Senior Rotational Physiotherapist Musculoskeletal - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job overview

37.5 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our specialist musculoskeletal team. We are looking to recruit an experienced Physiotherapist to join our specialist musculoskeletal rotations.

Rotations are currently nine months in duration and provide experience across the following areas -

Rheumatology

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

Hands

Musculoskeletal Outpatients at JCUH

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.

Depending on the interest in this post we may consider applications from people who may not have significant musculoskeletal experience but are willing to develop in this area. 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.

Main duties of the job

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. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

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.

This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

Skills, Knowledge & Aptitude

Essential criteria

Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.

As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.

If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.

Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.

Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.

Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.