Job summary

This exciting Band 7 physiotherapy role is based within a well-established large, busy but supportive team. The successful candidate will require strong leadership skills and confidence to work as an autonomous practitioner, and be motivated and dynamic. You will have highly specialist clinical skills and experience working with critical care patients, to include respiratory physiotherapy skills. You will be skilled in assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive and psychological health conditions within the critical care specialties in order to develop and deliver treatment plans. The position involves coordinating the dynamic clinical service to the Critical care wards working alongside the Respiratory and Surgical / Vascular Band 7 therapists as an intrinsic member of the MDT, with support from Clinical Leads as required. We strongly support CPD and you will be supported in your role directly by the Clinical Leads for the ARCCS Team. Peer support will also be provided by the existing B7 Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists. You will be valued, and will be encouraged to influence and develop services. You will be required to undertake respiratory on-call / weekend duties on both sites and participate in the 7-day therapy service. The post may involve cross-site working.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients within your area of specialty, using a holistic approach, thereby facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries.

To provide specialist guidance to other members of the MDT on matters relating to your specialist area.

Provide leadership for the Physiotherapy team, in conjunction with the Therapy leads and Clinical Specialist, in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Physiotherapy service provided to patients within your specialist area on a day-to-day basis.

To provide a lead role in teaching and supporting colleagues in matters relating to specialist area.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023 / 24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

Skills / Abilities

Essential

Experience / Knowledge

Desirable