Specialist Physiotherapist - medical inpatients

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Medical Inpatient Physiotherapist for their City campus, offering a flexible peripatetic role. Ideal for Band 5 or 6 physiotherapists seeking to broaden their experience in varied clinical settings. This position includes responsibilities like managing inpatient cases and supporting junior staff while promoting team collaboration and delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Must be a HCPC registered Physiotherapist with relevant experience.
• Experience with complex conditions, service development, and leadership skills are desired.
• Previous supervision experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy input across various specialties including respiratory and oncology.
• Manage own inpatient caseload and support junior staff and students.
• Contribute to out of hours respiratory rota.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Team Leadership

Inpatient Care

Communication

Complex Discharge Planning

Education

HCPC registered Physiotherapist

Job description

There is an exciting opportunity to join the Medical Inpatient Physiotherapy team, City campus, NUH, working flexibly across a wide variety of clinical areas in a peripatetic role to cover maternity leave.

This role would be ideal for an existing band 6 looking to consolidate their knowledge and skills when working with patients who have complex, long-term medical conditions or an experienced band 5 with relevant inpatient mileage who may be considering a career in inpatient services.

The successful candidate will be responsible for their own inpatient caseload as well as supporting band 5 therapists, support workers and students. They will work within a senior structure that provides peer support and training.

This role would be ideal for a highly motivated professional who has an interest in inpatient care and developing broad skills across specialties. Experience of service development and leadership qualities is desirable but these skills will be developed in this role.

This role will provide a high standard of physiotherapy input to patients within respiratory, renal, oncology, haematology, infectious diseases and palliative care, working flexibly across existing pathways.

The successful candidate must be able to assess and treat patients with a range of conditions, including acute respiratory needs and be comfortable in providing training and teaching. You should be comfortable with complex discharges, MDT working and advocating for patients whilst role modelling NUH values in their everyday practice.

You will contribute to the out of hours respiratory rota at City Campus, NUH. This includes late shifts (1pm - 9pm), on-calls and weekend working (approx.1 per month).

Up-skilling and supervision of other staff is essential to this role.

You will be expected to provide student supervision and previous experience is preferred. The successful candidate will be supported to attend a course on clinical education if required.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

The Occupational Therapy service is part of the Therapies, Outpatients and Phlebotomy Services (TOPS) Directorate, within the Specialist Clinical Services care group. We are a diverse directorate of AHPs, nursing and support staff, employing around 1000 staff, working together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the directorate leadership team have AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Meghan Howitt Job title: Physiotherapy Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07812 279180

Alternatively, please contact Hayley Kidger: Team Lead - Oncology & Haematology Physiotherapy on [e-mail] or 07812 770349 (M/Tu/Th/F)

Both can also be contacted on 0115 9891169 ext 75292.

Please do get in touch if you are interested, we would love to speak with you.