Job summary
Do you thrive working within a fast-paced environment, with each day being different? Are you passionate about driving forwards therapy integration to provide the best care for patients? If so, then come and join our innovative and first-class team to provide care for patients with a wide range of presentations.
Our team care for patients across 12 different wards covering multiple specialties including respiratory, cardiology, gastroenterology and general medical wards. This approach of collaborative care will allow you to develop your skills across all types of physiotherapy resulting in excellence in clinical knowledge and practice. You will be supported and guided by an integrated therapy team as well as work with the wider MDT including doctors, nurses, discharge planners and many more.
Main duties of the job
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust will support you to develop your clinical and leadership skills, and with the growing partnership with Portsmouth University you will have opportunities to become involved in research.
Although this is a static role, you will gain experience with a wide range of patients across multiple specialties. You will be a part of the Medical Therapy Team a large, friendly, and hardworking group who fully support the development of their staff. The post holder is expected to be part of the weekend rota and the respiratory on-call rota. On-call training and competencies are provided by a core group of respiratory physiotherapists via a well-established training programme.
If you are interested in this post, we warmly welcome you to get in contact with us for an informal chat to find out more or come and visit us here at QAH.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within a designated clinical setting
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To be responsible for a caseload, performing integrated and specialist physio assessments of patients with diverse presentations. Setting goals and developing and delivering an individualised treatment plan as part of a multi professional programme of care
- To be proactive in supporting the discharge process to facilitate efficient patient flow
- To work in an integrated way with OT, carrying out cross boundary working when appropriate and indicated.
- To supervise and provide clinical support for Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy Assistants, Technicians and Associate Practitioners.
- To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students.
- Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects
- Will be required to work a 7-day working pattern to support weekend working
- Participation in the out of hours respiratory on call service and participate in the delivery of the on call training programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within a designated clinical setting
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To be responsible for a caseload, performing integrated and specialist physio assessments of patients with diverse presentations. Setting goals and developing and delivering an individualised treatment plan as part of a multi professional programme of care
- To be proactive in supporting the discharge process to facilitate efficient patient flow
- To work in an integrated way with OT, carrying out cross boundary working when appropriate and indicated.
- To supervise and provide clinical support for Physiotherapists, Physiotherapy Assistants, Technicians and Associate Practitioners.
- To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students.
- Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects
- Will be required to work a 7-day working pattern to support weekend working
- Participation in the out of hours respiratory on call service and participate in the delivery of the on call training programme
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health Care Professions Council Registration
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- 18 months 2 years post qualification experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good broad based physiotherapy skills
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Understand clinical governance and its implications for services. Include experience of quality issues and audit.
- Understand the importance and relevance of MDT working
- Ability to recognise when to seek advice
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of Audit
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied workload
- Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- Competent to participate in the on call rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health Care Professions Council Registration
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- 18 months 2 years post qualification experience.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good broad based physiotherapy skills
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Understand clinical governance and its implications for services. Include experience of quality issues and audit.
- Understand the importance and relevance of MDT working
- Ability to recognise when to seek advice
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of Audit
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied workload
- Being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- Competent to participate in the on call rota
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
