Rotational Physiotherapist

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

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Job overview

1. 5 Hours Per Week (contracts are 7 day working, as some areas require this as part of the role and area)

Permanent (Evening and weekend work is part of the role and contract)

Interview Date: 6th March 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

We are seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated, and motivated Physiotherapist/ final year student Physiotherapist with outstanding clinical, communication, organisational, and time management skills to join our rotational Band 5 therapists. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to work across various acute care settings, including:

• Medicine
• Respiratory
• Critical Care
• MSK Outpatients/Hands
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Stroke (In-patients)
• Neuro Outpatients

Applicants will be expected to travel when necessary to participate in providing community services.

**This is post is open to registered AND those waiting for HCPC approval by summer 2025**

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:

Effective open communication

Excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care and to ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
• To hold responsibility for your own caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and caseload review sessions. Access to advice from senior Physiotherapist is available if/as required; clinical work is not routinely evaluated.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with symptoms requiring analysis and interpretation, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques, to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
• To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form an accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide range of conditions in order to select and recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.
• To formulate and deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice, considering the range of possible options.
• To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
• To accept clinical responsibility for designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and time availability.
• To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating, such as those who are sensory impaired, dysphasic or have some degree of confusion or dementia.
• To use persuasive, motivation and reassurance skills to achieve the outcome required To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual physiotherapy treatment of patients.
• To assess patients understanding of treatment protocols, gain valid consent, and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
• To enable patients to come to terms with chronic disability on a daily basis To provide specialised advice, teaching and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
• To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
• To work within the Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Clinical Guidelines, to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards, and to monitor own practice.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Standards of practice.
• To supervise support workers within your area of service.
• To have specialist knowledge and skills in the use and application of relevant equipment and to be responsible for your own safe and competent use of all that equipment, aids and appliances and that of support workers within your team.
• To liaise with medical and nursing staff, therapists, social workers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure a co-ordinated package of patient care.
• To be an active member of the overnight and weekend physiotherapy service rota.

**Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for more information please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification**

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Varied clinical placements as a student
• Relevant NHS experience as student or assistant

• Evidence of previous employment/voluntary work

Qualification and Professional

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Registration with HCPC

• Relevant external courses
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services
• Excellent written and oral communications
• Able to prioritise
• Well organised
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
• Able to deal with distressing situations and working conditions in a sensitive and sensible manner

• Driving licence and access to car

Personal Qualities

• Able to work in moderately physical demanding role
• Able to work as a team member
• To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT
• Motivated and enthusiastic

Other

• Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working

Trust Values

• Effective Open Communication
• Excellence and Safety in all that we do
• Challenge but Support
• Expect Respect and Dignity
• Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence

Please note:

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

By applying for this post you are consenting to George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system, TRAC.

The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.