Rotational Physiotherapist

Countess of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Chester is seeking a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join their busy Therapy Department. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work across various clinical settings, enhancing your skills and professional development. Applicants should possess HCPC registration and demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills. The role involves conducting therapeutic assessments, developing treatment programs, and working autonomously to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated completion of a broad range of placements across clinical areas.
• Experience at Band 5 grade within the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Perform therapeutic assessments of patients with diverse presentations.
• Communicate empathetically with patients about their clinical diagnosis.
• Provide a diagnosis and develop individualized treatment programs.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment to ensure effectiveness.

Skills

HCPC registration

Good time management skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our busy Therapy Department.

You will be part of the Band 5 rotations at The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, having the opportunity to work at Ellesmere Port Hospital and in the Community setting. This post would give you rotational exposure, but not follow the standard rotational wheel. There would be an expectation to move within areas based on service needs. Applicants must have a HCPC registration and be able to demonstrate successfully completed a broad range of placement across clinical areas as a student or at Band 5 grade within the NHS. Good time management skills, organisational skills and an ability to work under pressure are essential requirements to this post.

Responsibilities

• To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations.
• To communicate empathetically with patients with complex clinical presentation, explaining their clinical diagnosis and treatment programmes. Ensure that patients understand this and answer any queries they may have in relation to their diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To use clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and develop, deliver and adapt individualised treatment programmes.
• To contribute to monitoring and evaluation of treatment in order to measure progress and outcomes to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.