The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust (SaTH) is delighted to offer the role of rotational Specialist Physiotherapist to advert the post is ideally suited to a candidate seeking opportunity to grow specialist clinical knowledge as well as leadership expertise. Our rotations are based at both The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to explore rotations within acute Surgery including post amputation, Respiratory including Paediatrics, Acute Medicine, Cardiology and Frailty at a specialist level.

SaTH is in the process of undertaking a massive period of investment in our services and facilitates across both sites as part of the Hospital Transformation Plan. Within these plans we are hopeful to see the expansion of our services which may allow for additional specialist area's added to the rotation wheel.

We are proud to offer therapy to patients across 7 days and working in collaboration with our MDT colleagues across the week enables us to deliver physiotherapy specific services when patients need us. As part of this position the successful applicant would be supported to join our weekend rota's which cover an acute Respiratory, Orthopaedics' and general therapeutic progression patient list.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will provide Physiotherapy to patients within an acute setting, maximising independence to prevent deconditioning.

Main duties include:

• To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
• Engage in own learning to develop self and service
• Participate or lead on projects to develop services
• Provide learning opportunities for others including band 5's, assistant practitioners and students as well as celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and MDT teams.
• Participation in our respiratory physiotherapy on-call rota
• The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow and safe timely intervention.
• To work closely with team leads, clinical leads and senior therapists to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
• To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health care system.

About us

Join us at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, where our passion for excellence drives everything we do.

We're on a mission to provide high quality, safe care to our patients, in an environment our incredible staff are proud to work in.

Our vision, 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve,' is not just a statement it's a promise we live by every day. Guided by our core Values - Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, and Trusted - we're determined to make a real difference in the lives of those who matter most: our patients and their families.

Key to delivering our vision is ensuring our workforce is supported and equipped with the ability to deliver, regular access to clinical supervision, clinical and leadership training and job planning with committed weekly non-clinical time are some of the opportunities available to the successful post holder.

Within the inpatient team we have a strong ethos of collaboration and work closely as a team on a daily basis. We have a friendly, inclusive, and open culture. We take pride in empowering our team and offer annual listening events for all colleagues to share directly concerns and ideas with the senior management team to facilitate meaningful changes and driving our services forward.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or qualification equivalent in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Knowledge

Essential

• Previous experience working in a broad range of physiotherapy specialisms at junior or band 5 level
• Undertaken relevant Continuation Professional Development

Desirable

• Sound understanding of service improvement principles and benefits of audit
• Evidence of Leadership training
• Experience with reflective tools to enhance improvement

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience assessing and treating acute respiratory patients in an NHS setting
• Evidence of relevant specialist level clinical reasoning
• Experience across a range of therapy settings and rotations within the NHS
• Evidence of collaborative or team working alongside an MDT

Desirable

• Previous experience supervising or mentoring students, therapy support workers or band 5 physiotherapist's in an NHS setting
• Previous experience in audit or Research
• Previous experience of NHS appraisal
• Previous experience working as part of a Respiratory on-call rota within an NHS setting

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Mytton Oak Road

Shrewsbury

SY3 8XQ

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