Job summary
We are seeking a skilled Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our Acute and Emergency Medicine Therapy Team. Our Therapy department is full of opportunity for enthusiastic and highly motivated Therapists wishing to expand their skills in the exciting area of acute medical care. You would be working on the acute medical wards within a Multidisciplinary Team. We pride ourselves on providing excellence in care for all of our patients under guidance of highly respected organisations such as the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) and National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
This role is an opportunity to provide innovative and comprehensive assessment to a wide range of patient demographics arriving on the acute medical units, ensuring a wide range of skill acquisition will be achieved. You will have the opportunity to assess and treat a wide range of patient cohorts; frailty, falls, major trauma, dementia, delirium, musculoskeletal injuries, trauma, respiratory, neurological conditions and other acute or long term conditions.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in all service areas.
- To acquire and demonstrate knowledge of relevant pathologies, conditions, normal values relating to the specialist area of physiotherapy.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
- To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation.
- To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
- To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
- To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
- To be flexible in the organisation of own caseload and to respond to predictable and unpredictable service needs throughout the day.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council.
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
- Able to demonstrate specialist learning from previous physiotherapy rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
- Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
Desirable
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Membership of CSP special interest groups relevant to speciality
Experience
Essential
- Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings
- Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team
- To have participated in service development projects.
- Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants
- Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
- To have undertaken audit and/or research, either within area of physiotherapy speciality or as part of the MDT
Desirable
- Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist
- Previous senior physiotherapist experience in relevant post
- Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
- Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
- Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
- Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills, to speak to groups.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
- State registration with the Health Professions Council.
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio.
- Able to demonstrate specialist learning from previous physiotherapy rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality).
- Demonstrate learning of personal effectiveness and first line leadership from experience and from both formal and informal CPD activity.
Desirable
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Membership of CSP special interest groups relevant to speciality
Experience
Essential
- Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings
- Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team
- To have participated in service development projects.
- Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants
- Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of the use of evidence based practice in speciality
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
- To have undertaken audit and/or research, either within area of physiotherapy speciality or as part of the MDT
Desirable
- Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist
- Previous senior physiotherapist experience in relevant post
- Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care
- Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to this specialist area.
- Able to use knowledge of a range of treatment approaches in the specialist area.
- Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/ experience/circumstances and utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the working day.
- Ability to remain up to date with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively.
- Ability to seek guidance and assistance when required and to be aware of personal limitations.
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD relevant to role and specialist area.
- Well-developed abilities for communication and consensus building skills, to speak to groups.
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).
