We are looking for motivated and versatile team players to join our Band 6 Physiotherapy General Rotations scheme.

The Royal London Hospital inpatient therapies team delivers care to patients across a range of diverse specialities. Rotations include AAU and Older People's services, Surgery (Vascular and amputees, mixed surgical specialities), Stroke Services, Specialist Medicine (Respiratory, Renal etc), Neurotrauma, Adult Intensive Care, Paediatrics (Respiratory), and additional speciality rotations of Oncology at St Bartholomew's and Primary Care Musculoskeletal Outpatients at Mile End Hosptial.

The role is full-time and includes participation in the Respiratory On-Call Rota, and weekend working. The ideal candidate will have a passion for a fast paced environment excellent communication skills and plenty of enthusiasm.

Barts Health offers a robust teaching and training programme with opportunities to complete quality improvement projects, supervisory opportunities and leadership and management training.

We take pride in your wellness and having a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

This advert is subject to close early once sufficient applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

To assist and contribute to organising, developing and delivering a high quality physiotherapy service provided to a wide variety of in-patients. Rotations are nine monthly and currently include:

RLH: AAU and Older People's services, Surgery (Hepatobiliary, General Surgery, Vascular), Stroke, Specialist Medicine (Respiratory, Renal, Cardiology, Infectious diseases etc), Neurotrauma (Neurology / Acute Neurosciences, Major Trauma / Ortho-plastics), Adult Critical Care, Paediatrics (Respiratory)

MEH: Primary Care Musculoskeletal Outpatients

SBH: Oncology (Haematology, Endocrinology, Prehabilitation)

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oDiploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• oHCPC Registration

Desirable

• oMember of CSP
• oMember of a relevant Special Interest Group
• oPost graduate courses relevant to clinical field

Experience

Essential

• oBroad variety of post graduate experience including respiratory, neurosciences, orthopaedics, and musculoskeletal
• oExperience of working in an acute hospital
• oExperience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• oContribution to clinical education of less experienced staff and/or students or assistants

Desirable

• oExperience working in acute neurosurgery and/or major trauma
• oExperience in Critical care
• oAcute NHS experience

Skills

Essential

• oAbility to organise, prioritise and delegate
• oProblem solving skills
• oAbility to meet the physical demands of the job on a day to day basis
• oEffective computer/IT skills
• oAbility to deal with challenging situations
• oAn understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

• oEvidence of participation in audit/research/data collection
• oEvidence of extra departmental duties/roles

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Cross Site

London

E1 1FR

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

259-6534211RLH