About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to join our respiratory and surgical team at Broomfield Hospital. The successful candidate will work across critical care, surgical and respiratory wards and will have the opportunity to be involved with our amputee service.
You will join a supportive and friendly team, with opportunities for professional development, close managerial support, and an opportunity to be involved in service change and improvement.
Main duties of the job
To provide the highest standards of Physiotherapy across critical care, respiratory and surgery wards as well as supporting the amputee service. Work as an advanced autonomous practitioner. Assess, sets goals, provides treatment and progresses own patient caseload which contains patients with complex and specialist needs. Lead in specialist area; contributes to development of specialist services and relevant policies helping implement policy changes and monitoring standards of clinical practice. Supervise, teach and evaluate students and junior staff working in own specialist area. Leads clinical audits and may participate in research.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Education Essential
HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
Desirable
Working towards a post-graduate qualification relevant to the post CSP registered
Experience Essential
Previous Surgical and Amputee experience Critical Care experience Has worked at band 6 or 7 level in an NHS hospital Experience of supervising and appraising band 5/6 staff
Desirable
Audit, research or service development experience
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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Broomfield
Court Road
Broomfield, Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)