Band 5 Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for existing physiotherapy staff and new physiotherapy graduates to join our innovative and pro-active Band 5 rotational scheme team rotating across the four sites of the H.G.S. component of the UHB Foundation Trust

The successful candidate will progress through a variety of specialties of MSK, Trauma and Orthopedics, Neurology, respiratory rotations and community rotations. You will be based at the following sites: Good Hope, Heartlands, Solihull Acute and Solihull Community Services and will spend four months in each location consolidating their knowledge and skills working under the supervision of mentors.

The Trust is supportive of staff development and well-being, with teaching and mentoring and 1:1 supervisions being provided across all areas and teams. Additional preceptorship training and support is available for all new registrants. There is the opportunity for peer support and band 5 champions have a direct link to therapy management.

A flexible and organised approach to working is required as Therapy services are committed to seven day working and on call and some shift patterns are based on extended hours.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The clinical role of the band 5 Physiotherapy is to be responsible for their own caseload, without direct supervision. They perform functional assessment of patients, rotating through different clinical specialities in the acute and community settings.

A band 5 receives supervision and development in the form of regular training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, and case conferences

There will be opportunities to take part in evidence based audit and research projects to support both teams and clinical practice.

You should have sound written and verbal communication and organisation skills, and be motivated and committed to the working within the therapy service.

You must be a dynamic and enthusiastic individual looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients living in locally.

Will contribute to a 7 day working rota and with provided training participate on the on call physiotherapy service

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy

*Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.

*A Levels or equivalent qualification

*Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

Essential

*Student placements or qualified clinical work to have provided a broad range of experience in :

*Respiratory

*Stroke and Neurology

*Musculo-skeletal Conditions

*Older people

*Experience as a student or graduate within an NHS setting, acute or community

*An ability to prioritise and organise own workload

*An ability to delegate work to assistants and students

*An ability to cope with a range of options, analyse, compare, find solutions and decide on a course of action

*Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within Physiotherapy

*Demonstrate a professional attitude

*Able to take a team lead role in the absence of a senior

Desirable

*Relev