Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-2411SSP-2
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway Maritime Hospital
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/12/2024
Employer heading
Static SMART Physiotherapist
Band 6
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
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, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Static SMART Physiotherapist
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 6
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
Interview date: Week commencing 9th December 2024
Previous applicants need not apply
Post holder MUST own and be a car driver
We are recruiting for a Static SMART Physiotherapist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and 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 within our SMART service, utilising evidence-based practice to ensure the best of care is provided to patients.
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. This role is within an evolving team team so training would be provided for you to support, as required.
You will be working within a nurse-led service but will have professional support and supervision from the inpatient orthopaedic therapists, but the day-to-day senior management will be from nursing staff.
The role currently manages our orthopaedic caseload but with service development, we hope to plan for the introduction of wider services such as respiratory, surgical and the consideration of virtual wards and admission avoidance.
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.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload /workload
To 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 settings
To 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- Current Health Professions Council registration
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Post Graduate training e.g. courses, other CPD activities
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of basis assessment and treatment of patients with orthopaedic, neurological, musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions
- Knowledge of primary and secondary care services
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
- Supervision of Physiotherapy students / junior staff
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Becki Austin
- Job title
- Professional Lead for Physiotherapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07939026141
- Additional information
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