Senior Physiotherapist

South Tees Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Guisborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Community Collaborative and Primary Care Network are recruiting a Band 6 physiotherapist to join the integrated community Therapy team. The role is 37.5 hours per week and will involve rehabilitation in patients' homes and group settings across Redcar, Middlesbrough and surrounding areas.

You will work closely with statutory and voluntary services to support the Teeswide Falls strategy and initiatives to keep people independent at home, with travel

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration.
• Postgraduate experience across a broad range of clinical specialties.
• Experience working within NHS and in a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to travel across Redcar and Cleveland locality.

Responsibilities

• Provide rehabilitation in patients' homes and group settings.
• Work with urgent community response to step/step down patients.
• Promote independence and coordinate with statutory and voluntary services.
• Support development and attend postgraduate courses.

Skills

Listening skills

Communication skills

Time management

Clinical reasoning

NHS experience

IT skills

Education

BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Tools

Electronic patient records

Job description

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested and committed to rehabilitation in the community. The locality is Redcar Community Therapy Team however you may be asked to support the Middlesbrough Community Therapy team too within the role.

This position is for a Band 6 physiotherapist, 37.5 hours a week, to join the established integrated community Therapy team within South Tees until 8th October 2027. This post will help support some the initiatives being implemented in the community such as the Teeswide Falls strategy, integrated single point of access MDT and Primary care networks.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust Community Collaborative and Primary Care Network are working together to improve community rehabilitation services ensuring that the local population across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland receive therapy close to home. As a result there has been changes to service provision recently meaning that the services can be delivered by the right therapist in the right place at the right time.

Working in the community you will provide rehabilitation in the patients own home and group settings, working closely with statutory and voluntary services to promote and maintain independence. You will also work closely with the Urgent Community response team to help step and step down patients to help prevent deconditioning and unnecessary admissions to hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to have experience in rehabilitation as well as having gained experience across a variety of specialities to help manage patients with various conditions. As services are delivered across Redcar and Cleveland Locality there is a expectation that you will have an ability to work flexibility and travel independently within the community.

Support and in-service training will be provided to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of the role. The post offers development in clinical and leadership skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses.

South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North York Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals and community services. Therapy services at South Tees NHS trust are also part of the wider Integrated Therapy service in Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland. This is a unique partnership between Health and Social Care in South Tees with a commitment to working together, improving the quality of our service and getting rid of existing barriers between health and social services.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Current HCPC registration

Experience

Essential

• Post Graduate experience in a broad range of clinical specialities
• Experience working within NHS
• Experience of working within a mutidisciplinary team
• Experience working in a service providing rehabilitation
• Training / or experience in fieldwork education.

Desirable

• Previous community health and social care experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Good listening and communication skills
• Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice in a broad range of OT and rehabilitation areas
• Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills
• Experience within a variety of clinical areas at band 5 level
• Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills in complex situations
• Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems
• Experience of working as Band 5 in the NHS
• Efficient prioritisation of complex workload/time management

Desirable

• Demonstrate knowledge of physiotherapy within critical care and management of complex respiratory patients.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work with indirect supervision in a variety of acute care/ and community settings
• Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations
• Good time management skills
• Good organisational skills

Desirable

• Teaching skills and previous student supervision experience
• Evidence of post-registration training at a higher level in specialist subject matter

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).