Job summary
Employer heading
Senior React Physiotherapist
Band 6
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Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, team player who is looking for a new challenge?
We are looking for a Senior Physio to join our Integrated Network Teams, based primarily in the REACT team in the Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital and Bristol Royal Infirmary.
The REACT Team are multi-professional, consisting of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and are supported by Advanced Practitioners. Our pace is fast moving and our clinical caseload is diverse providing support to patients across BNSSG.
The REACT pathway integrates with our colleagues within Community therapy and nursing to ensure a seamless patient journey and are part of the urgent care response.
Our remit is to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate early hospital discharge. We are a dynamic, forward-thinking team and are looking for a Senior Clinician with previous relevant experience who is interested in joining our innovative team.
You will work in a supportive environment where we are committed to ongoing clinical development and education. You will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of skills and competencies utilised by the multi-disciplinary team in order to meet the ever changing needs of the service and will also be part of our wider community team.
For further information please call Amanda Bennett 07786079999
Be part of something different On the cutting edge of hospital and community, the best of both worlds!
Main duties of the job
The REACT Team (Rapid Emergency Assessment Care Team) based in emergency departments of Southmead Hospital and Bristol Royal Infirmary, aims to assess and discharge appropriate patients at the point of admission and prevent any unnecessary hospital stays.
In this role you will be able to use your skills and knowledge working with a wide range of both acute and chronic conditions. Our pace is fast moving and our clinical caseload is diverse providing support to patients across BNSSG.
The team are multidisciplinary with Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists and provide a Monday to Friday 7:30-19:30 service and can also flex into the INT Therapy Team on weekends.
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Your role will involve assessing medically stable patients who are referred from the emergency zone and provide any treatment and advice needed to confirm discharge suitability. You will work closely will all areas of the community in health, social and voluntary sectors to ensure there is appropriate follow up to support the patients and facilitate a timely discharge.
Working for our organisation
We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it鈥檚 about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.
At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.
Benefits:
We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!听
Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.
We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
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Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy (or equivalent)
- Previous experience within NHS in Community or hospital setting
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and others workload.
- Able to make judgements on a range of complex conditions and physiotherapy issues which require investigation, analysis & assessment
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
- Experience of supervising staff and students of own and other professions
- Preferred experience and understanding of community Teams and services
- Experience of the application of health, safety and risk management policies
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Bennett
- Job title
- React Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07786079999
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