Health ofertas em United States

Job Title: Locum Physiotherapist – London
Banding: Band 6
Location: London
Working Hours: Full Time
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Ongoing (with potential for extension)
Rate: Competitive (depending on experience)

Opening Paragraph:
We are looking for a Band 6 Locum Physiotherapist to join the Royal London Hospital team within the Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust. This full-time position offers an exciting opportunity for a senior physiotherapist with experience in acute hospital settings to coordinate and facilitate patient discharges. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring safe and efficient transfers from acute wards to onward services, contributing to the smooth operation of the hospital’s discharge processes. The role also involves contributing to the 7-day service, including covering public holidays.

Responsibilities:
As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will be responsible for facilitating discharge planning and coordinating the movement of patients from acute wards to onward services, ensuring continuity of care. This involves assessing patients, identifying discharge needs, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams, including nursing staff, occupational therapists, social workers, and medical teams. You will manage complex cases, ensuring that patients are safely discharged with appropriate support in place. The role requires flexibility to cover the 7-day service, including shifts over weekends and public holidays. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate records, liaising with external healthcare providers, and ensuring that patients receive the best possible care as they transition out of hospital.

Qualifications and Experience:

• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist
• Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Extensive discharge experience within an acute hospital setting
• Experience working as a Senior Physiotherapist, ideally with a focus on discharge coordination
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and handle complex discharge planning
• Strong communication skills and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to contribute to a 7-day service, including public holidays
• Enhanced DBS check required
• Previous experience working within the NHS is highly desirable.

Why work with Pulse?

From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out.

Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.

We always prioritize your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.