Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational Post

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barts Health NHS Trust as a Senior Physiotherapist, a pivotal role in providing high-quality care across various departments. Based at Whipps Cross Hospital, you'll engage in patient rehabilitation and multidisciplinary projects, benefiting from a comprehensive professional development program. With a full-time commitment and a competitive salary, this position offers an opportunity to contribute to innovative healthcare services in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Extensive range of career development opportunities

Access to pension schemes

Leisure and entertainment discounts

Parental leave and childcare support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and previous NHS experience required.
• Abilities in patient care, teamwork, and flexibility are crucial.
• Experience in diverse clinical settings including respiratory and surgery is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Participate in quality improvement projects and student supervision.
• Engage in emergency service duties and weekend shifts.
• Conduct assessments, treatment plans, and discharge planning for patients.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Risk Management

Education

Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy

Registered with HCPC

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Job description

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Whether you’re looking to gain experience in a large, fast-paced hospital or get out into the community, we have a range of opportunities that allows you to build yourentire careerin one trust.

For us, every day is different. We provide care to a diverse population of 2.5 million across east London – that’s 6,000 people every day, speaking over 60 different languages. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to ensuring that people living in east London live healthy lives.

Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational Post

Band 6

Main area OT PT A&E, AAU & OPS WCH Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 259-7283002WXH

Site Whipps Cross Hospital Town London Salary £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum inc (Pay Award Pending) Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

We are recruiting a Band 6 Physiotherapist for our rotation at Whipps Cross Hospital (WXH) to be part of our Therapy vision for our Physiotherapy service:

“To be the Y of NEL, empowering people to live their best life, committed to innovative development of our staff and services with transparency. Think of us as part of your caring family as we are proud to be one.”

We are a friendly place to work, hold wellbeing activities, are an inclusive and diverse department with a band 6 professional development teaching programme supporting you to gain band 6 knowledge and skills as you begin your leadership journey.

Our general and specialist rotations include:

· Stroke Rehabilitation & Community Stroke Service

· Critical Care with Surgery

· Surgery, Amputee Rehabilitation & Critical Care

· Acute Medicine with the following specialties: endocrinology, neurology & respiratory.

· Emergency Therapy Team - Frailty unit, Accident & Emergency, Acute Assessment Unit

Main duties of the job

You will be involved in Quality Improvement projects, have students, participate in weekend working and the emergency respiratory on-call rota, s upported by band 7 OT and PT team leads and the OT/PT Clinical Leads. We have a Trust’s Appraisal system and a Band 7 Practice Development Physiotherapist. The practice development team provide and support others to provide therapy intervention including assessment, treatment, and discharge planning across the department with a specific focus on training, upskilling and development of staff (including students).

HCPC registration and previous NHS experience is essential for this post.

All interviews will be conducted face to face

For further information contact:

Modupe Bolarin Practice Development physiotherapist ( 020 8539 5522 Ext. 6678 email: [e-mail]

TherapyDepartment, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, London E11 1NR

Closing date 2 weeks following publication.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required . For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

• NHS experience as a Physiotherapist
• Relevant recent post registration experience as a Physiotherapist.
• Post registration experience in relevant clinical settings: Respiratory, Neurology, Surgery, MSK.
• Experience of sole working as part of an emergency respiratory out of hours service
• Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of audit/research
• Advice, training, and support to more junior staff, assistants, and students.
• Member of specific relevant interest group

Knowledge

• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
• Broad knowledge of current best practice in PT in acute physical, community and rehab setting.
• Detailed knowledge risk management
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implication for services
• Understanding and compliance with Data Protection & Confidentiality

Skills

• Application of Risk Management
• Ability to deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to apply current best practice in physiotherapy in acute physical and rehab settings.
• Ability to maintain respiratory competency to be able to perform emergency on-call physiotherapy duties
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to supervise other staff e.g. more junior staff / assistants / students.
• Ability to work as an effective team member
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and reliability.
• Ability to gain patient’s trust
• Ability to engender confidence & feeling of safety in patients about their care
• Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities

Other

• Commitment to non-discriminatory practice.
• Ability to work early & late shifts between 08:00 and 18:00, weekend working and out of hours respiratory on call.
• Committed to lifelong and self-directed learning
• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

you’ll have access to range of benefits including one of thebest pension schemes in the UK , leisure and entertainment discounts andparental leave and childcare support schemes we’re really proud of.

We're also committed to ensuring that you are supported in gaining and developing the skills and knowledge needed to carry out your work safely and effectively, and to achieve your full potential. We offer a range of apprenticeships at all levels, as well as an extensive range of career development opportunities.