Job summary
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 of Compassion, Aspiration, Resourcefulness and Excellence.
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: "To deliver 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Elderly Care / Specialist Medicine as part of a diverse and supportive MDT, you will be working across the Enhanced Recovery wards with a wide variety of patients. You will also have opportunity to work on the Hip Fragility Unit and contribute to the Best Practice Tariff and practice under the guidelines set out by the Hip Sprint Audit. As part of the role you will also input into Outpatient Movement Disorders and Falls Clinics on a regular basis and establish relationships with our community colleagues.
Paediatrics this rotation includes inpatients (paediatric wards at RBH) and outpatients (Dingley Child Development Centre); where you will look after children and young people of all ages with neurological, neurodevelopmental, respiratory and orthopaedic conditions. You will gain experience of hydrotherapy and can also be part of the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway assessment team and neonatal developmental surveillance program, depending on experience. There is the opportunity to observe specialist clinics complex neurodisability, video gait and botox.
Medicine these rotations includes inpatient wards across oncology and haematology, cardiology, gastroenterology, renal, endocrinology and rheumatology; and well protected time for amputee rehabilitation (inpatients and outpatients). In this clinical area you would gain experience of assessing and treating lower limb amputees including prosthetic rehab alongside the Band 7 amputee specialist. The Medicine is large team of dynamic physiotherapists. We cover a large range of specialities as mentioned above. You will gain experience of supervising and supporting students and band 5 physiotherapists. We have an in-service programme, protected CPD time and senior staff to support you on this rotation.
Stroke Unit - working as part of a close MDT assessing and treating patients on HASU, ASU and early rehab. We are an award winning unit with close links to Reading University and get involved in new research both in the planning and implementation of new ideas. We consistently score A in SSNAP data. This rotation will give you an opportunity to hone your neuro skills, teach students and work with the MDT. We also work closely with the Stroke Association and Community Neuro Rehab Services including ESD.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Elderly Care / Specialist Medicine as part of a diverse and supportive MDT, you will be working across the Enhanced Recovery wards with a wide variety of patients. You will also have opportunity to work on the Hip Fragility Unit and contribute to the Best Practice Tariff and practice under the guidelines set out by the Hip Sprint Audit. As part of the role you will also input into Outpatient Movement Disorders and Falls Clinics on a regular basis and establish relationships with our community colleagues.
Paediatrics this rotation includes inpatients (paediatric wards at RBH) and outpatients (Dingley Child Development Centre); where you will look after children and young people of all ages with neurological, neurodevelopmental, respiratory and orthopaedic conditions. You will gain experience of hydrotherapy and can also be part of the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway assessment team and neonatal developmental surveillance program, depending on experience. There is the opportunity to observe specialist clinics complex neurodisability, video gait and botox.
Medicine these rotations includes inpatient wards across oncology and haematology, cardiology, gastroenterology, renal, endocrinology and rheumatology; and well protected time for amputee rehabilitation (inpatients and outpatients). In this clinical area you would gain experience of assessing and treating lower limb amputees including prosthetic rehab alongside the Band 7 amputee specialist. The Medicine is large team of dynamic physiotherapists. We cover a large range of specialities as mentioned above. You will gain experience of supervising and supporting students and band 5 physiotherapists. We have an in-service programme, protected CPD time and senior staff to support you on this rotation.
Stroke Unit - working as part of a close MDT assessing and treating patients on HASU, ASU and early rehab. We are an award winning unit with close links to Reading University and get involved in new research both in the planning and implementation of new ideas. We consistently score A in SSNAP data. This rotation will give you an opportunity to hone your neuro skills, teach students and work with the MDT. We also work closely with the Stroke Association and Community Neuro Rehab Services including ESD.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
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
Desirable
- Leadership course completed
NHS experience
Essential
- NHS experience
- Leadership skills
Desirable
- Examples of leadership given
NHS rehab experience
Essential
Desirable
- NHS rehab experience
- 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
Desirable
- Leadership course completed
NHS experience
Essential
- NHS experience
- Leadership skills
Desirable
- Examples of leadership given
NHS rehab experience
Essential
Desirable
- NHS rehab experience
- 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
