Rotational Physiotherapist - Band 5

Are you a final year Physiotherapy student or a qualified Physiotherapist who is looking for the next opportunity working as a Rotational Physiotherapist in Dorset?
Do you have excellent communication skills, a professional and flexible approach and a strong skill base to provide high quality care for our patients?
We are looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and forward-thinking Band 5 Physiotherapists to join the rotational schemes across UHD and DHC.
UHD is based on three sites: Christchurch, Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and offers the opportunity to work on acute inpatient wards and assessment units; outpatient clinics, rehabilitation facilities, and in the community through our rotational partnership with DHC.
Our rotational posts include:
+ Acute Care (Respiratory, Surgery, Medicine and Intensive Care),
+ Older Persons Medicine (Admission Avoidance, Short stay, Rehabilitation and Day Hospital),
+ Musculoskeletal outpatients
+ Orthopaedics
+ Neurotherapy
+ Community Rehabilitation
+ Paediatrics
Working patterns will vary dependent on rotation, some including 7 day working, shifts and inclusion on the Emergency Physiotherapy On-call Rota.
Please visit the join OurDorset website and look for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.
A full driving license and access to a car is essential. Please note we will not be offering virtual interviews for this role., + To ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment to a high standard in accordance with HCPC Standards of Registration and the Professional Standards and Code of Ethics of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
+ To provide physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentations
+ To use clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to identify problems on which to base an appropriate patient-centred treatment programme
+ To prepare and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence-based practice.
Additional contact information
Laura Johns- Therapy Lead - Early Careers & Career Development - [email protected], + To participate in the rotational scheme, this involves working across the Trust sites in inpatient and community settings
+ To work as part of the Dorset Integrated Care System, enabling the Discharge to Assess and Home First Principles for patients across all appropriate rotational areas
+ To consolidate Physiotherapy core skills across the range of clinical areas developing own skills and knowledge through active learning
+ To show flexibility in the differing clinical Physiotherapy skills required in the various environments that the rotational system provides
+ To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in hospital and community settings
+ To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner under the direction of more senior qualified staff
+ To participate in weekend working and extended hours as required, ensuring efficient therapy service provision in line with Trust priorities
+ To participate in the Respiratory Physiotherapy On-call service providing emergency respiratory physiotherapy service as required
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes., Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.