Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational

Enherts Tr; Stevenage; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to join a rotational scheme across hospital and community settings in Stevenage. The post supports respiratory and orthopaedic pathways within a dynamic, patient-centered team.

The role offers leadership opportunities, involvement in service development, and a chance to work across Trust sites with dedicated professional support and strong governance. Eligibility to work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy is essential.
• Evidence of continuing professional development is expected.
• Experience of integrated working is desirable.
• Knowledge of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures.
• Clinical practice should be informed by evidence-based guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients on wards at Lister Hospital and in community settings.
• Supervise and mentor non-qualified staff and students.
• Involve in in-service training and service improvement projects.
• Be actively involved in the respiratory physiotherapy on-call service for the Lister Hospital site.
• Travel between trust sites as required.

Skills

Clear communication

Leadership

Clinical problem solving

Physiotherapy techniques

Patient education

Teach and present

Adaptable and flexible

Education

HCPC registration

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Tools

E-mail

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our Rotational scheme. We are looking for a candidate who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We offer excellent opportunities for new and experienced band 6’s wanting to enhance their skills. We offer strong professional leadership across the acute therapy service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We also offer a community rotation in partnership with Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

Our inpatient service covers Acute Trust rotations at Lister Hospital, Stevenage which includes respiratory care, including on call opportunities; orthopaedics; care of the elderly; stroke/hyper-acute stroke unit; general medical wards and acute medical assessment.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post will include assessment and treatment of patients within the wards at Lister Hospital and in their own homes when on community rotation, supervision and mentoring of non-qualified staff and students, taking part in in-service training, and taking a role in service improvement projects.

You will be actively involved in the respiratory physiotherapy on-call service to the whole of the Lister Hospital site.

You will also be expected to travel easily between trust sites independently.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• HCPC registration
• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Previous Experience

• Experience of integrated working
• Knowledge of relevant standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
• Evidence of clinical practise influenced by evidence based practise
• Knowledge of advanced anatomy and physiology related to clinical areaImplementation and adherence to Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards/Guidelines
• Ability to promote development in others
• Student placement or staff members supervisor
• Ability to monitor and maintain Best Practice in all aspects of health & Safety – in own practices and of wider service

Skills

• Clear, concise and ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences; to utilise a variety of mediums and approaches
• Able to influence, guide, teach, motivate and lead others
• Information technology skills including: e-mail, Word, Excel & Power Point
• Developed Clinical problem solving ability
• Ability to assess patient conditions, establish a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan, from a range of modalities
• Developed skills in physiotherapeutic techniques
• Ability to educate individual patients, relatives or carers about the nature of their condition and self-management techniques
• Ability to teach and present physiotherapy topics to qualified and non/qualified staff and other health care professions, individually or in groups.

Personal Qualities

• Adaptable and flexible
• Empathy, good listener, humility and honesty
• Seek to improve self and others in order to deliver best possible care
• Responsible and reliable attitude to work
• Confident and motivated

Other Requirements

• Willingness to uphold the Trust’s values
• Eligible to live and work in the UK
• Ability to travel easily between trust sites

When you apply...

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.