Senior Hospital Orthopaedic Physiotherapist - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Rheumatology

Orthopaedics - The James Cook University Hospital (JCUH) & Friarage Hospital (FHN). Working on Orthopaedics is likely to include 12noon-8pm shifts.

Pain Clinic

Community Out-patient venues including One Life, Guisborough Primary Care Hospital (GPCH), East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital (ECPCH), Redcar Primary Care Hospital (RPCH) & FHN.

Senior specialists, ESPs, clinical and operational leaders are always available to provide clinical support and supervision for each rotation.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will be encouraged to develop your skills and to supervise assistants and more junior staff and be involved in the clinical education of students.

In this scenario Annex 21 of AFC would apply and applicants would commence on a band 5 salary and move to a band 6 on successful completion of a training programme and sign off of clinical competencies.

We have a comprehensive In-Service Training Programme and staff are encouraged and supported in their continuous professional development.

This post is suitable for Physiotherapists with relevant postgraduate experience and an interest to further develop their skills and knowledge in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

South Tees NHS Foundation Trust is close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.

You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

South Tees Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size.

It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services.

It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad.

In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a 35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe.

The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit.

There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community.

It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.
To have significant post graduate

Qualifications & Training
BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
Achieved or willing to work towards relevant post-graduate qualification/ training

Experience in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions
Experience in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The James Cook University Hospital