Senior Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job Summary

Do you have a passion for working with people living with Frailty?

Do you thrive in the excitement of working in a fast paced environment with a large MDT?

Do you enjoy leading teams and opportunities in service development?

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or established Band 7 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to work with us in our large, friendly and supportive integrated team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Rehabilitation Support Workers. We work within the Emergency Department, Acute Assessment Unit and Older Person Assessment Unit. We adopt transdisciplinary approaches and pride ourselves in being innovative and proactive in our approaches to patient care.

At Whipps Cross University Hospital it is our vision to become a Centre of Excellence in Older People’s Services. If you are ready to take your leadership skills to the next level and jointly lead the ETT team in achieving this vision then this could be the job for you.

You will work closely with the other band 7s in the leadership and management of the team as well as have opportunities to share your expertise to support other teams in the hospital. You will have opportunities in teaching, quality improvement and service development to further develop therapy provision across our areas, as well as support in developing own learning needs and career aspirations.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will need to hold a current HCPC registration, have broad clinical skills including recent experience within acute admission avoidance services covering a variety of complex needs including frailty, respiratory, orthopaedics and neurology.

There is a strong commitment to staff training and service improvement with support for leadership development and education.

Professional Physiotherapy support and development is provided from the on-site Clinical Leads and the Therapy Practice Development and Complex Cases team (TPDCC).

The therapy service operates a rostered weekend service to ensure 7 day provision with early & late shifts ensuring services are covered between 8am – 6pm.

The post holder would be rostered to work no more than 1:4 weekends with time off in lieu during the week. Physiotherapists would also participate in the respiratory on call rota.

Whipps Cross University Hospital is a busy District General Hospital in East London, with easy access to central London, the M25 and M11 motorways.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
  • Registered with Health Care Professions Council

Desirable

  • Member of CSP

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting in the NHS or similar health service
  • Recent experience working at senior level (band 6 or 7) in acute assessment, A&E, and/or admission avoidance roles
  • Post registration experience in other relevant specialties including orthopaedics, medical, respiratory, frailty & neurology
  • Competency and experience in working within a transdisciplinary environment
  • Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience and confidence working within a high pressured and fast paced environment
  • Experience supervising and appraising staff and students
  • Experience of audit/research
  • Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of current best practice in therapy within emergency care settings
  • Good knowledge of best practice in therapy for frailty, medicine, neurology, orthopaedic and pain management
  • In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group
  • Understand legal responsibilities of the profession & associated code of ethics

Skills

Essential

  • Specialist therapy clinical skills in acute assessment of patents with a variety of complex pathologies with a special interest in frailty
  • Transdisciplinary therapy assessment skills
  • Ability to take a proactive approach to assessment and discharge planning
  • Ability to lead & motivate a team
  • Understanding & application of risk management
  • Ability to pass on knowledge & deliver training both internally within profession & externally to other staff groups
  • Ability to organise, prioritise, & delegate, and to support other staff in this
  • IM&T skills
  • Ability to deal challenging situations and with emotional/aggressive patients/carers
  • Able to demonstrate resilience
  • Be able to demonstrate flexibility and reliability

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 14 January 2025

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