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Job summary

Main area
Division B - Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: This may include opportunities for a Fixed Term contract / Secondment for 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (across 7 days. Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered.)
Job ref
180-B-243298
Employer
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
Town
Cambridge
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 p.a. pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
11/12/2024

Employer heading

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

Band 6

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Band 6 Inpatient Rotational scheme, rotating on a 7 monthly rotation through a variety of Physiotherapy areas; Medicine, Oncology, Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Surgery, Perioperative, Orthopaedics, Outpatients, Paediatrics and Care of the Older Person.

This rotation will allow you to develop as a Band 6 and gain experience in preparation for applying to one of our specialist Band 6 rotations in MSK, Neuro-rehab or Respiratory.

The department is friendly and dedicated towards the delivery of an excellent service for all our users, as well as constantly looking at better ways to provide a service.

We can offer you:

  • Strong peer support
  • Work with patients with a wide range of clinical conditions
  • Career support and development to progress to a specialism 
  • Positive commitment to CPD and post graduate education funding for courses and up to 7 days study leave
  • Development of your supervisory, teaching and management skills
  • Service development opportunities

Main duties of the job

To participate in the Band 6 rotational scheme which involves working for seven monthly rotations across the Trust in a range of Ward settings and Outpatient settings.

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy in a variety of areas: Medical Wards, Surgical Wards and ICU, Care of the Elderly Wards, Stroke and Neurological and Rehabilitation Wards, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit and Wards, Paediatric Wards, Orthopaedic Wards, Musculoskeletal Outpatients and Community Rehabilitation.

To develop skills in prioritisation, audit and management.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Candidates need to be available for a face to face clinical skills assessment on the day of interview.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

  • applied for a Graduate visa
  • or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
  • or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

Please see the link to our service and what we can offer to you:

https://careers.cuh.nhs.uk/where-could-i-work/allied-health-professionals-ahps/physiotherapist/

Please also see our CUH Strategy Video:

https://youtu.be/kpLQZaMJka4  

The advert will close at midnight on 24 November 2024.

Interviews are due to be held on 11 December 2024. 

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Evidence of relevant post-graduate education / CPD activities
Desirable criteria
  • Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Evidence of relevant post graduate training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of reviewing and applying evidence based practice
  • Relevant clinical work at Band 5 level in a range of specialities including Respiratory / Critical Care, Elderly Care and neurological conditions
  • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Competency to participate in weekend work including the ability to provide respiratory care to self-ventilating patients
  • Postgraduate NHS Physiotherapy experience at Band 5 level
Desirable criteria
  • Band 6 experience
  • Experience of audit / research projects
  • Experience of Critical Care including artificial airways and the ability to cover respiratory on call
  • Experience in mentoring students
  • Experience of deputising for Band 6/7

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Competent in using a range of manual handling techniques and equipment
  • Knowledge and experience of discharge planning
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of National guidelines to deliver and evaluate service

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate assessment and treatment techniques in a variety of clinical settings
  • Ability to use professional communication strategies with patients, carers and members of the MDT and ability to modify appropriately
  • Excellent inter-personal skills
  • Evidence of self-directed learning
  • Ability to work independently and manage own caseload
  • Demonstrate ability to teach, guide and direct Therapy Assistants and students in clinical practice
  • Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills
  • Ability to prioritise clinical caseload
  • Administrative and computer skills
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of presentation skills
  • Evidence of participation in research / audit
  • Clinical Educator training
  • Evidence of appraisal skills

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDVeteran AwareNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Age-Friendly Employer PledgeCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeTime to changeDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthApprenticeships Top 100 Employers 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Burgoine
Job title
Team Lead Neurosciences
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01223 216773
Additional information

Email preferred point of communication 

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