Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

Job summary

We are currently seeking experienced and driven physiotherapists to join our Band 6 rotations at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced Band 6 physiotherapists seeking a new challenge or for motivated Band 5s with relevant experience who are eager to progress and further develop.

As a vital member of our team, you will be expected to embody our 4ward signature behaviours, consistently prioritising patient care in all aspects of your work.

We are currently offering both full-time and part-time positions. While your official base will be Worcestershire Royal Hospital, you will be required to rotate across all Trust sites.

Our rotations offer a rich variety of clinical experiences and learning opportunities. You will gain experience in medical and surgical respiratory care (including head and neck, ITU, and our physiotherapy-led NIV service), COPD, inpatient orthopaedics, A&E, acute stroke, and neurological conditions; the MDT frailty assessment unit, oncology, MSK outpatients across three sites, pelvic health, rheumatology with hydrotherapy, and paediatrics.

The successful candidates will be required to participate in our 24-hour on-call service, including overnight duties, and a 7-day working rota.

We are dedicated to supporting the professional development of our staff. All post holders will be encouraged to attend courses, participate in audits, and contribute to the mentorship and development of junior staff members.

Main duties of the job

• Working as an autonomous practitioner, to provide high quality patient focussed care through assessment, diagnosis, development and delivery of individual treatment programmes.
• To take the responsibility for own caseload within a defined area of service or for a particular patient type.
• To provide supervision, support and education to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
• To participate in departmental audit in support of evidence based practice.
• To communicate with the MDT as appropriate to provide comprehensive assessment to determine admission prevention as appropriate to given speciality.
• To undertake outpatient activity as appropriate within area of speciality.
• To contribute to our 7-day service on a rota basis dependant on specialty of work.
• To complete on call over a 24 hrs period / complete weekend working as appropriate to speciality.

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.