Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (This is a bank post for shifts on a needs basis only. The UCR & VW team works a 7 day service from 8am-8pm.)
- Job ref
- 209-A-25-7191680
- Employer
- East Cheshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Macclesfield District
- Town
- Victoria Road, Macclesfield
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist UCR & VW Bank
NHS AfC: Band 6
It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join in our Urgent Community Response and Virtual Wards Team based in Macclesfield. We are a friendly multidisciplinary team made up of therapists, nurses, ACP's, rehabilitation assistants, and patient navigators. We also have a very close working relationship with Cheshire East Council, to enable us to support our patients at home, by accessing rapid care. We provide assessment and treatments for a wide variety of patients, with complex needs, across the East Cheshire locality, with the aim of preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting people within their own homes.
We are looking for experienced therapists, with excellent clinical skills in Urgent Crisis Response and the drive and ambition to input into the development of the community virtual wards.
The Urgent Crisis Response service is a 7 day service operating between the hours of 8am-8pm.
Hours per week: Bank
Please be advised we are unable to provide Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship to non-UK residents.
Main duties of the job
Key Roles and Responsibilities
To excel in this role, the clinician will need to work autonomously to mange a complex patient caseload within varied settings in the community.
You will need to deliver training to professional groups of all bandings, patients and carers. This will include supervision of junior staff, inductees across the board.
To enable service development, the clinician will also need to initiate and take part in audits to improve clinical practice as well pulling on up to date clinical research.
Working for our organisation
It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.
As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage Careers :: East Cheshire NHS Trust for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Relevant professional degree
- Clinical Educators Training
- Attendance at post grad level courses relevant to specialist area
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post registration knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area and evidenced by CPD
- Knowledge of recent NHS legislation, recommendations.
- Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist area.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the service / trust values & objectives
- Experience working in Crisis Response
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to lead colleagues
- Advanced communication and listening skills
- Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
- Audit skills
- Ability to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Proactive, takes own initiative
- Supportive team member
- IT skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post registration experience, some of which is in a relevant setting / associated area.
- Experience of contributing to the teaching and mentoring of staff & members of the MDT.
- Experience of completing and contributing to audit / research
Specific job requirement
Essential criteria
- • Prior experience working in the NHS – with a broad range of NHS rotations as a Physiotherapist to include, Respiratory, and Outpatients, Orthopaedics, Neurology
- • Proven ability to manage complex rehabilitation issues including dementia and ensure safe and timely discharge of patients
Desirable criteria
- • Prior experience of working in a community setting
Specific Job Requirement
Essential criteria
- Prior experience working in the NHS – with a broad range of NHS rotations as a Physiotherapist to include, Respiratory, and Outpatients, Orthopaedics, Neurology
- Proven ability to manage complex rehabilitation issues including dementia and ensure safe and timely discharge of patients
Desirable criteria
- Prior experience of working in a community setting
Other Role Requirements
Essential criteria
- Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding the role requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine McDaid
- Job title
- Professional & Ops Lead Community Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07850008036
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