Vascular Physiotherapist

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Camberley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a band 6 vascular physiotherapist to join their team at Frimley Park Hospital. The role involves managing a clinical caseload, supervising staff, and contributing to service development in a supportive environment. Opportunities for professional growth and flexible working arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Experience as a band 5 physiotherapist on vascular wards.
• Completion of Band 5 rotations.
• Experience supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard physiotherapy service for complex patients.
• Supervise and teach physiotherapists and students.
• Participate in CPD and departmental activities.

Skills

Communication

Clinical assessment

Supervision

Education

Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Job Overview

Physiotherapy Department - Frimley Park Hospital

Static band 6 vascular physiotherapist, 37.5 hours a week- including a rostered weekend service.

We are seeking a well-motivated and forward thinking physiotherapist to join our busy vascular team at Frimley Park Hospital.

Under the guidance of the Band 7 clinical specialist, you will have the opportunity to develop both clinically and managerially within a friendly and supportive environment where excellence is encouraged. The Physiotherapy department has proactively changed its approach to rehabilitation within the acute setting and we are looking for the right candidate to help develop our service and to promote the role of Physiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible as an autonomous practitioner, to undertake a significant clinical caseload on the vascular wards and out-patients. You will demonstrate a high level of knowledge of vascular conditions and be able to assess and treat complex patients. You will maintain a high level of clinical care using evidence based practices and evaluate the outcomes.

As a senior clinician you will be involved in the supervision, education and appraisal of physiotherapists, support staff and students and you will have the opportunity to lead and be involved in appropriate service development. CPD opportunities to develop these skills will be available as part of your appraisal process.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To provide a high standard physiotherapy service in assessing and treating patients who may have a complex presentation.
• To supervise and teach recently qualified physiotherapists/technicians/assistants and students and be involved in teaching MDT staff.
• To participate in CPD and other departmental activities.
• To demonstrate a high level of communication with internal and external agencies to aid patient flow through the hospital
  
  

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• to have worked as a band 5 physiotherapist on vascular wards
• HCPC Registration
• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• To have experience of supervising staff
• Completion of Band 5 rotations
  
  

Desirable criteria

• to have completed student supervision course
  
  

service development

Essential criteria

• to demonstrate a service development pertinent to vascular
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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