Advanced Rotational Physiotherapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious Advanced Physiotherapist to undertake a post in Trauma & Cardiothoracics, within the Network Services Division at University Hospital of North Midlands. We are open to those who are working at band 6 level, who would like an opportunity for career progression and can provide evidence of their development and ambitions, as well as those who are already working at band 7 level.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the Therapy treatment and service development within this specialist area. We are proud to treat the patients who are admitted to our trust through our Major Trauma Centre and want to ensure we continue to provide them with the highest standards of care.
This post provides an excellent opportunity for an Physiotherapist who would like to demonstrate and develop their skills in a speciality area, providing clinical expertise to the teams and support with the care and treatment of patient's who have had traumatic orthopaedic injuries, in a fast paced, acute setting., · The role also incorporates team management; alongside a team of Advanced Physiotherapist's and Occupational Therapist's, you will be jointly responsible for the co-ordination of a dynamic therapy team comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Technicians.
The Therapy department at UHNM is made up of two divisional based teams within multiple clinical areas; this means we are fortunate in being able to offer a large pool of expertise for support and development opportunities. We also have excellent links with regional universities. The successful candidate will be involved in student education as well as staff in-service training. Personal and professional development is supported through annual appraisal and internal/external training. The post will be supervised by a Principal Therapist.
Therapy Services work within a 7 day shift system therefore there is a requirement to work weekends and bank holidays.
If you feel you have the experience required, are motivated and want to take the opportunity to work at an acute trust then we would love to hear from you. We are happy to support candidates to come and visit our teams and the clinical areas, if you so wish. The successful candidate will be expected to fully invest in the Trust Values of Compassion, Improving, Safer and Together., 1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park., At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.