Specialist Physiotherapist – Neuroscience Rotation

Job description

Job responsibilities

***Please ensure you read the job description and person specification before applying. Applicants will only be shortlisted if they give examples of how they meet all the essential criteria***

Please note the post may close before the closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in physiotherapy
• HPC registration
• Evidence of CPD, in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio, including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field

Desirable

• Working towards MSc
• Special interest group membership

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 18 months to 2 years post registration experience
• Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience).
• Broad range of experience at junior level including ICU, medical, surgery, neurology, outpatients and elderly care
• Participation in on-call and weekend rota
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and multidisciplinary team
• Ability to form a sound prognosis and advise other members of the MDT

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6 level
• Student supervision / clinical education
• Experience of the research process
• Teaching experience in in-service programs
• 18 months to 2 years of basic grade rotations in an NHS setting
• Committee membership, e.g. health and safety

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Remains updated with professional practice and new research
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Good assessment skills based on a sound clinical reasoning approach including the assessment of symptom behaviour, history taking and gathering of physical/objective testing and hypothesis formation
• Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Willingness to participate in staff training
• Ability to work with multi/interdisciplinary team and set team goals
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of the patients
• Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
• Show evidence of being self-motivated
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
• Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment
• Able to motivate self and others
• Ability to work autonomously

Desirable

• Competent IT skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to run courses - internal / external
• Evidence of participation in research / audit
• Supervision of other staff, e.g. physiotherapy assistant / Technical Instructor

Other

Essential

• Physically fit and able to comply with Trust manual handling guidelines
• Able to perform on call and weekend duties
• Professional demeanour
• Compassionate
• Ability to work as a team member
• Flexible
• Empathic
• Reliable
• Logical
• Good communicator
• Good time management

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George’s Hospital Tooting

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)