Senior Physiotherapist - Medicine

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Older persons Medicine team as a permanent static band 6. This post will work within the team covering older persons medical wards within our Southmead Operating Unit. These wards include our frailty short stay, complex medical wards and Elgar Enablement unit. This role gives valuable experience working with patients presenting with frailty and complex clinical needs.

You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise, utilising a wide range of skills, within older persons medicine at one of the region's leading tertiary and major trauma centers.

Opportunities include developing wider clinical skills in the management of older adults, building on leadership skills, deputising for clinical leads when required, leading on quality improvement projects and working with wider MDT on improving pathways for older adults. The core hours for the post are 08:00-16:00 Monday-Friday. The post holder will contribute to bank holiday and weekend rosters. Please view our Trust video

Main duties of the job

Providing a physiotherapy service to the wards covered by the older persons medicine team Working effectively with all team members within the physiotherapy service, NBT and outside agencies to provide information about physiotherapy treatment. Communicate effectively with patients and Carers to progress treatment programs, provide reassurance and facilitate their care. Will take an active part in our weekend rota Supervise and mentor junior members of the team Deputises when required in absence for clinical leads Work with clinical leads to develop networks with other local hospitals and teams working on existing pathways and establishing new ones as required.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

Please see Job description for full details of the post - key features listed below Knowledge Theoretical knowledge in Anatomy and Physiology, Movement, Biomechanics and Pathologies. Theoretical knowledge of impact of chronic conditions on patients physical presentation. Has specialised knowledge in frailty including practical skills in the management of conditions commonly seen with frailty syndromes.

Knowledge of a range of physiotherapy assessment skills Experience A wide range of postgraduate experience across core rotational areas at band five and six level Experience in supervision /mentoring. Experience in working with patients living with frailty Experience of presenting information, written and oral in a clear and logical manner.

Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services Skills To perform physiotherapeutic examination and assessment and treatment of patients with diverse medical presentations, physical and psychological conditions to provide a clinical diagnosis and to develop and deliver physiotherapy treatment plans.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous physiotherapy practioner We are one of the largest NHS hospital trusts in the UK. More than 28,000 staff care for over 1.1 million people each year. We provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to local hospital care, we provide a wide range of specialist services for people across the South West and from all over the country.

Our specialist services include major trauma, childrens services, neurosciences, burns and plastics, stroke and thrombectomy, cardiology, cancer care, haematology, ophthalmology, cardiothoracic care, nephrology, immunology, infectious diseases and HIV, sexual health, transplant services, and obstetric medicine. We are also a research and teaching trust.

We work closely with the Universities of Bristol, Bath and the West of England to support research, innovation and education, and to improve care for patients now and in the future. Working with patients, communities and partners we want people and communities to help shape the care we provide. We work with patients, carers, communities, staff, voluntary organisations, and health and care partners to understand what matters most.

This helps us improve services, reduce health inequalities, and make better decisions about the future of care. The physiotherapy teams have well established CPD programs and strong supervision and wellbeing support. The senior physiotherapists regularly contribute to service development and QI projects and support junior staff, students and support workers.

Person Specification

Qualification · Essential

Degree / diploma HCPC registered physiotherapist Desirable post graduate education relevant to older people/frailty Member of CSP/clinical specialist interest group

Experience · Essential

Experience of working with frailty and older people Experience of treating patients with complex medical conditions in acute settings Experience of supporting flow and discharge Experience of supervision of students/junior staff Variety of Band 5 Rotations including neuro, MSK and resp

Desirable

Student educator or Mentor CPD/Training previous band six experience experience of audit, service development and research team and service development

Essential

Evidence of service development/audit/research evidence of working within MDT

Desirable

Evidence of leadership CPD/clinical experience CPD Essential evidence of relevant CPD to role and its application

Skills · Essential

Communication - demonstrate ability to hold difficult conversations (pt, carer, MDT) Demonstrates ability to manage complex stressful situations Desirable conflict management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).