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    Senior Rotational Physiotherapist - Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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    A vacancy has arisen for a Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our established rotations, working across Arrowe Park Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital.

    The post holder will have the opportunity to gain experience in working in MSK as well as across inpatient settings such as ICU/HDU, medical inpatients, frailty inpatients, orthopaedics (trauma and elective), neuro inpatients (acute and rehabilitation) and outpatients and Early Supported Discharge, rehabilitation wards, A& E and assessment areas.

    We are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active Physiotherapist with post graduate experience in a range of core specialities including acute assessment, older persons assessment/frailty, respiratory and orthopaedics.

    You should have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning skills and be able to case manage patients with complex needs. Experience supporting students and junior staff is essential.

    You will have professional support for your CPD from Team Leaders and Clinical Lead Therapists from a range of clinical specialities as required.

    Main duties of the job
    • To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Access to advice and support from Team Leader is available.
    • To be responsible for undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and to be professionally and legally accountable of all aspects of own work, including themanagement of patients in own care.
    • To ensure effective communication (verbal and written) with professionals, non-professionals and patients regarding patient treatment, the physiotherapy service and education. This includes written and oral presentations.
    • To take delegated responsibility from a Team Leader or Clinical lead for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions within each rotation. To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.
    • To be responsible for assessing and managing risk in varying clinical environments.
    • To follow Trust policy and clinical guidelines and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) guidelines and to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards. Monitors own quality of practice as appropriate.
    About us All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as competent and caring staff by our patients.

    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

    We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

    We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of 337m.

    The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales. Job description Job responsibilities Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Senior Physiotherapist position available with WUTH. Person Specification Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training Essential
    • Graduate Diploma or BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC
    • HCPC registration
    • Minimum 18 months experience as staff grade physiotherapis
    • Appropriate experience as a qualified physiotherapist
    • Previous care experience
    • Core rotations in a range of areas, Respiratory (including HDU/ICU), Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Neurological Rehabilitation
    Desirable
    • Member of Charted Society of Physiotherapy or similar
    Knowledge and Skills Essential
    • Basic computer skills
    Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training Essential
    • Experience working as part of multidisciplinary team
    • Ability to work as an autonomous clinician, managing own caseload, time, using clinical reasoning and analytical skills to perform appropriate assessment, identify problems/ diagnoses.
    Desirable
    • Active collection of relevant CPD in portfolio
    • High level of clinical reasoning with excellent theoretical knowledge underpinning practice
    • Demonstrate a good awareness of needs of patient and appropriate action to take
    • Demonstrate awareness of the roles of others in providing patient care and ability to work as an effective team member
    Knowledge and Skills Essential
    • Basic computer skills
    Knowledge and Skills Essential
    • Well developed theoretical knowledge under pinning physiotherapy practice
    • Good written and oral communication skills
    • Good analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
    Desirable
    • Knowledge and experience in hospital computer system
    • Ability to communicate within difficult circumstances and demonstrate empathetic approach to patients.
    • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), analytical, problem solving skills and clinical reasoning
    • Understanding of national issues and relating them to own clinical practice
    Personal Attributes Essential
    • Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to support others and needs of the service.
    • Good organisational skills
    Desirable
    • Ability to show initiative but understanding when to refer to trained staff.
    • Ability to organise own workload and administrational procedures
    Employer details Employer name Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Address Arrowe Park Hospital

    Wirral

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