Job overview

We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join the Critical Care and Surgical physiotherapy team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.  This proactive team covers  many speciality  wards including Intensive Care and High Dependency Units, as well as specialist surgical wards  including colorectal, urology, gynaecology and ENT.

There is also opportunity to  develop skills to contribute to the Amputee Outpatient service.

We are a friendly physiotherapy team who strive to provide excellent patient care with compassion, dignity and respect. 

We are seeking applicants with some experience working within the acute setting. You must have up to date knowledge and experience of current developments and drivers within the wider healthcare setting, specifically around treatment of surgical patients and the critically unwell, as well as discharge planning.

The Trust is committed to supporting and developing staff through appraisals and the supervision process. Senior staff have individual supervision and peer support as well as access to training.

The Trust provides clinical placements for students from Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham and the successful applicant will have experience of supervising under-graduate students.

Main duties of the job

To work with the Lead Senior Physiotherapists in Critical Care, Surgery and Amputees to co-ordinate and monitor an effective and efficient service to meet the needs of the inpatients referred across Surgery and Critical Care.

To manage autonomously, a complex inpatient caseload requiring Physiotherapy and MDT joint assessments on Critical Care and Surgical Wards.

To be responsible for Training, Supervision and Appraisals of more junior staff.

To participate in the 7 day respiratory service to the medical, surgical and critical care  wards and the emergency on-call respiratory service.

To work with the Head of Physiotherapy and other senior physiotherapy colleagues to monitor, evaluate and develop existing services in Critical Care and Surgery in line with the changing needs of the Trust.

Depending on experience and service need, there may be opportunities to gain experience working within our Amputee Outpatient clinics.

Working for our organisation

We provide a full range of district general services including urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery.  We also offer primary care through several GP practices.  Our vision is to achieve exceptional care provided by exceptional people.  Our mission is to bring our people, communities and partners together; providing patient care we can all be proud of.  Your energy and leadership will be critical to our success.  

We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way” and with our Proud to CARE values.  This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. We know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and we offer flexibility and an extensive range of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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