Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the physiotherapy service at St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital to employ a Band 6 physiotherapist as part of the neurosciences team. This post will work within the Neurosciences rotation scheme which covers the following areas: Neurosurgery, Neuro-Outreach, Acute stroke (HASU and ASU), Tertiary acute neurology, Neuro-outpatients and Neuro-rehabilitation.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of the neurosurgery physiotherapy team providing a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to people with neurosurgical conditions within St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, the successful candidate will need to be able to participate in the supervision and teaching of physiotherapists, assistant staff, and physiotherapy students and to participate in the on-call and weekend rota.
About us
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read the job description and person specification before applying. Applicants will only be short listed 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read the job description and person specification before applying. Applicants will only be short listed 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
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
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
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
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.
