Senior Physiotherapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High cost area supplement

Regular clinical supervision

In-service training programme

Career development support

Leadership development opportunities

Health and wellbeing programme

Support from experienced physiotherapy

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 senior physiotherapist within the orthopaedic team, mainly based in the new Cancer and Surgery Innovation Centre. The role covers 08:00–20:00, seven days a week, with on-call respiratory duties and exposure to trauma and orthogeriatric caseloads.

HCPC and CSP registration are required. You will supervise Band 5s and students, contribute to service development, and deliver high-quality rehabilitation across inpatient, outpatient, and home

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Evidence of knowledge base in orthopaedic and post-operative management.
• Completion of core junior rotations, including medicine/elderly care, surgery and orthopaedics.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage elective orthopaedic patients, including pre- and post-operative care.
• Deliver high-quality rehabilitation to orthopaedic patients, primarily in the Cancer and Surgery Innovation Centre.
• Support timely patient recovery and discharge across the extended-day and seven-day service.
• Provide physiotherapy to relevant patients in inpatient, outpatient and patients' home settings.
• Undertake a defined clinical caseload.
• Provide clinical supervision to Band 5 physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students.
• Support the team in organising an efficient, co-ordinated physiotherapy service.
• Ensure patient and service standards and priorities are met.
• Take part in the emergency respiratory on-call rota.
• Gain experience across wider orthopaedic service, including trauma and orthogeriatric caseloads.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Orthopaedic knowledge

Education

BSc Physiotherapy

Job description

This Band 6 senior physiotherapy post sits within the orthopaedic team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, based mainly in the new Cancer and Surgery Innovation Centre. The work centres on assessing and rehabilitating elective orthopaedic patients before and after surgery, within a multidisciplinary team. The post runs across an extended-day service of 08:00 to 20:00 and seven days a week, with an emergency respiratory on-call rota and some exposure to trauma and orthogeriatric caseloads. HCPC and CSP registration are required to apply.

What the job involves

• Assess and manage elective orthopaedic patients, including pre- and post-operative care
• Deliver high-quality rehabilitation to orthopaedic patients, primarily in the new Cancer and Surgery Innovation Centre
• Support timely patient recovery and discharge across the extended-day and seven-day service
• Provide physiotherapy to relevant patients in inpatient, outpatient and patients' home settings
• Undertake a defined clinical caseload
• Provide clinical supervision to Band 5 physiotherapists, technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants and students
• Support the team in organising an efficient, co-ordinated physiotherapy service
• Ensure patient and service standards and priorities are met
• Take part in the emergency respiratory on-call rota
• Gain experience across the wider orthopaedic service, including trauma and orthogeriatric caseloads

What’s required

Qualifications

• BSc Physiotherapy

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration
• CSP registration

Experience

• Previous acute NHS experience at Band 5 level
• Previous senior experience in orthopaedics and/or surgery
• Completion of core junior rotations, including medicine/elderly care, surgery and orthopaedics
• Achieved core skills in all core Band 5 rotations, including respiratory

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and teamworking skills
• Evidence of knowledge base in orthopaedic and post-operative management

Nice to have

• Membership of a specific interest group
• Postgraduate qualification in orthopaedic physiotherapy or post-surgical rehabilitation
• Previous senior experience in orthopaedics and/or surgery

What’s offered

• High cost area supplement included in pay
• Regular clinical supervision
• Comprehensive in-service training programme
• Opportunities to develop senior clinical and leadership skills through supervision, audit, quality improvement and service development
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing programme
• Career development support
• Support from an experienced physiotherapy team