Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-CT-7039970
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Sandwell/Birmingham
- Salary
- 拢37,338 - 拢44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Specialist Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As 鈥淧eople鈥 is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Are you a Band 5 physiotherapist looking for an opportunity to develop your skills at a Band 6 level?听
Or a Band 6 physiotherapist looking for greater diversity?
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic physiotherapist aspiring to pursue a career within acute hospital and community services. We welcome applicants ready for a Band 6 post or those seeking a development opportunity as a transitional step into their first Band 6 role.
We offer a comprehensive Band 6 physiotherapy rotational scheme, which balances the development of specialist knowledge and skills with gaining a diverse experience in a range of care settings.听
Main duties of the job
Our rotational scheme comprises seven desirable areas of clinical practice with each one lasting for nine months.听 The rotations include:
- Critical Care and Surgery
- Rapid Response Therapy Service and Frailty Intervention Team
- Stroke and Neurological rehabilitation
- Medicine Therapy Service
- iCares Community services (Pathway 1)
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Inpatient rehabilitation (Pathway 2)
Each is a friendly team and will offer comprehensive induction and a听 supportive learning environment.听
Successful applicants will play an active role in the development of services and will be part of delivering 7-day services including our out of hours respiratory on-call service.听
Successful candidates will also be part of a cohesive peer group with the opportunity to undertake quality improvement project work to support the objectives of the services, Directorate and Clinical Group.
Within this rotational scheme there is an opportunity to request rotations of particular interest and flexible working applications will be supported wherever feasible.听
Start dates into this role can also be negotiated for successful candidates.听
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately 拢600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.听
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People 鈥 to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients 鈥 to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population 鈥 to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details, or alternatively contact Suzanne Miles by phone or email.听
If you are enthusiastic about this role, feel you have the desirable attributes, and like diversity in your role, please apply for this fantastic opportunity.听 If you would like further details or would like to arrange an informal visit, please contact Suzanne Miles on 07816533966 or [email protected]
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Sufficient post graduate experience in a rotational post to meet the requirements of the role, including working in an acute hospital environment
- Working as part of a therapy team and wider MDT
- Supervision and delegation of work to therapy and support staff
- Contribution to the education of less experienced staff or under-graduate physiotherapy students
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in clinical audit
- Participation in emergency duties
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/diploma in physiotherapy
- HCPC registration
- Portfolio evidence of CPD
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suzanne Miles
- Job title
- Frailty Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816533966
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