Job summary Senior Rotational PhysiotherapistDivision: Cancer & Core Clinical ServicesCare Group: Diagnostics and TherapiesBand: 6Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rataPlease note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 monthsWe are recruiting for a Senior Physiotherapist Therapist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job The successful post holder will be expected to provide excellent patient-centred care across a broad range of specialities, utilising evidence-based practice to ensure the best of care is provided to patients.Our Band 6 Physiotherapy rotation specialities are currently: Critical CareSurgicalOrthopaedics (Trauma and Elective)Front Door (ED & Acute Assessment Units/Short Stay Wards)Acute FrailtyRespiratory Support Unit and Cardiorespiratory/GenMedOlder PersonsPaeds and Pelvic HealthSheppey Frailty Unit - ME12 3LT As a Senior Physiotherapist you will ensure that you are an effective member of our integrated team, being proactive in your approach to your own learning and development and supporting other members of the team to do the same.Supporting other therapy teams/services within the Trust may be required at times.The role will involve evening and weekend working.In addition, you will be an active member of the emergency On Call Physiotherapy rota.Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together.
It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First.
Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment.
We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach: B - Bold E - Every person counts S - Sharing and open T - Together Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.
This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload /workloadTo undertake assessment of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.To deliver individualised physiotherapy treatment programmes using a broad range of physiotherapeutic skills in individual and group settingsTo continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care.To communicate effectively with patients and carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc.
This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties and those who may be unable to accept diagnosis /prognosis.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy Current Health Professions Council registration Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Post Graduate training courses, other CPD activities Experience Essential Broad range of experience at junior level including highly acute environments with high demand for prioritisation of workloads Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload Delivering teaching and development to therapy and wider MDT workforce Skills Essential Good written and verbal communication skills Able to communicate clearly with other team members and patients/ carers Teaching and presentation skills Basic IT skills Able to demonstrate a holistic approach to patient management On call competence Supervision and appraisals of junior staff and students Values Based Question Essential Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome