Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Inpatient Critical Care and Surgery Therapy Team at Peterborough City Hospital.  We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our team in this part-time role. 

The Critical Care Team provides acute inpatient services to Critical Care Unit, Surgical, Respiratory and Cardiac wards as well as Respiratory Outpatient clinics.  The post whilst static in the team has internal rotations to experience the wide variety of clinical opportunities within the team.

Successful candidates need to be fully qualified and HCPC registered with relevant experience as well as drive and dedication.  You should be forward thinking, dynamic, and have the desire to develop and improve the service further. This role includes supporting the provision of a 365 day a year On Call service.  Experience of working on an On Call rota is essential. 

Interviews for this role will be conducted in person to assess relevant skills effectively

Main duties of the job

    To enable Physiotherapy to provide Therapy Skills within the inpatient

     service

    To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in

     line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards

    To work collaboratively within Multidisciplinary and Multi-agency Teams

    To participate in delegated projects for service development with the

    team

    To act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients within

    the speciality who may have a complex presentation

    To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole

    inpatient/patient team

    To undertake weekend working as required within service developments

    To be available to provide Clinical Supervision

    This role entails 80% Clinical Contact and 20% Operational Management as

    appropriate within team requirements

    To guide Band 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of

    therapeutic care plans   

 

          

 

Working for our organisation

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.