Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This will include weekend working as part of a 7 day service)
- Job ref
- 249-6478831
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
To provide physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice to patients in a range of settings and specialities including Outpatients, Neighbourhood Multi-professional Teams, Orthopaedics, Acute
Therapies, Mental Health and Paediatrics. To promote and facilitate patient independence, and health and well-being, within professional guidelines and protocols.
Band 5 Physiotherapists will be expected to participate in a 6 monthly rotation scheme and to be responsible for own case load, evaluation of interventions and documentation alongside CSP standard.
Main duties of the job
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including a designated caseload and prioritisation for your work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.
- To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients who present with a wide range of symptoms and pathologies, using appropriate clinical reasoning and manual skills.
- To carry out assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of clinical treatment or care plans ensuring that care, needs and wishes of the individual are carefully and accurately documented.
- To set appropriate and effective therapeutic goals for patients with their agreement and to evaluate and
monitor outcomes enabling patients to reach their optimum level of independence. - To be aware of own limitations in clinical experience and to be able to utilize the expertise of senior staff or to be able to refer onto others involved in patient care.
- To ensure effective communication of sensitive patient information between patients, carers, hospital and community staff promoting collaborative inter-agency working.
Working for our organisation
“Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be able to utilise a range of verbal and non-verbal communication with patients. This may include patients who have difficulty in understanding or communicating e.g. Patients who are dysphasic, deaf etc.
- To be responsible for maintaining comprehensive documentation in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Trust guidelines and to complete daily inputting for statistics on local systems.
- To ensure consent for all treatment is obtained and documented.
- To actively participate in the Emergency Duty, On Call evening and seven-day working schemes in accordance with local agreements for the Acute therapies and weekend orthopedic service.
- To attend and represent the Physiotherapy service or individual patients at Multi-Disciplinary team meetings. This may include the review of patient progress and discharge planning.
- To develop and maintain clinical credibility and knowledge through participation in regular supervision and training.
Please see attached Job Description for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
- Evidence of ongoing CPD/reflective pracctice
Desirable criteria
- MSCP
Experiance
Essential criteria
- Broad basis of general student clinical experience in both acute inpatient and outpatient placements within the NHS
- Evidence of Working within a Multidisciplinary Team
Desirable criteria
- Experiance of participating in audit
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and Written Communication skills
- Evidence of good time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to complete an assessment for a range of conditions and presentations
- Awareness and understanding of clinical governance and its implications for Physiotherapy
- Knowledge and use of outcome measures
Desirable criteria
- Ability to demonstrate empathy in difficult patient situations
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
- Carly Elphick
- Job title
- Acute Inpatient Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01793 603800
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