Snr Rotational Physiotherapist in Specialist Rehabilitation

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 6 Senior Rotational Physiotherapist in Specialist Rehabilitation

Are you looking for the next challenge in your career as a Band 6 Physiotherapist?

We are pleased to offer a very exciting opportunity to join our team, as a Band 6 Physio on the Specialist Rehabilitation wheel.

In this rotational position you will gain enhanced knowledge and skills in the treatment of patients in the following clinical areas: Stroke, Paediatrics, Specialist Medicine / Elderly Care and Medicine (including amputee rehab).

We are looking for a dynamic and ambitious individual to join our supportive and forward thinking team!

Main duties of the job

The post is suitable for an experienced physiotherapist with past experience in the above clinical areas; as alongside the team you will be working with patients with varied, often complex conditions.

In this role you will develop managerial skills by supervising junior staff and students; and also have opportunity to contribute to service development working alongside senior colleagues.

The successful applicant will have NHS experience and possess excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment and teaching skills.

You will have sound IT skills and demonstrate the Trust's values ofCompassion,Aspiration,Resourcefulness andExcellence.

Contribution to seven day working and on-call working is required of the post holder in this role.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

In many areas, the Trust is nationally recognised as delivering outstanding care and the Therapies service is fully focused on delivering on the trusts ambition to continue to enhance this excellent work.

This is embodied in the Therapies service vision:"Todeliver a high quality, patient-centred, modern service which promotes innovative thinking and prioritises the development of staff".

Come and join our team as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

Date posted

11 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-5506830NCG6PHY-D

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the job role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the job role.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registered
NHS experience across all core clinical areas, including respiratory

Desirable

Rehab experience in acute hospital
Up to date knowledge of research and evidence based

Leadership

Essential

Examples of leadership

Desirable

Leadership course completed

NHS Rehab Experience

Essential

NHS rehab experience

Desirable

Knowledge of rehabillitation

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registered
NHS experience across all core clinical areas, including respiratory

Desirable

Rehab experience in acute hospital
Up to date knowledge of research and evidence based

Leadership

Essential

Examples of leadership

Desirable

Leadership course completed

NHS Rehab Experience

Essential

NHS rehab experience

Desirable

Knowledge of rehabillitation

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).