Advanced Musculoskeletal Rotational Physiotherapist (Band 7)

Have you had good experience across a range of specialties at Band 6 level and now want new challenges? Are you looking to specialise within Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy? Would you like to further develop your leadership and teaching skills alongside continuing the growth of your clinical ability? If so, come and join the Specialised Therapies team at the University of North Midlands NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic therapist with strong clinical and team working skills. We are looking for candidates with a positive and resilient outlook and are able to embrace the challenges and opportunities of working in a large acute trust.

An exciting opportunity has presented itself for a permanent Advanced Physiotherapist to join our wider Musculoskeletal Therapies team. The successful candidate will be in a post which has rotations across the Royal Stoke and County Hospital sites and includes the following specialities:

• In-patient Fractured Neck Of Femur
• In-patient Elective
• In-patient Trauma
• Outpatient Trauma and Acute Physiotherapy Staff Service
• Outpatient Gymnasium

Supervision will be provided by the Principal Therapists continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning and you will be supported through our In-house leadership course.

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to work closely alongside your Advanced Occupational Therapy counterparts. This experience will give the post holder an excellent opportunity to continue to develop their leadership and management skills, as well as further building specialised clinical expertise that will enhance and broaden clinical abilities.

We try to embed our Trust Values of Compassion, Safety, Together and Improving and as a team we have agreed some Values of our own here are just a few:

Celebrating our individual professions of Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy whilst being committed to working together for the benefit of our Patients

Provide evidence based management within all clinical areas

Respect what we have to offer as individual professions and acknowledging we are a stronger team because of the diversity of knowledge and skill within team

Show compassion to patients, relatives and each other

The University Hospital of North Midlands is located on 2 hospital sites and has strong links with Keele University through Primary Care Sciences and School of Allied Health Professionals. The post works within a 7 day shift system which includes weekends, late shift and bank holiday working.

About us

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park. Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact Noeleen Hellis (see contact details)

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Evidence of personal & professinal development

Desirable

• Working towards a higher qualification qualification relevant to speciality e.g. Master's degree

Experience

Essential

• Post graduate experience (NHS) with considerable experience in speciality area
• Experience of working as a senior physiotherapist within the speciality area
• Experience of teaching students, staff & other proessional groups
• Experience of undertaking out of hours working

Desirable

• Experience gained within an acute setting
• Involvement in audit/research

Skills, ability & knowledge

Essential

• Proven leadership and management skills
• Trained clinical Educator

Desirable

• Evidence of project work

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

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205-6877204