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Physiotherapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (Potential to extend to 12 months if staff member remains on maternity leave)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working 1 in 6 weekends with 2 scheduled days off in the week)
Job ref
7181042
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet Hospital
Town
Barnet
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 7 Physiotherapist HSEP (Health Services for Elderly People)

NHS AfC: Band 7

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

We have an opportunity at Barnet Hospital to recruit a dynamic Band 7 Physiotherapist to become part of our integrated Medical HSEP (Health Services for Elderly People) therapy team. This post is to cover maternity leave and will initially be for 6 months with a potential to extend to 12 months. Our HSEP team includes therapy support workers, occupational therapists, dieticians, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists. All disciplines are dedicated to providing and improving our excellent quality of care for older patients and those living with frailty and dementia.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should be an enthusiastic and passionate therapist, who is keen to develop their specialist clinical knowledge and management skills. They should be forward thinking and pro-active with excellent organisational and clinical skills within the fast paced in-patient setting, to facilitate safe discharges and provide excellent quality of care. There are many opportunities to lead on and participate in Quality Improvement projects and assist in setting new directions for our service. Good communication skills and the motivation to encourage and facilitate best practice is required. You will be joining a well established and supportive integrated Therapy team and work closely with, and be supported by, the Clinical Lead and an Advanced Frailty Practitioner. 

It is a requirement for this post to participate in the 7 day working roster and bank holiday cover.

Working for our organisation

The Therapy Department holds a high profile within the Trust and you will be encouraged to develop your clinical, teaching and managerial skills within Trust values and CPD guidelines. Support and supervision will be provided. Our multidisciplinary Therapy Services department is committed to staff and service development and offers a large range of in-service and external training to suit individual’s learning objectives and the needs of the service. The post holder will uphold the royal Free World Class Values when interacting with service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike so that everyone at Barnet Hospital can feel:

  • Welcome all of the time
  • Confident because we are clearly communicating
  • Respected and cared for
  • Reassured that they are in safe hands

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of attendance at courses in frailty
  • Post registration experience working with patients living with frailty
  • Extensive experience working in an acute health setting and complex discharge planning
  • Demonstrates a clear desire to work with patients living with frailty
  • Experience in supervising/teaching staff/students/volunteers
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership & first line management experience
  • Experience of involvement in audit
  • Experience in service improvement

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills to a range of audiences
  • Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills and management of complex cases with use of examples of patients living with frailty
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team with use of examples
  • Ability to reflect & critically approve own performance with use of examples
  • Ability to lead and motivate self and team with use of examples
  • Effective time management skills and ability to prioritise case load and managerial tasks with use of examples
  • Awareness of current health issues of the UK population and NHS issues
  • Able to maintain judgment and make decisions under pressure with use of examples
  • Excellent presentation & training skills with use of examples
  • Clear vision of role/commitment to specialty
  • Highly specialist knowledge of frailty in relevant area

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Committed to personal and team development
  • Adaptable and supportive of change
  • Evidence of reliability
  • Committed to frailty specialty

Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values with appropriate examples

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current H.C.P.C. Registration
  • Diploma/Degree/Masters in Physiotherapy
  • Demonstration of commitment to life long learning
Desirable criteria
  • Membership to a specialist interest group ie AGILE

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Cushen
Job title
Clinical Lead Therapist HSEP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 216 4406
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