Senior Physiotherapist - Rapid Response team

Job summary

We are seeking a Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our Rapid Response team. The post holder will gain experience working in an acute ward-based role working on the admission avoidance areas (ED, AMU, Frailty Assessment, fracture clinic), as well as providing physiotherapy input to other inpatient areas as required across the Medicine bed base . The post holder will work alongside colleagues to support the assessment of need across a range of clinical conditions. As a Senior Physiotherapist you will work with the wider team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and therapy assistants to deliver a high standard of therapy service to patients presenting in these hyper-acute clinical areas, as well as contributing to supporting junior staff and students.

We are seeking a person who can adapt to changing environments and make risk-assessed clinical decisions quickly and effectively. You will be expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team to identify and utilise the existing referral pathways into community services, in an attempt to avoid hospital admissions where possible.

The successful applicant will be expected to participate on the respiratory on-call rota, late shift rota (until 8pm) and week-end / bank holiday working.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a highly skilled physiotherapy assessment, advice and interventions to inpatients across the Rapid Response clinical areas as stated, plus other inpatient areas across Medicine as required. As this is a Static role , you will have an opportunity to support the Clinical Leads to develop and mold the service in line with Trust service objectives.

There will be an opportunity to supervise and support therapy assistants and therapy students .

You will need to work well as part of a team, be well organised and a good communicator. This would suit a band 5/existing band 6 physiotherapist who has gained core clinical skills and feels ready for the challenge of the static senior position in this exciting clinical area. It is imperative that candidates have 12 months experience of working in the NHS/UK as prior knowledge of NHS systems and processes is an essential criteria for this post.

The individual will be self motivated and aspirational, be able to assess in an effective and timely manner in a rapid paced environment.

Support will be provided by the Clinical Leads to enhance gaining of operational management skills appropriate for the post, and the post holder will be expected to contribute significantly to service planning, development and teaching owing to being a static role.

About us

Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.