Senior Physiotherapist

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 6 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join the North Kent team. This role involves managing a complex caseload, providing student supervision, and participating in service development. With flexible working options and opportunities for professional growth, this position offers a supportive environment for MSK specialists dedicated to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

In-service training

Clinical supervision

Personal CPD time

Qualifications

• Experience in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and managing complex caseloads.
• Ability to supervise and train students and peers.
• Competence with clinical supervision frameworks expected.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of patients under supervision.
• Develop and maintain skills in MSK Physiotherapy.
• Involve in service development projects and patient group sessions.

Skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Time Management

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

We are looking for a Band 6 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to join our North Kent MSK Physiotherapy Team. The North Kent Physiotherapy sites are Gravesend Community Hospital and Sheppey Community Hospital. As a Senior Physiotherapist you will be expected to work across both sites and travel throughout Kent in a timely manner for training and to help meet service demands.

Although full time hours are preferred. Part time hours may be considered for the right candidate at a minimum of 30 hours a week over 4 days.

You will be able to consolidate and build on your skills with regular in-service training, clinical supervision and allocated personal CPD time; there are also Trust-wide Clinical Special Interest Groups available. We have an established appraisal system to actively support your Continued Professional Development.

Following interview, it may be decided to offer this post as a band 5 development opportunity. It would be expected that this candidate, following a supported structured competency framework, would reach competence required for the band 6 role within the a 6-month probationary period.

To manage a complex caseload of patients and maintain appropriate records under the supervision of a clinical lead physiotherapist.

To develop and maintain a good level of skill and knowledge in MSK Physiotherapy.

To provide supervision and development of physiotherapy students, apprentices, assistants, band 5s and peers. They will be expected to be involved in some service development projects.

To be actively involved in the running and future service development of the patient group sessions as provided by the service e.g. Back rehabilitation Class, ESCAPE knee class, shoulder class and Pilates.

The successful candidate will need to be flexible, embrace change and innovation, work well under pressure and be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Smith Job title: Team Lead Physiotherapist Email address: [e-mail]