Job summary
An exciting substantive opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 or established Band 7 physiotherapist to join the ACCU Physiotherapy team. The team offers a service across the 56 bedded ACCU with a variety of major trauma, surgery, medicine, neurotrauma, and complex polytrauma cases. The post offers rotational experience across the Level 3 and Level 2 ACCUs and Elective Surgical HDU. The post offers opportunities to develop our Rehabilitation after Critical Illness (RaCl) service, and the RLH ICU Follow-up clinic.
The post holder will support the Clinical Lead with day to day running of the team, oversight of their ACCU pod and governance for their area. The post holder will be an integral part of the ACCU MDT, supporting weekly complex patient MDM, tracheostomy ward rounds, and participate in ICU ward rounds. The team has a strong ethos for clinical and team education and development, innovation, and research opportunities.
The successful applicant will have a broad range of acute and critical care experience, be a motivated team player, and deliver high quality care within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team.
This advert is subject to close early once sufficient applications have been received. Interviews for this position will be face to face only.
Main duties of the job
To assist in coordinating and developing the physiotherapy service in the Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients across the ACCUs involving major trauma/neurosciences, specialist medicine and surgery specialities, determining the clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and delivering current physiotherapy treatments. The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership to a team of qualified staff in the ACCU physiotherapy team.
Key areas/rotations to work across
4E Level 3 ACCU
4F Level 2 ACCU
3F Level 2 ACCU - Elective Surgical HDU
ICU Follow-up service (with opportunity for musculoskeletal outpatient service exposure)
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma or Degree in physiotherapy
- oHCPC registration
- oEvidence of post graduate training relevant to clinical specialty
Desirable
- oMember of CSP
- oMember of relevant professional special interest group
- oFormal post graduate qualification relevant to clinical specialty
- oClinical educators training
- oLeadership training
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post graduate clinical experience in critical care
- oExperience in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex neuro and/or trauma presentations
- oExperience in the management of acute and chronic respiratory conditions
- oExperience of managing a team and supervising junior members of staff
- oExperience of providing and participating in an inservice training programme
- oClinical experience in an acute hospital setting
Desirable
- oEvidence in the adoption of innovative physiotherapy practices in critical care
- oInvolvement/participation in research pertaining to the critical care population
- oClinical experience in the NHS/Pathways
- oExperience of ICU follow up services
- oExperience in musculoskeletal specialism
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of a range of clinical conditions and presentations relating to critical illness
- oKnowledge of the management of tracheostomies including weaning and decannulation
- oKnowledge of mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation and weaning positive pressure
Desirable
- oParticipation in service improvement projects
- oChange management strategies
- oExperience in assessment and management of service risk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma or Degree in physiotherapy
- oHCPC registration
- oEvidence of post graduate training relevant to clinical specialty
Desirable
- oMember of CSP
- oMember of relevant professional special interest group
- oFormal post graduate qualification relevant to clinical specialty
- oClinical educators training
- oLeadership training
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive post graduate clinical experience in critical care
- oExperience in the assessment and treatment of patients with complex neuro and/or trauma presentations
- oExperience in the management of acute and chronic respiratory conditions
- oExperience of managing a team and supervising junior members of staff
- oExperience of providing and participating in an inservice training programme
- oClinical experience in an acute hospital setting
Desirable
- oEvidence in the adoption of innovative physiotherapy practices in critical care
- oInvolvement/participation in research pertaining to the critical care population
- oClinical experience in the NHS/Pathways
- oExperience of ICU follow up services
- oExperience in musculoskeletal specialism
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of a range of clinical conditions and presentations relating to critical illness
- oKnowledge of the management of tracheostomies including weaning and decannulation
- oKnowledge of mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation and weaning positive pressure
Desirable
- oParticipation in service improvement projects
- oChange management strategies
- oExperience in assessment and management of service risk
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).
