Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7226577-FM-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cheam Priory Day Centre
- Town
- Cheam
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our well established team. The post holder will be working as part of the Maximising Independence Service and closely with the other community services in Sutton Health and Care, acute hospital as well as the London Borough of Sutton and voluntary services in Sutton. Maximising Independence Service is therapy-led multidisciplinary service with pathways including Falls prevention, frailty and Domiciliary Physiotherapy.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are to deliver physiotherapy services within the community services. There may be future opportunities for rotations with the acute hospital or other community teams. To provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated range of physiotherapy and preventative services which maintain or improve people’s health, independence and quality of life. To consolidate and further develop skills and knowledge learned through the Physiotherapy course. To assess and implement treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records. To work unsupervised, reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior physiotherapist on a regular basis each week. To supervise and support rehabilitation assistants, assistant practitioners and students.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See job description and service specification document for full description of responsibilities attached to this role.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- Diploma/ Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Postgraduate experience of physiotherapy work in the NHS at a band 5 level for at least 1 year in 2 or more core rotations
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate experience in community (Domiciliary)
- Experience in general medicine or Care of the Elderly
- Experience of fitting equipment in patients’ homes
- Relevant post-registration courses
- Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good written and spoken communication skills.
- Knowledge of common conditions, current treatment and equipment provision
- Ability to demonstrate competence in the understanding and application of core PT skills
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of carrying out audit
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Eka Udoetuk
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07442938766
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