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Physiotherapist
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and on call requirements as part of the role)
Job ref
193-6234873NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Experienced Physiotherapist in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Band 6

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

 

Job overview

Experienced Physiotherapist in Trauma & Orthopaedics

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.  We are a GOOD accredited hospital following CQC inspection and are looking to employ a forward thinking, dynamic individual as a Band 6 Physiotherapist in Trauma & Orthopaedics.

The post is suitable for an experienced physiotherapist with past experience in T&O. The post will be operating across both trauma and elective orthopaedic units, which work with individuals with a variety of complex needs.

You will work within the Orthopaedic Physiotherapy team with experienced senior staff and be responsible for a clinical caseload as well as for supervising and developing junior staff and students. You will work closely with the MDT and community teams and contribute to seven day working. 

The successful applicant will have NHS experience within T&O and possess excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment and teaching skills. You will have sound IT skills and demonstrate the Trust’s values of Compassion, Aspiration, Resourcefulness and Excellence.

Regular appraisal, supervision and support will be given and there is a requirement to actively participate in CPD and audit. You will work alongside senior colleagues to implement new initiatives to continue to develop the service in line with best practice and clinical guidelines.

Main duties of the job

The Trauma & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital provides cover across a number of services, including the Elective Orthopaedic and Trauma Units. As a senior member of the team, you will assess and treat patients with a variety of orthopaedic injuries. From a Trauma perspective, this will include neck of femur fractures, upper limb, lower limb, head/brain and spinal injuries. You will also help to rehabilitate patients who are repatriated from the major trauma centres following major trauma. We also cover paediatrics patients admitted after traumatic injuries.

The Elective caseload will include joint replacements and day case surgery across both our adult and paediatric day surgery wards, and the team also covers pre-operative joint schools to prepare arthroplasty patients for upcoming surgery. The post will contribute to the running of our evening Orthopaedic service, as well as weekend working across the Orthopaedic wards. The successful candidate will join the trust at an exciting time during the implementation of a day case arthroplasty pathway in keeping with national service development programmes.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.

It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.

The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to this advert for detailed responsibilities.

Person specification

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC Registered
  • NHS Experience across all core clinical areas, including T&O

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Up to date with professional practice and new research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vaughan Root
Job title
Team Lead - Orthopaedic Physiotherapy
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Alice Lockhart

Physiotherapy Professional Lead

[email protected]

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