Senior Physiotherapist - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Description

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This role is within our surgical and respiratory team.

We offer excellent opportunities for new and experienced band 6's wanting to enhance their skills. We offer strong professional leadership across the acute therapy service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

Our inpatient service covers Acute Trust rotations at Lister Hospital, Stevenage which includes respiratory care, including on call opportunities; orthopaedics; care of the elderly; stroke/hyperacute stroke unit; general medical wards and acute medical assessment.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post include assessment and treatment of patients within the wards at Lister Hospital, supervision and mentoring of non-qualified staff and students, taking part in in-service training, and taking a role in service improvement projects.

You will be the lead physiotherapist on the surgical wards and for the amputee rehabilitation service, including outpatient amputees.

You will be actively involved in the respiratory physiotherapy on-call service to the whole of the Lister Hospital site.

Ability to travel easily between trust sites independently.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• HCPC registration
• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous relevant NHS post graduate experience
• Knowledge of Protocols and Care Pathways for relevant patient groups
• Experience of integrated working
• Knowledge of relevant standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
• Evidence of clinical practise influenced by evidence based practise
• Knowledge of advanced anatomy and physiology related to clinical area
• Implementation and adherence to Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards/Guidelines
• Ability to promote development in others
• Student placement or staff members supervisor
• Ability to monitor and maintain Best Practice in all aspects of health & Safety – in own practices and of wider service

Skills

Essential criteria

• Clear, concise and ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences; to utilise a variety of mediums and approaches
• Able to influence, guide, teach, motivate and lead others
• Information technology skills including: e-mail, Word, Excel & Power Point
• Developed Clinical problem solving ability
• Ability to assess patient conditions, establish a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan, from a range of modalities
• Developed skills in physiotherapeutic techniques
• Ability to educate individual patients, relatives or carers about the nature of their condition and self-management techniques
• Ability to teach and present physiotherapy topics to qualified and non/qualified staff and other health care professions, individually or in groups.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Adaptable and flexible
• Empathy, good listener, humility and honesty
• Seek to improve self and others in order to deliver best possible care
• Responsible and reliable attitude to work
• Professional demeanour
• Confident and motivated

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
• Eligible to live and work in the UK

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.