Job summary
- Main area
- physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-6186421-AHP-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum pro rata INCL 20% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialised Physiotherapist Major Trauma
Band 6
Job overview
Assessment and treatment of a range of patients admitted under Major Trauma, Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics and Plastics.
Leadership of a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Technicians working in Trauma & Orthopaedics.
Main duties of the job
Trauma & Orthopaedic Therapy Team covers: Major Trauma, Trauma, Elective Orthopaedics, Day Surgery, Plastics and Short Stay Surgery (Vernon)
Specialist therapy role providing daily support and supervision to Physiotherapists working within in the team and across the wider Trust
Specialist assessment and treatment of complex clinical caseload and support for other team members with their treatment plans and clinical reasoning to facilitate safe and timely discharge. Expert in respiratory physio, complex MSK trauma and neuro trauma.
Organises and provides clinical supervision, teaching, completion of audit and service improvement projects.
Split role post leading Research portfolio for T&O.
Working for our organisation
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George’s Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.
With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Our main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD, in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio, including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
Desirable criteria
- Special interest group membership
- Working towards MSc
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 18 months to 2 years post registration experience
- NHS experience
- Broad range of experience at junior level including ICU, medical/surgery, senior health, musculoskeletal orthopaedics / outpatients and neurosciences
- Participation in on-call and weekend rotas
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- Ability to form a sound prognosis and advice other members of the MDT
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience at Band 6 level
- Student supervision / clinical education
- Experience of the research process
- Teaching experience in in-service programs
- Committee membership e.g. health and safety
Skills/Abilities/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Remains updated with professional practice and new research
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Good assessment skills based on a sound clinical reasoning approach including the assessment of symptom behaviour, history taking and gathering of physical/objective testing and hypothesis formation
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Willingness to participate in staff training
- Ability to work with multi/interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
- Show evidence of being self-motivated
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment
- Able to motivate self and others
- Ability to work autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to run courses – internal / external
- Evidence of participation in research / audit
- Supervision of other staff, e.g. physiotherapy assistant / Technical Instructor
- Post registration projects
- Used individual performance review system
General
Essential criteria
- Compliance with Trust’s No Smoking Policy and Dress Code Policy
- Professional attitude/behaviour
- Good time management
- Physically fit & able to manually handle loads including therapeutic handling throughout most of the day in line with Trust manual handling guidelines
- Ability to work within a stressful and unpredictable environment, and to manage difficult and emotional circumstances
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
- Able to perform weekend and on call emergency duties as a lone worker
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Marshall-Taylor
- Job title
- Principal Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 0985
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