Job summary
Band 7 Highly Specialised Physiotherapist - Senior Health30 hours over 7 days
We are currently seeking an experienced physiotherapist to lead our senior health physiotherapy team. This team covers the Elderly Medical wards including the Acute Frailty Unit. You will work alongside an integrated MDT to support timely discharge for patients with long term conditions and complex health needs. Part of your role will be to lead in the effective delivery of the enhanced weekend therapy service. You will supervise and support junior members of the physiotherapy team.
You will be joining the team during an exciting time where a number of service improvement projects are running working with our community partners to improve flow and patient experience. You will also have the opportunity to participate in clinical audits aligned to the Trust objectives.
Main duties of the job
You must have relevant post-graduate experience with relevant clinical experience in senior health. If you are a motivated physiotherapist who is ready to take their clinical skills to the next level and develop management and leadership skills, in a supportive environment then this post is for you. We offer regular supervision, individual performance review and CPD opportunities including clinical leadership programmes.
St George's is a large Teaching Hospital in South West London, serving a diverse and multicultural local community and providing specialised services nationally. The Trust is one of Europe's largest teaching hospitals and has specialisms that include: Neurosciences, Cardiology, Plastics and Major Trauma. The Medical School facilities on site are fully accessible to our staff.
About us
The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:
A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.
If you have the motivation, enthusiasm and desire to develop your clinical, leadership and managerial skills plus the ability to work well and flexibly within a team, we would welcome your application for this post
Job description
Job responsibilities
***Please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully for detailed job responsibilities as this is used to shortlist candidates.***
Job description
Job responsibilities
***Please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully for detailed job responsibilities as this is used to shortlist candidates.***
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- oHCPC Registration
- oEvidence of Continued Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
Desirable
- Recognised post-graduate qualification e.g. MSc in Rehabilitation
- Membership of Special Interest Group
- Leadership Training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience).
- A minimum of 4 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in senior health/frailty
- Broad range of experience at Band 5 and 6 level including respiratory, neurology and musculoskeletal specialties
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of elderly patients demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
- Experience of managing other physiotherapy staff
- Experience of teaching in a clinical setting
- Experience of student supervision/ clinical education
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking post graduate research projects
- Experience of operational team management
- Experience of lecturing externally
- Experience of service development and change management
Other
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member
- Flexible
- Empathic
- Reliable
- Logical
- Good communicator
- Good time management
- Compassionate
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Remains updated with professional practice and new research
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Willingness to lead staff training
- Ability to work with multi-interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Awareness of skill mix and service needs
- 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 & Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients.
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
- Remains updated on professional practice and new research
- 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 and unpredictable environment.
- Research skills
- Ability to lead and motivate others
Desirable
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to run courses - internal/external
- Supervision of other staff e.g. physiotherapy assistant/technical instructor
- Committee membership e.g. Heath & Safety
- Car driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- oHCPC Registration
- oEvidence of Continued Professional Development including attendance at recent post graduate courses relevant to the clinical field
Desirable
- Recognised post-graduate qualification e.g. MSc in Rehabilitation
- Membership of Special Interest Group
- Leadership Training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (can include undergraduate experience).
- A minimum of 4 years post graduate experience with at least 2 years in senior health/frailty
- Broad range of experience at Band 5 and 6 level including respiratory, neurology and musculoskeletal specialties
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of elderly patients demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
- Experience of managing other physiotherapy staff
- Experience of teaching in a clinical setting
- Experience of student supervision/ clinical education
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking post graduate research projects
- Experience of operational team management
- Experience of lecturing externally
- Experience of service development and change management
Other
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member
- Flexible
- Empathic
- Reliable
- Logical
- Good communicator
- Good time management
- Compassionate
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Remains updated with professional practice and new research
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Willingness to lead staff training
- Ability to work with multi-interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Awareness of skill mix and service needs
- 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 & Safety to meet the differing needs of the patients.
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English in the POMR system
- Remains updated on professional practice and new research
- 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 and unpredictable environment.
- Research skills
- Ability to lead and motivate others
Desirable
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to run courses - internal/external
- Supervision of other staff e.g. physiotherapy assistant/technical instructor
- Committee membership e.g. Heath & Safety
- Car driver
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).
