Senior Rotational Physiotherapist in Urgent Care

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 November 2024

Job summary

Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist (Urgent Care rotation)

To be a Senior Physiotherapist delivering patient-centred, caring therapy for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
To be professionally responsible for all aspects of your own work including the therapeutic management of patients in your care, with support from your supervisor.
To use your physiotherapy knowledge and skills to provide specialist support and advice to the Multi-Disciplinary team and to manage own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner.
To deliver a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in the Therapy team.
To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.
Rotations include: Intensive Care Unit, Respiratory In-patients, Acute Medical Unit/High Monitoring Unit and Respiratory Out-patients.

Main duties of the job

To be an Experienced Physiotherapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

To participate in the management and clinical leadership of physiotherapy in conjunction with the Band 7 Advanced specialist or Team Lead.

To use specialist physiotherapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the physiotherapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.

To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient physiotherapy service in designated area.

To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.

To deputise for the Band 7 Advanced specialist as required. To be a member of the Therapy Department team, contributing to service development in Therapies and the Trust.

To deputise for the Band 7 clinical lead Physiotherapist as required.

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.

Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do!https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw

Date posted

12 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6788120NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifcation attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specifcation attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

NHS experience across all core clinical areas
Respiratory Physiotherapy experience
Experience of carrying out complex functional assessments and treatments

Desirable

Experience of supporting students and junior members of staff

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge post-qualification

Desirable

IT skills including word and e-mail use
Knowledge of NHS structure

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registered

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

NHS experience across all core clinical areas
Respiratory Physiotherapy experience
Experience of carrying out complex functional assessments and treatments

Desirable

Experience of supporting students and junior members of staff

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge post-qualification

Desirable

IT skills including word and e-mail use
Knowledge of NHS structure

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registered

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).