Specialist Physiotherapist - medical inpatients

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Medical Inpatient Physiotherapy team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust as a Specialist Physiotherapist. This role offers the opportunity to enhance your clinical skills and leadership abilities while supporting patients with complex medical conditions. You will work in a flexible peripatetic role, gaining valuable experience and contributing to a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• CPD relevant to area.
• Clinical Educators course desirable.
• Broad based junior rotational experience with acute inpatient focus.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard physiotherapy to patients with complex conditions.
• Assess and treat acute respiratory needs and support other team members.
• Contribute to out of hours respiratory rota including shifts and on-calls.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical skills

Manual handling

Education

BSc honours degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy

State registered / HCPC

Job description

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Specialist Physiotherapist - medical inpatients

The closing date is 30 June 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

• This is a full time (1.0 wte), fixed term, static band 6 role to cover maternity leave.
• Core hours are worked Monday to Friday, 8:00 16:00 although flexible working will be considered.
• Additional duties will include participation in on-call and weekend working as well as a late shift (1-9pm). Weekends are rostered with expected frequency of 1:6, an on-call average 1 per month and late shifts approximately 1 per month but all are dependent on service need and staffing levels.
• Please familiarise yourself with the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for details specific to this post.

We are a dynamic, friendly team working across 17 medical wards throughout City Campus of NUH so there is always a new challenge and an opportunity to learn.

We pride ourselves on being kind and compassionate, providing a supportive environment in which to develop, not only clinically but also the softer skills to help you thrive in your career. We also have a proven track record of developing leadership skills.

This post will allow a physiotherapist with a keen interest in inpatient care to expand both their clinical skills and leadership of a busy and responsive service, with a focus on patient flow whilst ensuring excellent patient care isnt compromised.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• BSc honours degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of CPD relevant to area
• State registered / HCPC
• Member of specialist interest group
• Clinical Educators course

Experience

• Broad based junior rotational experience with an acute inpatient focus
• Possession of specific knowledge relevant to area
• Experience in evaluation of practice / appraisal of performance
• Previous NHS experience

Communication and relationship skills

• Ability to communicate complex information verbally and written
• Ability to motivate, train and teach
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the MDT
• Demonstrate leadership ability

Analytical and judgement skills

• Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options
• Ability to evaluate clinical interventions

Planning and organisation skills

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Experience of effective delegation

Physical skills

• Evidence of manual handling skills
• Demonstrate IT literacy
• Ability to carry out treatment handling skills

Other

• Ability to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
• Able to undertake out of hours duties

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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