Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist

Job summary

Do you want to work in a dynamic, innovative trust with state of the art facilities & where there is a strong focus on CPD/ staff development?

Do you want to have the opportunity to complete 9 monthly rotations gaining a broad range of skills & knowledge working alongside highly skilled staff including Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists & Consultant Physiotherapists?

A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our Band 6 rotational scheme. The 9 monthly rotational scheme covers a wide variety of specialist in-patient rotations including;

Burns and plastics, Neurosciences, stroke, Critical care rehabilitation, specialist surgery (including liver & renal transplants, ENT), Cardiothoracic, Trauma, Medicine, Elderly Care, Respiratory Support Team, OPAL ( Older persons Assessment and Liaison team), Musculoskeletal out patients (including acute and chronic presentations and multi trauma patients) ,neuro outpatients & Norman Power Centre ( Inpatient rehabilitation)

The department is involved in research projects within various clinical specialties

The Physiotherapy service actively supports CPD and personal development for all staff. We have a comprehensive in service training programme and run courses within the department.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The successful candidate will be involved in the assessment and treatment of patients across a wide variety of clinical specialties.

Applicants should have completed core rotations in Neuro, Respiratory and Musculoskeletal and have experience of working in an Acute NHS Trust.

The post holder will support the supervision of band 5 physiotherapists, assistant staff & students on placement.

Key skills for this post include good communication skills, clinical reasoning, prioritisation, delegation and time management.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Experience

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Janet Hallam 

TherapyRecruitment@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213713414