Job overview

To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to the emergency care, medical assessment, hot floors and short stay unit. This involves working across the trust in a range of settings providing a seven day service to the Emergency care and acute medical services.

To assist the Team Leaders in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy Service provided to patients within the team, on a day-to-day basis.

To assess and treat own caseload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner.

At times community / home visits may be required to be undertaken

To deputise for the Team Leaders when necessary.

We are also pleased to offer the opportunity for this to be a Band 5 to Band 6 progression post. For those of you who are ready to progress into a Band 6 position but do not yet meet all the requirements, this option is available. In this case, the post holder will remain at Band 5 until successfully completing the Band 6 competency framework, at which point they will achieve Band 6 status.

Main duties of the job

To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, within the emergency department, medical assessment units and inpatient settings. To provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme and discharge plan.

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working autonomously.  Senior support and supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences.  Access to advice and support from specialist physiotherapists is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated. 

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students and more junior staff; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.