Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine & Emergency Care Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 22.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-UE-6175684
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2024 23:59
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Senior Physiotherapist
Band 6
Job overview
22.75 hours per week, fixed term
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Long Covid and Respiratory Out-patient team based at The James Cook University Hospital. The team reviews patients in clinics at various locations in the trust and also within the community. The post is fixed term for 12 months to provide cover for maternity leave.
Main duties of the job
To provide advanced clinical and professional Physiotherapy to the Respiratory Out-patient team and Long Covid team and to provide support to the Physiotherapy team lead, ensuring that the Acute Physiotherapy Team contributes to the Strategic plan for South Tees NHS Trust.
Undertake physiotherapy advanced assessments of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis (where appropriate) and to develop and delivery individualised treatment programmes.
The post holder will be expected to have experience and knowledge of the physiotherapy management of long term respiratory conditions and long covid, and be able to provide comprehensive assessments and treatment plans to this patient group. Relevant post graduate study, leadership training and experience is also desirable.
This post will offer development in clinical skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses. We have an established and comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their CPD through workshops, clinical supervision and the appraisal process. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research and the Hospital has close links with both the University of Teesside and Durham University.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the ‘about this job’ link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc or Diploma in appropriate profession
- Achieved or willing to work towards relevant Post-graduate qualification/training
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at the leadership and development and improvement programme (4.5 days)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice in a broad range of Respiratory and rehabilitation areas.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Evidence of audit and research
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with patients with respiratory conditions
- Experience working within the NHS
- Can demonstrate relevant/varied post-graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in respiratory outpatients areas.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philip Howard
- Job title
- Service Lead Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
01642 850850 ext 56214
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