Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• Todeliver the physiotherapy element of a management programme, as either uni- or multidisciplinary intervention, sometimes providing some elements normally undertaken by nursing, occupational therapy, social work or speech and language therapy colleagues.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, formulating individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills, developing specialised programmes of care utilising a wide variety of treatment skills and opti
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

The Acute Therapies team at the NMUH deliver high quality patient centred care and therapists work in an integrated manner to achieve the best possible outcome for their patients.

The post holder will be supervised and participate in any In-service training and will have objectives to achieve in each rotation as well as an anuual development review.

Rotations are 8 months and include: Orthopaedics, Critical Care/Respiratory, Paediatrics, Medical, Acute Stroke Unit & Neurological Outliers as well as the Admission Avoidance Team (AAT).

Essential: - Domonstrate the ability to meet the Trust's shared commitments

Essential: - Degree in Physiotherapy; - HCPC Registration; - Member of the CSP

Desirable: - Special interest group

Essential: - Completed all core rotations in an acute Trust; - On-Call Competent; - Acute Neurology & Stroke experience; - Orthopaedics & Surgery experience; - Experience of delivering In-service Training; - Experience of supervising less senior therapy staff and assistants; - Participation in personal development reviews; - Experience of discharge planning; - Experience of completing basic functional assessments

Desirable: - Experience across a wide range of NHS sectors, primary, secondary & community services; - Experience of undertaking a service improvement project

Essential: - Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written and verbal forms to patients and staff; - Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may involve clinical or organisational issuesor; - Well developed clinical reasoning skills; - Able to work as a team member and develop team spirit; - Well developed organisational and planning skills; - Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information; - Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues; - Able to identify own training needs and support others to do likewise; - Good councelling and advocacy skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals; - Knowledge of physiotherapy issues; - Basic computer literacy; - Knowledge of pathologies and current medical management of frequently occuring conditions for hospital based and community patients; - Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, Respiratory, Orthopaedic, neurological and mental health conditions; - Knowledge of outcome measure tools

Desirable: - IT - the ability to create and/ or format complex spreadsheets; - Knowledge and use of the audit cycle

Essential: - excellent motivational skills; - Caring and compassionate nature

Essential: - Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate; - Competent and able to participate in the On-Call/7-day working rota; - Dedication to staff development and the promotion and progression of the Physiotherapy profession; - Dedicated to holistic patient management