Achieve Your Potential with Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Are you enthusiastic and forward thinking about therapy? Do you want to work for a Trust that values AHPs and their contribution to the patient journey and holistic care?

Come and join our vibrant Therapy service at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Physiotherapist to join our new specialist orthopaedic rotation at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

This post is one of three which will rotate between the Trauma wards at Treliske Hospital, the Elective Orthopaedics wards at St Michael's Hospital and the new Surgical Hub at St Austell Community Hospital, covering Elective Orthopaedics procedures. Each rotation will have a mixed caseload of trauma and orthopaedic patients. You will have the opportunity to manage a varied and high turnover caseload. We are looking for a team member who can provide decisive and effective Physiotherapy input.

This post is full time. When on rotation to the St Austell Surgical Hub, working hours will be Monday - Thursday (4 long days). When on rotation to Treliske and St Michael's you will take part in the weekend rota. St Michael's also runs a twilight service, so when on rotation there, you will contribute to that rota (12.00 - 20.00). The post also contributes to our on call respiratory rota.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard Physiotherapy service to patients at Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust.

To provide specialist assessment, treatment, and goal setting of Trauma and Orthopaedics patients on the wards or on the Surgical Hub. Some patients may have complex and/or chronic presentations. To determine clinical diagnosis and Physiotherapy treatment indicated. To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

You will develop highly specialist skills under the guidance of the Senior staff.

To provide clinical cross cover within your team as delegated by your Clinical Team Lead

To attend clinical level discussions / meetings relating to your area of work as delegated by your Clinical Team Lead

Proving twilight cover on a rota (12.00 - 20.00).

Flexible working over 7 days with participation in the respiratory on call service and bank holiday rota.

About us

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Work health assessments
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Membership of CSP

Experience

Essential

• Significant post grad experience, including a rage of post qualification rotations.
• Experience in acute hospital setting, including a range of post qualification rotations.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, a good understanding of their roles and respect for the other professionals within the team.
• Experience of working in a team of people including qualified and unqualified staff.
• Experience of out of hours working - including managing the risks associated with unsupervised / lone working
• Experience in orthopaedics and MSK

Desirable

• Experience working in an NHS setting in the following clinical areas: Trauma & Orthopaedics, Respiratory, Neurology, MSK

PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS (INCLUDING ANY SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE)

Essential

• Up-to-date clinical skills
• Specialist level assessment skills
• Well developed communication skills - empathy, negotiation, and motivation, presenting of complex facts in an understandable way, re-assurance, and support particularly to anxious people.
• Good understanding of roles with Multidisciplinary Team.
• Respect for other professionals within the team.
• Analytical thinker.
• Reflective practitioner with portfolio evidence to support this.
• Experience of teaching (formal or informal), good presentation skills, computer literate

Desirable

• Evidence of post-graduate education and development.

DISPOSITION/ ADJUSTMENT/ ATTITUDE

Essential

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Able to work in highly stressful situations including the ability to manage distressing and highly emotive situations successfully (e.g. working with people recently diagnosed with life changing conditions).
• Able to concentrate for long periods including during patient treatments (for 20+ minutes). Able to work with interruptions.
• Actively participate in, and record, CPD activities and in-service training. Able to work flexibly across a team and provide appropriate cross cover.
• Keen to share knowledge and training across all health care professionals.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Address

St Austell Surgical Hub

Porthpean Road

St Austell

PL26 6AA

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