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Job summary

Main area
Inpatient Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
360-C-10478
Employer
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Watford General Hospital
Town
Watford
Salary
£40,617 - £48,778 pa inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/09/2025 23:59
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Band 6 - Rotational Physiotherapist, Inpatient Therapies

Band 6

Job overview

Join our team and take the next step in your physiotherapy career!

This is an exciting opportunity to progress  within our well-established and dynamic physiotherapy service, working across Watford General Hospital, St Albans City Hospital, and the West Hertfordshire Therapy Unit at Jacketts Field, Abbots Langley.

We are looking for an experienced band 5 or an existing band 6 looking to build on their skills through our rotational post.

Our Band 6 scheme offers rotations through both inpatients and outpatients, allowing the post holder to gain further experience within these varied settings.

The rotations are usually 6 months and rotate through:

  • Emergency Department/Acute assessment unit
  • Frailty
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Respiratory including ITU
  • General medicine
  • Surgical including outpatient Amputees
  • Acute Stroke Unit
  • Orthopaedics – trauma and elective (involving cross site working)    
  • MSK.

Each rotation is supported by a robust senior tier with a wealth of experience to help guide and support in both your individual learning needs but to also strive to ensure that the best standards of care are provided. A well established probation and appraisal process is in place to help facilitate this.

The department is 7 day working and this post would be included in that rota (frequency of 1:4 - 1:6 weekends) with rest days in the following week, along with a requirement to be on the Respiratory on call evening rota.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be providing highly skilled physiotherapy assessment and treatment inpatients across Watford General Hospital, St Albans City Hospital and the West Hertfordshire Therapy Unit at Jacketts Field, Abbots Langley.

The post holder will join a growing integrated team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists and will have the opportunity to develop both their clinical and supervisory skills.

Excellent clinical reasoning and therapy handling skills are a prerequisite for this post. 

We also offer In-Service training opportunities and experience will be gained in the supervision of band 5 physiotherapists, assistants and undergraduates.

In addition, we have senior leadership training opportunities and a robust in service training programme. There are also opportunities for course funding both externally and through the department’s links with the University of Hertfordshire.

We can offer training opportunities to develop your specialist skills in line with your PDR. 

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
 
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
 
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
 
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
 
 
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact [email protected]
 
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
 
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
 
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role. 

 

Person specification

Education and qualifications:

Essential criteria
  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or equivalent recognised by Health Care Professionals Council.
  • Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent.
  • Documented evidence of Continued Professional Development of expanded specialist skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Attendance at post graduate courses in relevant fields.

Knowledge:

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of Physiotherapy structure in NHS.
  • Standards – Health Care Professions Council/ Chartered Society of Physiotherapy/ Local.
  • Policies and Procedures (local e.g. Health and Safety).
  • Ability to search and review evidence base.
  • Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for the service.
  • Evidence of written projects/audit.

Experience:

Essential criteria
  • Clinical problem-solving ability.
  • NHS experience.
  • Skill in physiotherapeutic techniques.
  • Highly developed physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
  • Willing to participate in emergency/on call duties.
  • Ability to assess patient conditions establish a diagnosis and formulate a specialised treatment plan, from a range of modalities.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience as a Physiotherapist in a paediatric role/rotation.
  • Acute/Community.
  • Respiratory on-call/emergency experience.
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sinead Parmar
Job title
Therapy Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01923 436 309

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