Band 6 Physiotherapist

With knowledge and experience, you will provide Physiotherapeutic assessment, management and rehabilitation of patients in a variety of clinical areas. Working in a team that consists of Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Therapy Support Workers. Your responsibilities will be varied and challenging in this busy environment, whilst maintaining a caring and effective approach. You will take responsibility for your own caseload, working without direct daily supervision, nonetheless, access to advice and support from senior staff is always available. You will have formal supervision along with annual appraisals ( where appropriate) to ensure that your unique development is at the heart of this role. Coupled with regular formal and informal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer reviews, case conferences. The role requires the successful candidate to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Coupled with participation in our 7 day working programme.,

• Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
  
  We are looking for dynamic, innovative and highly motivated physiotherapists with experience in a broad range of areas to include Acute Hospital settings, ideally the NHS. You could already be a Band 6 wishing for a change or are you currently an experienced Band 5 looking to progress your career; internal applicants will be considered for secondment opportunities. We welcome applications from those who wish to continue their journey with us., Essential
• Diploma / degree in physiotherapy.
• Current registration with Health Care Professions Council.
• A levels or equivalent qualification
• Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
• Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.
Desirable
• Evidence of leadership training.
• Attendance at Clinical Educators Course.
Experience Essential
• Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
• Significant experience of working in an acute hospital setting including acute hospital experience in a broad variety of clinical areas
• Experience of team / service development.
• Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, student physiotherapists and assistants.
• A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
• Good understanding of working in an Acute Hospital Trust.
• Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy.
Additional Criteria Essential
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist areas.
• Demonstrate a professional attitude.
• An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis.
• An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
• An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing / emotional situations.
• Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.
• Ability to take part in respiratory on-call rota
• Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical area.
  
  We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to : Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Would you like to work in a team that is united in providing quality care to the people of Sutton Coldfield and the surrounding areas? Would you aspire to providing the best care for our patients? If yes, we have exciting opportunities for you to join our large proactive team of therapists on a 6 month fixed term contract, providing a service at Good Hope hospital within UHB Teaching Trust. We are committed to continued professional development, not only your clinical skills but also your leadership and audit skills.