Bank Inpatient Physiotherapist

St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, Cheap, City and County of the City of London

Bank Inpatient Physiotherapist

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St John & St Elizabeth Hospital, Cheap, City and County of the City of London

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 8 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 15c0b75dcb9e48f3a57ac3297e6646f9

Full Job Description

We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated Bank Inpatient Physiotherapist, with extensive experience in delivering physiotherapy services in the acute hospital setting. As a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, with current HCPC registration; you will have experience in assessing and treating patients across all our services including orthopaedics, medical, post surgical and respiratory. Located in leafy St John's Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John's. What are my responsibilities in this Bank Inpatient Physiotherapist Role?

  • To support the development of the physiotherapy service striving to ensure best practice, maximise efficiency, productivity and cost effectiveness.
  • To have overall accountability for the planning and management of own complex and specialised caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.
  • To utilise clinical reasoning and analytical skills with evidence based knowledge to assess and diagnose patients and implement appropriate physiotherapy management plans as an autonomous practitioner.
  • To use communication and behaviour change skills to facilitate a long term self-management approach with patients living with acute/or chronic conditions
  • To continuously assess, evaluate and modify treatment aims, objectives and desired outcomes in collaboration with the patient, any carers and multidisciplinary team.
  • To make recommendations to colleagues and members of the MDT, based on advanced theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the ongoing management of patients.
  • Participate in MDT meetings, contributing to discussions and decisions with regards to patient care and discharge planning.

    BSc (hons) degree in Physiotherapy or diploma or equivalent
  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration for physiotherapy
  • Evidence of post graduate professional development in the neurological physiotherapy specialism
  • Evidence of additional specialist knowledge acquired through relevant post-graduate physiotherapy training.
  • Experience of working with patients in the inpatient and outpatient/community neurological setting.
  • Experience of working across different inpatient specialties e.g. orthopaedic, medical, post surgical.
  • Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
  • Able to participate in On-call respiratory rota
  • Why work for us? At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits; If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.