Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist (Urgent Care rotation)

• To be a Senior Physiotherapist delivering patient-centred, caring therapy for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
• To be professionally responsible for all aspects of your own work including the therapeutic management of patients in your care, with support from your supervisor.
• To use your physiotherapy knowledge and skills to provide specialist support and advice to the Multi-Disciplinary team and to manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner.
• To deliver a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in the Therapy team.
• To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.
• Rotations include: Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory In-patients, Acute Medical Unit/High Monitoring Unit and Respiratory Out-patients.

Main duties of the job

To be an Experienced Physiotherapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

To participate in the management and clinical leadership of physiotherapy in conjunction with the Band 7 Advanced specialist or Team Lead.

To use specialist physiotherapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.

To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in designated area.

To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.

To deputise for the Band 7 Advanced specialist as required. To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.

To deputise for the Band 7 clinical lead Physiotherapist as required.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifcation attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• NHS experience across all core clinical areas
• Respiratory Physiotherapy experience
• Experience of carrying out complex functional assessments and treatments

Desirable

• Experience of supporting students and junior members of staff

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge post-qualification

Desirable

• IT skills including word and e-mail use
• Knowledge of NHS structure

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

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