Job summary
- Main area
- Rotational Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Cross site working
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Oncalls and weekends)
- Job ref
- 343-6362836-FM-MT-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
B5 Rotational Physiotherapist
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at ESTH which provides therapy services within Epsom and St Helier Hospital and the community.
Acute services at St Helier work closely together and in collaboration with the community partners to provide a dovetailed service to mainly Sutton and Merton residents with rehabilitation needs.
This post is currently a four-monthly rotation scheme in the following areas across acute and community services under Sutton Health and Care:-
Respiratory (including ITU and HDU), medical and surgical rehabilitation (including renal and amputees), elderly rehabilitation, orthopaedics, neuro-rehabilitation (based at Epsom Hospital), Frailty, home-based rehabilitation, Acute Medical Unit, and Royal Marsden Hospital , Sutton
The post holder must participate in rostered weekend and evening on-call work within St. Helier hospital and across the site as required – particularly for the stroke unit rotation.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard physiotherapy service within each rotation undertaken.
To perform physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations of physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service, or a particular patient type, working with and without direct supervision.
Supervision takes the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and case conferences.
Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist is available if required, clinical work should be routinely evaluated.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To liaise effectively with other disciplines.
To undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams’ clinical practice within each rotation. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May assist the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
To undertake training/study to ensure competency to participate in on-call and emergency duties as a lone practitioner within the trust, and thereafter to participate regularly in on-call and emergency duties as lone practitioner within the trust.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and Northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Suitable Physiotherapy Qualification
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Member of CSP
Experience
Essential criteria
- A wide range of clinical experience
- Demonstration of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience within the NHS
- Experience of MDT working
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates significance of documentation
- Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning
- Competent IT skills
- Understanding of NHS pressures
Other
Essential criteria
- Car driver with access to a car
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fran Tarling
- Job title
- Acute Physio Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795125147
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