Specialist Physiotherapist Prehabilitation & Complex Elective Surgery

London North West University Healthcare Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Physiotherapist to join the Prehabilitation and Colorectal Surgical Team, working with the Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to support patients undergoing complex abdominal surgery. The post offers opportunities to contribute to improvement plans and team trainings.

You will support MDT discussions, assess inpatients pre- and post-operatively, manage respiratory complications, and participate in audits and small

Qualifications

• Relevant Degree with Professional Registration.
• Attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to role.

Responsibilities

• Assist Highly Specialist Physiotherapist in MDT and prehabilitation activities.
• Assess and treat inpatients in colorectal surgical physiotherapy with complex needs.
• Manage respiratory complications in surgical patients as required.
• Gather data to support audits and small research projects.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records and contribute to improvement plans.

Skills

Physiotherapist registration

Band 5 experience

MDT teamwork

Audit experience

NHS experience

Leadership skills

Education

Relevant degree + registration

Postgraduate courses relevant to role

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, highly experienced and passionate Physiotherapist to clinically work in the Prehabilitation and Colorectal Surgical Team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, working alongside the Highly Specialist Physiotherapist. The post offers a variety of opportunities to participate in our exciting improvement plans and regular team trainings with the wider Respiratory team.

We are looking for an innovative, patient focused therapist with a passion for the management of patients with complex surgeries (including complex cancer surgeries) and providing highly skilled care to the Elective Surgical wards. You will have a wide range of clinical experience and the leadership qualities needed to support a team of physiotherapists/occupational therapists and integrated therapy assistants to consistently deliver safe, personal and effective care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Highly Specialist Physiotherapist occasionally working as a member of the Prehabilitation multidisciplinary team (MDT), attending the ward and wider MDTs, and attending prehabilitation clinics.

To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating inpatients in the colorectal surgical physiotherapy service with complex surgical and/or respiratory disability, maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.

To assess and treat patients requiring physical rehabilitation both before and after complex surgeries and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records as per protocol for the Pre -Rehabilitation role

To independently manage respiratory complications in surgical patients as required.

To support the Highly Specialist Physiotherapist and in gathering and analysing information to facilitate small research projects and audits

Please see the JD for further information about the role.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Degree with Professional Registration
• Attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to role

Desirable

• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Involvement in special interest groups.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 15 months previous experience as a band 5/junior physiotherapist
• Practical experience working in a broad range of experience in specialist areas of work such as orthopaedics, in-patient elderly care, neurology, respiratory, and musculoskeletal.
• Previous management of patients following abdominal/ colorectal surgery
• Experience of working as part of a Physiotherapy team and or multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of working on-call
• Previous experience of audit and/or service development
• NHS Experience as a qualified therapist

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6 level
• Experience of managing patients following complex colorectal surgery or experience in oncology
• Evidence of Leadership Courses /Training
• Supervision of student or physiotherapy assistants.

Skills, Abilities and attitude

Essential

• Demonstrates reflective practice and self directed learning.
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
• Mentions role and has read the JD clearly

Desirable

• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Competent IT skills
• Experience of audit / research process

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).