Band 6 Physiotherapist

Job summary

Would you want to progress your career in an environment that supports your development?

Would you like to work within a team who is united in providing quality care to the people of Birmingham and surrounding areas?

Are you looking to work in fast paced specialist medical areas?

Would you aspire to providing the best care for our patients?

If yes, we are developing exciting opportunities within our Band 6 posts at Good Hope and Heartlands Hospitals; we have static and fixed term contracts available. Areas to include: Health Care of Older People, Medicals, OPAL therapy to include working in the Emergency Department, Short stay areas.

The post holder could already be a Band 6 wishing for a change or are you currently an experienced Band 5 who would like to practice in a variety of clinical areas at a more senior level. We welcome applications from those who wish to join our friendly supportive therapy teams at our hospitals.

If you wish to ask any questions please contact Lorraine Garratty (CTL) lorraine.garratty@uhb.nhs.uk 0121 424 7798 or Karen Cunningham (CTL) karen.cunningham@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties, tasks & skills required

With training and development you will provide Physiotherapeutic assessment, management and rehabilitation of patients in a variety of clinical areas. Working in a variety of teams that consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers.

Your responsibilities will be varied and challenging, however, being able to multi task in an effective manner whilst maintaining a caring approach.

Required to participate in the seven day working programmes across the organisation, and demonstrate flexibility to work in a variety of shift patterns.

MAIN DUTIES

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior physiotherapists is available, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. To participate in the site on-call respiratory physiotherapy out of hours service once training has been provided and deemed competent.

To assist with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic therapy assistants, junior therapy staff and students.

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;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Diploma / degree in physiotherapy.

*Current registration with Health Care Professions Council.

*A levels or equivalent qualification

*Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.

*Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.

Desirable

*Evidence of leadership training.

*Attendance at Clinical Educators Course. *

Experience

Essential

*Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.

*Significant experience of working in an acute hospital setting including acute hospital experience in a broad variety of clinical areas

*Experience of team/service development.

*Experience of working on a respiratory physiotherapy on-call service, to include non-invasive ventilation knowledge.

*Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, student physiotherapists and assistants.

*A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.

*Good understanding of working in an Acute Hospital Trust.

*Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy.

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist areas.

*Demonstrate a professional attitude.

*An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.

*An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.

*An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.

*Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.

*Ability to take part in respiratory on-call rota

*Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical area.

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: 

Karen Cunningham 

karen.cunningham@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214241490