Band 5 Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 physiotherapist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team.

The successful candidate will participate in our physiotherapy rotational scheme with the opportunity to experience 4 monthly rotations including Trauma, Burns, Oncology and Haematology, Cardiothoracic, Medicine, Musculoskeletal outpatients, Specialist Surgery, Neurosciences and Stroke, Critical Care Rehab and the Respiratory Support unit. There are also out of Trust rotations including MSK OP Gym, Orthopaedics, Hydrotherapy, learning Disabilities and Norman Power Centre (inpatient rehabilitation).

This is an ideal opportunity for a newly qualified, or more experienced physiotherapist to build skills with support in order to have excellent clinical reasoning, communication skills, problem solving skills and be an effective team member of the MDT in order to provide a high standard physiotherapy service.

The post holder will participate in delivery of out of hours services during weekends, and overnight on call (following comprehensive competency training).

The successful candidate will have access to regular clinical supervision, peer support and a range of training opportunities. You will be supported in participating in annual appraisals and will be supported to complete your preceptorship in your first year of working within the trust.

Interview dates from 28.02.2023 onwards.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, a flexible approach & the ability to work autonomously. They should possess excellent organisational, time management & problem solving skills. The individual will be able to perform physiotherapeutic assessment of patients who have diverse presentations & complex physical/psychological conditions. They will need good clinical reasoning & prioritisation skills to provide a high standard of physiotherapy care.

The individual should have relevant clinical experience for this post, & will need experience of working within the acute NHS in an MDT. They should provide evidence of relevant courses & training plus commitment to ongoing CPD. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own caseload within their rotation, working with regular line management. They will receive regular clinical supervision e.g formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review & case conferences.

The individual will be supported to become involved with supervision, education & assessment of physiotherapy students on placement, and will be involved in teaching & training of therapy assistant staff. We run a comprehensive in service education programme, and band 5 staff are fully supported to complete their preceptorship. We offer a buddy system for new band 5 starters to the department.

Band 5 staff are expected to undertake on-call & emergency duty work once they have completed our comprehensive competency programme.

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.

Job description

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate Physiotherapy professional

Qualification e.g. MCSP / BSc, or MSc

(E)

* Registered with Health Care Professions

Council (E)

* CSP or equivalent professional

registration ( E)

* Evidence of CPD ( E)

* Good level of written and spoken English

(at least GCSE or equivalent) (E)

Experience

Essential

Has undertaken a range of clinical

placements/rotations that have included

an Acute Trust setting (E)

* Acute NHS experience at undergraduate

or graduate level (E)

* Involvement in Multi professional team

work (E)

* Demonstrates Knowledge of

Professional Issues (E)

* Demonstrates knowledge e of Clinical

Governance (E)

* Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice

(E)

* Awareness of UHBFT Trust (E)

* Knowledge e of HCPC and CSP

Professional Standards and Professional

Rules of Conduct (E)

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

JaneT Hallam 

janet.hallam@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213713414