Physiotherapist

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation trust offers you the opportunity to develop your professional skills in the core areas of neurology, medical, respiratory, surgical and ITU, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal interventions in both acute and community hospitals, and within community services.

You will receive support and supervision from senior staff, enabling you to develop your clinical and leadership skills in a supportive environment. We are an inclusive and flexible team.

The Band 5 posts are rotational and involve working in different hospitals within Warwickshire, as well as some GP clinics. There is also the opportunity for rotations within the community paediatric team and adult community team.

There is a requirement to participate in the out of hours' service helping to provide cover at weekends and Bank holidays, and overnight on-call.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients within in-patient and out-patient specialities.

To participate in the band 5 physiotherapy rotational scheme this involves rotations working across the trust in both acute and community settings.

To work as an accountable practitioner, holding responsibility for own caseload, working within codes of practice and professional guidelines. Work is managed rather than supervised.

To keep accurate records of patient contact using written records and electronic data capture.

To participate in weekend working and the on call physiotherapy service.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.