Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-CSS-6868871C
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist- Acute Medicine
Band 6
Job overview
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Are you looking to work in a large dynamic teaching hospital based in an exciting city with good transport links to the surrounding areas?
We are looking for an enthusiastic forward thinking HCPC registered Physiotherapist to join our multi- professional medical therapy team on an exciting medical rotation based at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The rotations include acute medical specialities such as renal, acute, emergency and older person’s medicine. It now includes a Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Unit which is an exciting new addition to our service. As an integral member of the team, you will have an opportunity to work closely with the Frailty team and develop the therapy provision. This post provides opportunities to consolidate clinical skills and involvement in management of the wider team.
Main duties of the job
The medical therapy team consists of highly specialist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists supporting a wide skill mix of clinicians within the acute setting.Ìý We promote close MDT working allowing a holistic approach to patient care, joint therapy working & service developments.Ìý
The successful candidate should have experience being able to demonstrate effective assessment, treatment and discharge planning knowledge working across a variety of clinical areas. They should demonstrate the practical skills in progressing patients to achieve their individual goals with complex needs and multiple pathologies.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. ÌýÌýSo that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.Ìý This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.Ìý Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Ìý
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.Ìý As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.Ìý If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Educational / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised BSC Honours degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- State registration via Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of relevant post graduate training including attendance at relevant specialist courses
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in special interest group
- Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous postgraduate clinical experience as a junior in a broad rotational post
- Specialist knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment technique
- Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. Manual Handling, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists/Health and Care Professions Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, CPR, Equality and Diversity
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of supervision of students and assistants
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
- Understanding of clinical effectiveness and its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence based practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding practices relevant to the clinical area
- NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- To have attended a clinical educators course
- Knowledge of the working of community and Intermediate Care Services
- Evidence of participation in research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills
- Good organisational / planning / prioritisation skills
- Demonstrate complex dexterity and therapeutic handling skills
- Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients
- Flexible attitude
- Able to handle sensitive situations, Empathetic and able to deliver unpleasant news
- Well developed concentration, analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to work autonomously with ability to seek guidance appropriately with individuals or in a group setting
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own practise.
- Presentation skills
- Safe and effective handling of unpleasant substances/environments
- Able to participate in the emergency evening/weekend on call rotas for adults patients
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Green
- Job title
- Senior Specialist Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 8963
- Additional information
Sophie Austin, Senior Specialist Physiotherapist
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