Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our well established and respected physiotherapy team who work across a range of acute medical/surgical wards and assessment areas, 7 days a week.
This post will enable the successful applicant to develop both their clinical reasoning and treatment skills further as well as gaining leadership experience. Support will be provided from the Band 7 Physiotherapists and wider team of senior across respiratory, acute rehabilitation and front door teams.
You will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible and able to work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting complex discharge planning.
You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to evolve the experienced assistant workforce.
This service will be transitioning to HCRG Care Group from the 1st April 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will complete internal rotations within the team covering Respiratory, Front Door and Acute Rehabilitation.
- Participate in the development of the Acute therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
- Responsibility for own case load and be responsible for all patients on their wards, working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and one to one sessions with a supervisor.
About us
"Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives."
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Requirement to work contracted hours over 7 days a week.
- Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- Chair team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover.
- Participate in emergency respiratory on call and weekend rota according to department policies.
- Work within a framework of local, national and CSP delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice, this may include undertaking evidence-based audit, satisfaction surveys, recording statistics and service change.
- Actively participate in the clinical governance agenda of the team you are working in.
Please see the attached job description for full information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Requirement to work contracted hours over 7 days a week.
- Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- Chair team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover.
- Participate in emergency respiratory on call and weekend rota according to department policies.
- Work within a framework of local, national and CSP delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice, this may include undertaking evidence-based audit, satisfaction surveys, recording statistics and service change.
- Actively participate in the clinical governance agenda of the team you are working in.
Please see the attached job description for full information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of on-going CPD/Reflective Practice in line with job role
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership / management training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in respiratory and acute inpatient settings
- Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Experience of working on a respiratory on-call/weekend rota
- Experience of supervising and training of others
- Experience of supervising/managing students on placement
- Evidence of use of outcome measures
- Evidence of participation in audits
Desirable
- Experience of working within orthopaedics, community, rapid response and admission avoidance settings
- Experience of assessing for and fitting splints and braces
- Evidence of participation in service development and implementation of change
- Previous experience working within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills to enable effective MDT working and communicating with relatives, patients etc
- Evidence of good clinical reasoning skills to enable appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning
- Experience of managing complex cases and assisting more junior staff with their more complex cases
- Ability to manage and prioritise a large and varied caseload across wards and include non-clinical duties
- oExcellent IT skills, to include electronic patient records, Microsoft suite and other hospital systems
Desirable
- Ability to prepare and deliver presentations/teaching sessions to different groups of colleagues, patients, and carers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of on-going CPD/Reflective Practice in line with job role
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership / management training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in respiratory and acute inpatient settings
- Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Experience of working on a respiratory on-call/weekend rota
- Experience of supervising and training of others
- Experience of supervising/managing students on placement
- Evidence of use of outcome measures
- Evidence of participation in audits
Desirable
- Experience of working within orthopaedics, community, rapid response and admission avoidance settings
- Experience of assessing for and fitting splints and braces
- Evidence of participation in service development and implementation of change
- Previous experience working within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills to enable effective MDT working and communicating with relatives, patients etc
- Evidence of good clinical reasoning skills to enable appropriate treatment selection and discharge planning
- Experience of managing complex cases and assisting more junior staff with their more complex cases
- Ability to manage and prioritise a large and varied caseload across wards and include non-clinical duties
- oExcellent IT skills, to include electronic patient records, Microsoft suite and other hospital systems
Desirable
- Ability to prepare and deliver presentations/teaching sessions to different groups of colleagues, patients, and carers
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
