About this role
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Bank Physiotherapists to join ourteams working across the inpatient acute, rehabilitation & community teams.
Your role will be identifying, planning and providing specialist assessment and treatment across a varied caseload, dependent on rotation.
You will be required to work across New Cross Hospital, West Park & Cannock Chase Hospital sites, and in the community to support the 7-day service provision.
As the posts involve community rotations holding a current driving license & having use of a vehicle for work is essential
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients in the area of speciality and to participate in the senior rotation (as required) and the out of hours services.
To maintain close working relationships with other health professionals /referrers to ensure efficient, effective and appropriate delivery of the service.
To supervise and educate student physiotherapists to a graduate standard, working with the Universities to ensure standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
Applicants are required to participate in the respiratory on-call rota and support is provided to maintain competencies.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description Job responsibilities
To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree/Masters in Physio
Experience Essential
Relevant NHS experience
Desirable
Completed core student rotations
Specialist knowledge Essential
NHS Inpatient experience at band 5
Skills Essential
Current Driving License with access to a vehicle for work
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address All Sites
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)