Are you a dynamic and experienced Physiotherapist looking for a challenging and rewarding role in the field of acute medicine & frailty? We have an exciting opening for a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join our vibrant team and make a significant impact in acute medicine and frailty physiotherapy services at SBU.

About the Role: As a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-level assessment and discharge planning skills within the acute medical unit & front door services at Morriston Hospital. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your clinical expertise and leadership skills while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. The role extends beyond the acute medical unit, offering you the chance to contribute to front-door frailty services and downstream medical wards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessments and deliver treatments for patients with a diverse range of acute medical conditions.
• Collaborate with hospital and community Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) to ensure timely and effective patient flow.
• Provide expert advice, leadership, and guidance to the physiotherapy team.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Clinical and leadership experience in physiotherapy.
• Willingness to join the respiratory on-call rota and work a 7-day roster as required.
• Desirable: Ability to speak Welsh.
• English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Leadership and Service Delivery:

• Lead the physiotherapy team with enthusiasm and innovation.
• Deliver the Physiotherapy Service with flair, and contribute to the evolution of cutting-edge patient care.

Caseload Management:

• Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, employing evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.

Mentorship and Supervision:

• Provide inspirational leadership for junior and senior staff, offering guidance, supervision, and constructive appraisals as delegated by the line manager.

Collaborative Discharge Planning:

• Showcase your high-level discharge planning skills by collaborating seamlessly with the MDT and community services, ensuring a holistic and patient-centric approach to healthcare.

Educational Leadership:

• Inspire the next generation of physiotherapists by educating and supervising students on clinical placements.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD):

• Engage in continuous learning and development, both clinically and professionally, to stay at the forefront of the field.

• Respiratory On-Call Participation:

• Actively participating in the on-call respiratory roster, contributing to the immediate and effective response to patient needs.

Service Development Initiatives:

• Be a driving force behind service development initiatives, including the implementation of 7-day working, ensuring the delivery of healthcare services that meet the evolving needs of our community.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex religion or belief race age sexual orientation gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy (or other relevant qualification)
• Professional Registration with HCPC
• oEvidence of post-graduate masters level education or evidence of equivalent clinical experience.

Desirable

• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• Membership of a clinical or professional network

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Substantial broad range specialist experience of working with this client group.
• Substantial experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervision experience of students, physiotherapy assistants and junior staff.
• Experience in working in areas that are linked to patient flow.
• Remain updated with advanced professional practice and new research.
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Significant NHS experience

Desirable

• Experience of leading a team.
• Be able to work in various critical care and respiratory areas
• Working in the community setting.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of comprehensive and advanced continuing professional development (CPD), maintained in a portfolio. Including attendance at recent highly specialised post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field/speciality.
• Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues.

Desirable

• Service development experience

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Professional maturity and ability to network and form professional relationships with other healthcare/multi agency professionals.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for the service, including experience of quality issues and audit.
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
• oAbility to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional and aggressive patients and carers.

Desirable

• IT skills

Employer details

Employer name

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Address

Morriston Hospital

Heol Maes Eglwys

Swansea

SA6 6NL

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

130-AHP119-0724