multiple hospital sites and community locations. Weekend working and participation in relevant on-call or rota systems are required.

• To provide a high-standard physiotherapy service to patients in a specialist area.
• To work as an accountable and autonomous practitioner, holding responsibility for own caseload.
• To work in conjunction with the Pathway and Team leads in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service within the speciality on a day to day basis.
• To take a role in the provision of support and clinical supervision of less experienced physiotherapy staff and undergraduate students.
• To deputise for the Team leaders as required.
• To keep accurate records of patient contact using written records and electronic data capture.
• To contribute to out of hours working as required.
• To maintain own competency to practise.

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.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below: https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2