We have an exciting opportunity to join our Elective Orthopaedic and MSK teams at the new build Heatherwood Hospital as a static band 6 physiotherapist. The post will involve a weekend working commitment to support the 7 day elective orthopaedic service.

We offer lots of opportunities for training and development within our highly experienced and approachable team of physiotherapists and APP's. We are passionate about growing our staff into highly skilled and evidenced based practitioners with a wide knowledge base to deliver the best care to our patients.

In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong EDI culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

You should have MSK and orthopaedic experience either at Band 5 or Band 6 level and be confident assessing and treating a range of MSK conditions.

You should be proactive, approachable and keen to develop your clinical knowledge and supervisory skills.

You will manage your own caseload in MSK and line manage junior Physiotherapists / Assistant Practitioners. You will be involved in the supervision and teaching of students. You will take part in team and departmental IST's and there will be opportunities to assist with departmental audits and service development.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

PURPOSE OF JOB:

• To provide a high standard physiotherapy service in assessing and treating patients who may have a complex presentation
• To supervise and teach recently qualified physiotherapists/technicians/assistants and students and be involved in teaching MDT staff
• To participate in CPD and other departmental activities
• To work across both inpatient orthopaedics services (day surgery/inpatient and private unit) and the outpatient musculoskeletal team.
• To be responsible for the smooth running of the unit, delegating workload to other members of the orthopaedic/musculoskeletal team alongside/in the absence of the team leader
• To participate in the Orthopaedic Team 7 day working rota, working an average of 1 long weekend in 4.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Member of relevant clinical interest group

Experience

Essential

• Completed variety of B5 rotations including outpatients and orthopaedics
• Previous work in NHS as a physiotherapist

Desirable

• Experience at B6 level in outpatients / orthopaedics
• Experience supervising students or B5's

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of applicable CPD

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership / managerial training courses

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heatherwood Hospital

Brook Avenue

Ascot

SL5 7GB

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