Do you have a drive and passion for Major Trauma? Would you like to work in a large major Trauma centre, home to London's Air Ambulance Service? The Royal London is a world-renowned specialist tertiary Major Trauma centre. At Bart's Health our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals and services, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist with an interest in Trauma to join the Neuro and Trauma team as a static band 6 Trauma Physiotherapist Therapist. This position will have exposure in Major Trauma, Orthopaedics and plastics wards with the possibility of rotating in the future. You will be part of a large, friendly, and dynamic multidisciplinary team, based at Royal London hospital, and this post will allow you to specialise in Trauma.

This will provide opportunities to provide assessment and intervention to adults who have been involved in major trauma across the North East London and Essex Trauma Network. You will be given the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, and experience with working with those with traumatic brain injury, polytrauma, spinal cord injury, soft tissue injuries including those requiring flaps/grafts and degloving injuries, multiple orthopaedic injuries, and injuries of the organs.

Main duties of the job

To assist and contribute to organising and delivering a high-quality physiotherapy service provided to patients following major trauma / trauma.

To provide interventions including the advanced assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment, provision of assistive devices (orthotics) and equipment, and respiratory assessment and treatment.

To work as Band 6 Physiotherapist on the Royal London site working primarily across Major Trauma, Orthopaedics and Plastics.

To support the wider Neuro & Trauma team as needed clinically and operationally (across Major Trauma, Orthopaedics and Plastics, and Neurosciences wards). There will be an expectation for the post holder to be part of the weekend working roster and the emergency on call roster.

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

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and a CPD portfolio

Desirable

• Member of CSP
• Member of a ATOCP/BACPAR
• Post graduate courses relevant to clinical field

Experience

Essential

• Post graduate experience working as a physiotherapist within an acute hospital setting
• Completed junior rotations in core specialities of respiratory, neurology, musculoskeletal and orthopaedics
• Band 6 level experience in trauma & orthopaedics
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and/or multi-disciplinary team
• Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff and/or students or assistants

Desirable

• Experience of working in acute major trauma centre

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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