Job summary
This post is one of our well-established Band 5 Physiotherapy rotations, working as autonomous practitioners with regular supervision from senior therapists. The post holder undertakes independent patient assessment and rehabilitation providing a high standard therapy service to inpatients, outpatients and community services within St George's University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
Band 5 physiotherapists carry their own caseload of patients within a defined clinical area, which may include complex conditions.
The post holder will assess and treat their own workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through attainment of competencies, experience and relevant qualifications
They are required to carry out clinical tasks (such as instruction / supervision and prescription of individual and group exercise programmes), requiring a wide range of technical ability as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
The post holder works alongside senior physiotherapists to facilitate safe and effective rehabilitation programmes, to educate and encourage patients to maximise their rehabilitation potential and promote self-management using motivational interviewing techniques to encourage positive behaviour change in the client group.
The post holder contributes to 7 day working across the Trust and emergency respiratory on call cover.
The role offers the opportunity to supervise, initiate and participate in evidence-based projects, including recommendations for change in practice.
The vacancy is in neurosurgery and the post holder is responsible for the assessment and acute rehabilitation of inpatients following elective and emergency neurosurgery optimising their recovery from surgery and working closely with the multidisciplinary to plan a safe and timely discharge from hospital.
About us
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their 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, they provide 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 southwest 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. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy
- HPC Registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice, attendance at in-service training, attendance at courses and clinical experience gained.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (undergraduate experience counts)
- Core placements undertaken as an undergraduate/ postgraduate - Musculoskeletal outpatients, Respiratory, and Rehabilitation (Geriatrics, Neurology, Orthopaedics etc.)
- Experience of team-working within the physiotherapy/ multidisciplinary team, including setting team goals
Desirable
- Experience of audit and research
Skills
Essential
- Fluent in written and oral English, and able to present information in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organize, prioritise and delegate
- Computer literacy
- To actively participate in staff training
- Able to perform on-call and weekend duties having attained the necessary competencies.
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities, involving the delivery of manual therapy, therapeutic handling and demonstration of exercise
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable environment
- Must have own access to suitable transportation (e.g. car or bike ) whilst on Community based rotation
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Have an understanding of Clinical Governance and implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Remain up to date with professional practice and current research
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Able to work within Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the needs of the patients
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English using POMR system
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with the Trust's Manual Handling Guidelines
- Evidence of being self-motivated
- Compliance with the Trust's No Smoking Policy and Dress Code (uniform) Policy
- Able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce and to deliver a quality service to people from different backgrounds, by including and embracing their varied needs.
- Satisfactory clearance at enhanced level from Criminal Records Bureau
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy
- HPC Registration
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice, attendance at in-service training, attendance at courses and clinical experience gained.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 1 year's NHS experience (undergraduate experience counts)
- Core placements undertaken as an undergraduate/ postgraduate - Musculoskeletal outpatients, Respiratory, and Rehabilitation (Geriatrics, Neurology, Orthopaedics etc.)
- Experience of team-working within the physiotherapy/ multidisciplinary team, including setting team goals
Desirable
- Experience of audit and research
Skills
Essential
- Fluent in written and oral English, and able to present information in a clear and logical manner
- Ability to organize, prioritise and delegate
- Computer literacy
- To actively participate in staff training
- Able to perform on-call and weekend duties having attained the necessary competencies.
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities, involving the delivery of manual therapy, therapeutic handling and demonstration of exercise
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable environment
- Must have own access to suitable transportation (e.g. car or bike ) whilst on Community based rotation
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Have an understanding of Clinical Governance and implications for physiotherapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- Remain up to date with professional practice and current research
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Able to work within Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the needs of the patients
- Ability to keep legible and accurate notes in English using POMR system
Other
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with the Trust's Manual Handling Guidelines
- Evidence of being self-motivated
- Compliance with the Trust's No Smoking Policy and Dress Code (uniform) Policy
- Able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce and to deliver a quality service to people from different backgrounds, by including and embracing their varied needs.
- Satisfactory clearance at enhanced level from Criminal Records Bureau
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).
