Junior Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for applicants interested in developing their career as a Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapist here at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Rotations are across a variety of specialities including: Respiratory, Orthopaedics, Care of the elderly, Front of House, Pelvic Health, Paediatrics, Stroke and Musculo-skeletal outpatients. Staff may rotate between all Trust sites including Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham General Hospitals, The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital and various community sites throughout North Tyneside and Northumbria.

The physiotherapy service operates 24 hours per day across 7 days. This is currently supported by early, day and late shift pattern alongside overnight on-call cover for respiratory physiotherapy led NIV service at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hosital.

CPD is actively encouraged within our teams and training is supervised by Senior Physiotherapy clinicians supporting staff to achieve their individual learning outcomes supported by a robust appraisal system.

There will be on-call and weekend commitments associated with this role.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with CSP guidelines and trust wide physiotherapy standards for documentation.
• To attend ward rounds or departmental meetings as appropriate.
• To attend relevant post graduate lectures and in-service training to consolidate undergraduate knowledge and increase skills appropriate to each rotation.
• To become competent in the provision of the emergency management of respiratory care.
• To participate in the emergency evening, extended working day, weekend and bank holiday rotas for respiratory care (including critical care and incorporating non-invasive ventilation).
• To participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.
• The Band 5rotational scheme operates throughout the trust and involves working in a wide range of clinical teams including Musculo-skeletal, Orthopaedics, General Medicine, Elderly care, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Surgery, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, Pelvic Health and Front of House.
• Rotations are set at six monthly intervals to provide broad range of post graduate experience.
• Band 5 staff are accountable to a Team Leader and ultimately Trust-wide Physiotherapy Lead.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

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