Job summaryUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced band 5, or band 6, physiotherapist to work in the Specialist Surgery team at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The team provides inpatient therapy services for the regional vascular surgery unit and a variety of other surgical specialties, including GI, ENT and urology.
You will join our dynamic team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy support workers to provide specialist assessment and holistic therapy across the surgical wards. Working with the multi-disciplinary team to promote recovery, and maximise independence, for patients following surgery or illness.
The role requires experience of working in an appropriate surgical specialty within an acute hospital setting, as well as excellent communication, organisation and clinical skills. The successful candidate will need to work flexibly within a large team and contribute to the appraisal and development of staff and students. In return you will gain support from the Band 7 team leaders and the opportunity to further develop your leadership, clinical, and service improvement skills.
Main duties of the jobMain duties
You will be required to use therapeutic assessment and clinical reasoning skills to provide a high-quality physiotherapy service on the surgical wards at Heartlands Hospital.
Possessing excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills, you will have experience of working collaboratively with a surgical multidisciplinary team to deliver patient centred care.
Understanding the importance of timely, effective physiotherapy intervention to optimise patient outcomes you will complete all clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner whilst maintain associated records.
Assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of band 5 therapists, generic therapy support workers, and students, you will contribute to the development and improvement of the specialist surgery therapy service.
You will participate in the 7-day working rota with the specialist surgery team, and the respiratory physiotherapy on call rota.
For further information on the role please contact Emma Valums on 0121424 1493 emma.valums@uhb.nhs.uk or Abigail Cartwright abigail.cartwright@uhb.nhs.uk 0121 42 50424 (Mon and (Mon & Wed) 0121 424 9105(Tues & Fri).
About usUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilitiesPlease note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
QualificationsEssential- Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy.
- Registered with Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC).
- A levels or equivalent qualification.
- Good standard of general education including GCSE Maths and English grade C and above.
- Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.
Desirable- Member of specialist interest group.
- Attendance at Clinical Educators course.
ExperienceEssential- Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality / within the NHS with experience of elderly and frail elderly, respiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
- Experience of working on a physiotherapy on-call service.
- Experience of working with student physiotherapists and assistants.
- An ability to analyse clinical and non clinical complex facts and situations, which require the interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
- An ability to plan, organise, formulate and adjust complex plans.
- An ability to supervise and delegate work to physiotherapists, assistants and students.
Desirable- It is desirable that the candidate will have had some experience within speciality area.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.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).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
