Specialist Physiotherapist

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Inpatient Critical Care and Surgery Therapy Team at Peterborough City Hospital in a part-time role. The post involves working across Critical Care, Surgical, Respiratory and Cardiac wards with internal rotations and a requirement to participate in a 365-day on-call service.

Interviews will be in person to assess relevant skills. HCPC registered physiotherapist with relevant experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified physiotherapist with HCPC registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide 80% clinical contact and 20% operational management within team requirements.
• Guide Band 5 and support staff in management and delivery of therapeutic care plans.
• Deliver safe, evidence-based physiotherapy within inpatient Critical Care and Surgical wards; participate in on-call rota.

Education

HCPC registered physiotherapist

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Critical Care and Surgery Therapy Team at Peterborough City Hospital. We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our team in this part-time role.

The Critical Care Team provides acute inpatient services to Critical Care Unit, Surgical, Respiratory and Cardiac wards as well as Respiratory Outpatient clinics. The post whilst static in the team has internal rotations to experience the wide variety of clinical opportunities within the team.

Successful candidates need to be fully qualified and HCPC registered with relevant experience as well as drive and dedication. You should be forward thinking, dynamic, and have the desire to develop and improve the service further. This role includes supporting the provision of a 365 day a year On Call service. Experience of working on an On Call rota is essential.

Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively.

• To enable Physiotherapy to provide Therapy Skills within the inpatient service
• To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards
• To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams
• To participate in delegated projects for service development with the team
• To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have a complex presentation
• To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole inpatient/patient team
• To undertake weekend working as required within service developments
• To be available to provide Clinical Supervision
• This role entails 80% Clinical Contact and 20% Operational Management as appropriate within team requirements
• To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of therapeutic care plans

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cat Badham Job title: Critical Care & Surgery Therapy Service Lead Email address: [e-mail]