Join Our Innovative Team and Advance Your Career!

Are you ready to join a dynamic, forward-thinking department where you can expand both your clinical and non-clinical skills?

If you're an experienced Band 6 or a Band 5 Registered Physiotherapist seeking a developmental role to elevate your career to the next level, we want to hear from you!

Become a part of our Medical Respiratory Team at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, where you'll work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and support staff. Our team is dedicated to assessing and treating a diverse range of patients to ensure safe and timely discharges. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your career and personal development by providing:

• Clinical Specialist support
• Protected non-clinical SPA time
• Active involvement in service development
• Regular Clinical Supervision
• Joint working and Direct Observations of Practice
• Access to CPD courses
• Monthly regional Therapy Cluster meetings

Additionally, this role includes supporting the Respiratory on-call rota, offering a chance to further develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment. Don't miss this opportunity to grow with us!

Main duties of the job

This role involves providing specialised physiotherapy skills within the inpatient service to ensure safe, efficient, and effective patient care aligned with evidence-based practices and standards.

Key responsibilities include working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, participating in service development projects, and autonomously assessing and treating complex cases. The role requires flexibility to support both inpatient and outpatient teams, including weekend work as needed. It also involves providing clinical supervision, with 80% of the role focused on clinical contact and 20% on operational management, guiding Band 5 and support staff in delivering therapeutic care plans.

About us

We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.

As part of our commitment to supporting our employees we offer a range of benefits including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities
• Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays
• Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role
• Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment
• Access to our in-house physiotherapy service
• On-site canteens offering subsidised meals
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free)
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the person specification and job description for more details regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered
• Evidence of CPD (portfolio)
• CSP member

Desirable

• Evidence of post graduate training/qualification relevant to clinical area
• Member of CSP Specialist section - AGILE

Experience

Essential

• NHS Acute Hospital experience
• Variety of clinical experience throughout core hospital-based rotations
• Minimum 4 months experience of working on an ITU and Respiratory wards
• Respiratory/ On Call competency
• Multi-Disciplinary Working
• Demonstrate active involvement in the audit process
• Awareness of change management principles
• Undertaking Annual Appraisals
• Experience of developing staff and sharing knowledge
• Ability to demonstrate working with regional/national networks
• Experience of working collaboratively with community teams

Desirable

• Experience in community-based roles
• Supervising and mentoring junior members of staff and pre-registration students

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate sound knowledge of value of admission avoidance and Home First Principles
• Sound knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team within Acute Medicine, general surgery & respiratory medicine
• Working knowledge of procedures and policies relating to line management

Desirable

• Awareness of services available to support admission avoidance

Key Skills

Essential

• Ability to undertake rapid assessments in a busy and pressured environment
• Managerial and leadership skills
• Advanced communication skills
• Evidence of resilience
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• High level of clinical reasoning
• Ability to present information in a logical and concise manner
• Standard key board skills & the ability to use IT packages such as Word, Outlook, Power point & Excel

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hinchingbrooke Park

Huntingdon

PE29 6NT

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