Job summary
Specialist Physiotherapist - Critical Care & Surgery
37.5 Hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Closing Date: 7th April 2025
Interview Date: 7th May 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic physiotherapist to join the inpatient therapy team at George Eliot Hospital.
The successful candidate will join an exciting and ever-developing critical care and surgical therapy team covering:
- Adult critical care
- Surgical wards (elective & emergency)
- Respiratory physiotherapy support in the emergency department & maternity wards where required
- Weekend and overnight on call rota
- With potential to participate in critical care follow-up clinics
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.**
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties of the job
- Deliver high standard, evidence-based physiotherapy assessment and treatment for patients, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, whilst working as part of an MDT.
- To make informed clinical decisions to support timely discharge planning, including referral to other services.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner and hold responsibility for own caseload, whilst working under the supervision of a band 7 physiotherapist.
- To support and supervise junior staff and physiotherapy students.
- A flexible approach to day-to-day tasks is essential to meet the demands of the service, especially as some of our services work over 7 days per week. Applicants will be expected to travel, when necessary, as part of overnight on-call working.
- Our philosophy is to keep the patient at the heart of everything we do. We look for people who are willing to go the extra mile, not because they are asked to, but because they are committed to being part of a healthcare team that delivers an excellent caring service to our patients.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective open communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further detailed information on the post.
George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both Trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further detailed information on the post.
George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both Trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post-graduate experience
- Broad Band 5 rotational experience
- Supervisory experience
- Previous experience in critical care
- Previous experience in surgery
Desirable
- Involvement in audits
- Contribution to clinical education of junior staff/students
- Previous senior experience in area
- Experience working within a Respiratory patient group
- Previous Acute NHS experience
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy
- Good standard of general education including GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English grade C and above
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses
Desirable
- CSP Membership
- Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of clinical governance & application in clinical specialty
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- Able to prioritise and organise own workload
- Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
- Able to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- IT skills - computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
- Able to perform a high level respiratory assessment
- Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
- Motivated
- Flexible and adaptable
- Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
- To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
Other
Essential
- Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working
Desirable
- Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post-graduate experience
- Broad Band 5 rotational experience
- Supervisory experience
- Previous experience in critical care
- Previous experience in surgery
Desirable
- Involvement in audits
- Contribution to clinical education of junior staff/students
- Previous senior experience in area
- Experience working within a Respiratory patient group
- Previous Acute NHS experience
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
- Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy
- Good standard of general education including GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English grade C and above
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses
Desirable
- CSP Membership
- Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of clinical governance & application in clinical specialty
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- Able to prioritise and organise own workload
- Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
- Able to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team
- IT skills - computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
- Able to perform a high level respiratory assessment
- Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
- Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
- Motivated
- Flexible and adaptable
- Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
- To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
Other
Essential
- Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working
Desirable
- Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
