Jobs in Cowbridge, south glamorgan, united kingdom

Weekend Physiotherapist

Vale Hospital | Physiotherapy | Permanent | Part-Time Weekends |

Up to £38,500 per annum (pro rata), depending on experience

24.5 hours per week

Are you an experienced Physiotherapist? Do you want to work for a leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation with fantastic career progression opportunities? Do you have a passion for the wellbeing of others and taking pride in supporting them through their road to recovery?

Due to an increased workload of our orthopaedics caseload both in the week and over the weekends, we now have an opportunity for a Physiotherapist at our Vale Hospital. Our expert physiotherapists are here to rehabilitate patients to optimal functional recovery following surgery.

The role will be one day per week in Outpatients seeing post-operative orthopaedic patients and 2 days as part of the Inpatient team treating these patients immediately after surgery. The 2 days within the Inpatient team will require working Saturday each week.

The hospital is brilliantly placed to support and mentor the successful candidate for this role, alongside our academy training programs.

As a Physiotherapist, you will :

See a wide range of pre and post surgery patients undertaking orthopaedic or gynaecology surgery.

Cover Inpatient caseload.

Work within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, AHPS and consultants in order to optimise the health and recovery of our patients.

Adhere to our values and beliefs at Nuffield Health, in which we encourage behaviour which is enterprising, passionate, independent and caring.

Deliver excellent clinical care that is evidence based, Safe, Effective, Caring, Well-led and responsive to our patient's needs.

Ensure on-going monitoring of the standard of treatment provided.

Be compliant with all professional, clinical and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes.

What are we looking for in our Physiotherapists?

We require a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and you'll be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Be able to demonstrate evidence of further professional training and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner.

Be a confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with the general public and other healthcare professionals.

Be able to demonstrate excellent manual therapy skills.

Have the ability to prioritise and deal with your varied workload in an effective and timely manner.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.