Bank Physiotherapists

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for assisting in prioritising patient referrals, allocating and organising the work of colleagues and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis.

You will be responsible for organising and planning your own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.

You will adopt a flexible and participative approach to innovation and change and promote patients individuality and dignity at all times.

You will be required to participate in evening, weekend and bank holiday working in conjunction with meeting the service needs of the Centre and hospital.

You will be required to participate in CPD sessions/initiatives and in-service training programmes.

You will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience in treating patients withing outpatient, inpatient and pre-assessment settings.

Desirable

• Postgraduate experience of minimum 3 years.
• Completion of a comprehensive core rotation programme including all major specialties (Orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, neurology, trauma, ITU, MSK outpatients and intermediate care) at senior grade level.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• To perform advanced, skilled physiotherapeutic assessment of patients.
• To assess, develop and implement physiotherapy treatment for specialist caseload.
• To formulate, develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning.
• To communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, providing the patient with good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have a barrier to communication e.g., English as their second language.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to a minimum degree level in Physiotherapy (BSc Physiotherapy).
• MCSP or equivalent.
• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

St Joseph’s Hospital

Address

Harding Avenue

Malpas

Newport

NP20 6ZE

Employer's website

https://www.stjosephshospital.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)