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Band 6 Physiotherapist

Employer
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Solihull
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Closing date
30 Oct 2024
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Profession
Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist elective surgery and medical therapy team within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will be based at Solihull hospital and will be expected to support the delivery and development of therapy provision to a range of elective surgical patients and general medicine. The post holder will provide clinical assessment and support with the rehabilitation and respiratory management of the surgical and medical patients. They will lead clinical developments and research opportunities to proactively move surgical physiotherapy services forward to the benefit of patients and staff within the Trust and at a regional network level.

The post holder will be responsible for their own case load, in addition you will be required to support the wider team in the rehabilitation and management of medial patients which includes the rehabilitation of a small number of repatriated trauma and orthopaedic and general medicine patients.

Due to service provision being 7 days, the post holder is expected to support a weekend roster as well as contribute to the on-call roster, training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Diploma / degree in physiotherapy
  • * Current registration with Health Professions Council.
  • * A levels or equivalent qualification
  • * Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
  • * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.


Desirable

  • * Evidence of leadership training.
  • * Attendance at Clinical Educators Course


Experience

Essential

  • * Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
  • * Experience of manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality. Minimum 12 months post-registration experience, providing a broad range of experience, must include respiratory
  • * Knowledge of ERAS and ICOUGH Guidelines
  • * Experience of working on a physiotherapy on-call service.
  • * Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, student physiotherapists and assistants.
  • * A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
  • * Good understanding of working in the community.
  • * Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy


Desirable

  • * Team/service development
  • * Guidelines
  • * Evidence of audit / R& D activity


Additional Criteria

Essential

  • * Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
  • * Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information.
  • * An ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
  • * An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action. .
  • * An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • * IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
  • * Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area.
  • * Demonstrate a professional attitude.
  • * An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
  • * An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
  • * An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
  • * Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.
  • * Ability to take part in respiratory on-call rota
  • * Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical areas


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

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304-9000493DH

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