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Are you an experienced Physiotherapist with the passion for working with older people with frailty? Are you keen to develop on your broad clinical skills in an acute settings? Do you want to develop clinical leadership skills and be involved in exciting service development opportunities? If so, then we are looking for you to join our team! We are a large, vibrant and friendly team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and therapy support workers with a shared vision of supporting older people to do what is important to them and to continue participating in their activities of daily living. This exciting post would provide you with the opportunity to rotate as a Band 6, gaining valuable experience, clinical and leadership opportunities in acute. You will be part of the RUH’s progressive and friendly integrated therapies department, where there is a culture of promoting learning and staff and service development.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Laura Aro OPU OT Team Lead at Laura.Aro@nhs.net

To hold responsibility for own case load and provide a high standard therapy service in rotational posts to:

• The Frailty Flying Squad (FFS) which is a dynamic team of geriatricians, medical nurse practitioners and occupational therapists and physiotherapists providing early assessment and intervention in the emergency department and Older Person’s Rapid Assessment Area (OPRAA) to those patients living with frailty.
• The Older Person’s Assessment Unit (OPAU) and Older Person’s Unit Short Stay (OPUSS) which are our short‑stay, older people’s inpatient ward for our patients who require a bed for less than 72 hours.
• The Older Person’s Unit (OPU) which is the inpatient older people’s wards where patients that are likely to require care for longer than 72 hours.

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person‑centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen by our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff well‑being, with a well‑established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial well‑being. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Please find attached detailed person specification and job description for further information about the role.

• Diploma/degree in physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of regular and relevant CPD activities

• Membership with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• Involvement in CSP Special Clinical Interest Groups
• Attendance at recent relevant postgraduate courses

• Must be able to provide evidence (through appraisals, competencies and reflection from post graduate study) to demonstrate development of specialist knowledge particularly in working with older people.
• Strong understanding of the physiotherapy process and the ability to apply it when working with older people.
• Experience of student and junior staff supervision.
• Specialist knowledge of a broad range of conditions which older people may present with.
• Clear understanding of and experience of working with people with frailty syndromes.
• Knowledge and understanding of the physical, mental and psychosocial needs of older people (using a bio‑psycho‑social model to support clinical reasoning).
• Strong understanding of, and positive view of risk enablement.
• Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures.
• Experience of working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.

• Experience and knowledge of working in a community services and intermediate care settings.
• Experience of working in the emergency department/rapid response service.
• Experience of being involved in service development activities.
• Experience in audit or measuring clinical effectiveness.
• At least 2 years post qualified experience, to include acute experience.
• At least 1 year’s experience with on‑call/respiratory care.

• Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non‑judgemental.
• Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring.
• Helps and co‑operates with colleagues.
• Pro‑active and takes responsibility.
• Willing to learn, open to change.
• Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can.
• Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good team player – able to support others in making their contribution.
• To be competent in performing complex assessments and treatments with patients with a variety of conditions.
• Remain updated with professional and evidence based practice and new research.
• Competent IT skills.
• Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner and to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service delivery.
• Flexibility in response to service demand.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety.
• Effective time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure.

• Effective teaching skills.
• Effective presentation skills.

• Regularly undertakes moderate to intense physical effort for multiple periods on a daily basis, whilst carrying out concurrent activities.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers.
• Able to handle conflict effectively and differences in opinion tactfully.
• Able to use negotiation skills in conflict management across a range of situations.
• The ability to maintain high levels of concentration when under pressure from competing sources.
• To deal sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.
• To be able to frequently care for critically/terminally/chronically ill patients and deal with distressing and difficult circumstances often giving unwelcome news regarding limited expectations from rehabilitation.

• To work alone in environment e.g. domiciliary settings and during the on‑call service, assessing and managing risk.
• The job may involve frequent exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions on a regular (daily) basis, e.g., bodily fluids including sputum, vomit, urine and occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.
• Ability to be mobile and travel.

• Valid UK driving licence.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

• Job Description & Person Spec - B6 Rotational Specialist Physiotherapist (PDF, 197.0KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)

Name: Laura Aro
Job title: OPU Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Email address: Laura.Aro@nhs.net