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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-6226341-A
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 Physiotherapist Rapid Emergency and Acute Medicine Therapy Team

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity at the Royal Free Hospital to recruit a Band 6 Physiotherapist to become a part of our Rapid in Emergency and Acute Medicine Therapy Team (REAM).

The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust Values and the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. The individual applying for this position should have experience and skills in transdisciplinary working, be flexible and be able to work in the fast paced areas of the Emergency Department and the Adult and Medical Assessment units.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Physiotherapist who is keen to develop their specialist clinical knowledge and management skills. The successful candidate should be forward thinking and pro-active with excellent organisational and clinical skills within the fast paced Emergency Department setting, to facilitate admission avoidance and safe discharges. Good communication skills and the ability to make autonomous decisions under pressure are also required. The successful applicant will be required to work 37.5 hours a week with an extended hour service covering 8am-6pm. The role may include weekend working and further extended hours in the future.

Working for our organisation

The Therapies team at the Royal Free are truly inter-disciplinary with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment and a focus on staff welfare and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework. We have a varied and comprehensive programme of therapy in-service training and our Therapies Education Team have recently expanded to further support access to ongoing education, courses and CPD. We are also well supported by our Therapies Research and Development Team and we currently are engaged in several formal external research projects, which includes opportunities for additional research training at Band 6 level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • • Demonstrable ability to meet the trust values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • HCPC registration
  • • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
  • • Membership of special interest group
  • • Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Experience in a broad acute rotational post, including the emergency department and acute medicine
  • • Experience with complex discharge planning
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of working at band 6 level

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • • Able to display transdisciplary working competencies across Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
  • • Able to make decisions in an emergency and work under pressure
  • • Able to document information accurately
  • • Able to demonstrate sound reasoning skills
  • • Effective communication skills
  • • Ability to participate in weekend, bank-holiday, extended hours and respiratory on call rota if required
  • • Ability to carry out ward based respiratory assessment and treatment
  • • Ability to identify deteriorating patient
  • • Evidence of teaching and supervision skills, including students
  • • Problem solving skills
  • • Computer literate
  • • Involvement in audit, research and understanding of quality issues
Desirable criteria
  • • Presentation skills

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
  • • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current Physiotherapy practice in emergency and acute medicine
  • • Awareness of Evidence Based practice
  • • Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession such as confidentiality, consent and documentation
  • • Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of attendance at relevant postgraduate courses
  • • Knowledge of current NHS, Emergency Medicine and local issues

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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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lindsay Sanders
Job title
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]

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Telephone
01629 702338
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