Senior Physiotherapist

Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital; Exeter; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join the MSK-outpatients team with occasional inpatient duties in orthopaedics and general surgery. The role offers a permanent contract and up to 37.5 hours per week, with flexible full/part-time options and a CPD budget to support clinical excellence.

You’ll be supported by a regional clinical lead and a multidisciplinary team, with access to academy training programmes and a supportive work environment focused on patient

Qualifications

• Holds a BSc in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration; CSP membership preferred.
• Minimum 2 years post-graduate experience.
• Experience in musculoskeletal outpatients and inpatient ward settings.
• Strong musculoskeletal and orthopaedic knowledge; NHS and private care experience.
• Engages in CPD and professional development; good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality clinical care.
• Ensure governance, safety and quality in practice.
• Participate in clinical audits and quality assurance.
• Work in inpatient ward and outpatient clinics; weekend rota participation.

Skills

HCPC registered

Musculoskeletal knowledge

Inpatient/outpatient experience

Communication skills

IT skills

Chest auscultation

Organisation skills

Ward weekend rota

Education

BSc Physiotherapy

Tools

IT systems

Job description

Exeter Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent contract | Full time

Up To £45,400 Pro Rata, Depending On Experience

37.5 hours per week

If you want to make a big impact on the wellbeing of your patients, here’s where you can. As the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, we’re shaping the nation’s health. We support and encourage postgraduate education with access to training, mentoring and career development – so we’ll help shape your future, too.

Our Physiotherapy team at Exeter Hospital currently have an opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist. This role will mainly be based in musculoskeletal outpatients but will also include some cover working with inpatients on the ward (Orthopaedics & General Surgery).

As part of the team you will have clinical support available from your Regional clinical lead along with a team of experienced Physiotherapists and leadership from the management team on site. You will have a CPD budget to encourage you to continue your learning and striving for clinical excellence.

This role is on a permanent basis and we have up to 37.5 hours per week available. Both full time and part time applications will be considered.

The role will primarily be in musculoskeletal outpatients with some inpatient work covering orthopaedics and some general surgery. The hours available are flexible.

You will see a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions and post-operative cases, playing a key role in helping our patients achieve, maintain and recover to the level of health and wellbeing that they aspire to.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, AHPS and consultants in order to optimise the health and recovery of our patients.

The hospital is brilliantly placed to support and mentor the successful candidate for this role, alongside our academy training programmes.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will:

• Deliver high quality clinical care.
• Adhere to our values and beliefs at Nuffield Health
• Deliver excellent clinical care that is evidence based, Safe, Effective, Caring, well-led and responsive to our patient’s needs.
• Ensure on-going monitoring of the standard of treatment provided
• Be compliant with all professional, clinical and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes
• Be expected to work in both an inpatient ward and outpatient clinic setting, with participation on the weekend ward rota.

To succeed as a Senior Physiotherapist you will:

• Have a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and you’ll be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).
• Have a minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience
• Have post-graduate experience of working in both musculoskeletal outpatients and having worked on an inpatient ward
• Have a high level of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic knowledge.
• Understand and have experience of both the Public NHS and Private healthcare service
• Demonstrate evidence of further professional training and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner.
• Be a confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with patients, the general public and other healthcare professionals.
• Be able to auscultate a chest.
• Be a competent and confident IT user with strong organisation skills.
• Have the ability to prioritize and deal with a varied workload in an effective and timely manner.
• Be expected to work on the wards as part of our team weekend rota

It’s equally important that you share our values. We believe in putting people first and providing personalised, holistic healthcare. That makes you part of a much wider team, working to create a healthier future for each individual client.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital

The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the NHS RD&E hospital in Wonford, Exeter. Exeter is a vibrant cathedral city in the heart of the beautiful county of Devon, situated on the river exe and only 10 miles from the coast. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day-case ward with 12 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, health assessment service, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialise in elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT and gynaecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for.

It starts with you.

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