Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist

Job summary

To work as a qualified physiotherapist across five-monthly rotations in different areas of physiotherapy practice, guided and supported by specialist senior staff within each rotation.

To be an autonomous practitioner assessing patients, defining treatment needs in relation to physiotherapy and carrying out this treatment for own caseload, maintaining clinical records.

To be responsible for own continuous professional development as each rotation builds on previous experience enabling further development of clinical and managerial competencies.

To be involved in audit.

To take part in the weekend physiotherapy service and the emergency overnight on-call physiotherapy service.

Main duties of the job

Physiotherapist

NPH/CMH/Ealing

This post is rotational across Northwick Park Hospital ,Ealing Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital. The successful candidate will be required:

To work as a qualified physiotherapist across five-monthly rotations in different areas of physiotherapy practice, guided and supported by specialist senior staff within each rotation.

To be an autonomous practitioner assessing patients, defining treatment needs in relation to physiotherapy and carrying out this treatment for own caseload, maintaining clinical records.

To be responsible for own continuous professional development as each rotation builds on previous experience enabling further development of clinical and managerial competencies.

To be involved in audit.

To take part in the weekend physiotherapy service and the emergency overnight on-call physiotherapy service.

Rotations include:

• AT CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, NW10

Musculoskeletal outpatients, neurology, respiratory, orthopaedics (Elective orthopaedic centre), elderly care

• AT NORTHWICK PARK & ST MARKS HOSPITALS, HA1

Musculoskeletal outpatients, neurology, respiratory, orthopaedics, elderly care, vascular, rheumatology, Healthcare and Rehab Team (HART), Regional Rehabilitation Unit.

AT EALING HOSPITAL, UB1

Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Outpatients, Respiratory, Neurology/elderly care

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.