Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• Todeliver the physiotherapy element of a management programme, as either uni- or multidisciplinary intervention, sometimes providing some elements normally undertaken by nursing, occupational therapy, social work or speech and language therapy colleagues.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, formulating individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills, developing specialised programmes of care utilising a wide variety of treatment skills and opti
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and to organize this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

Essential

• Completed all core rotations in an acute Trust
• On-Call Competent
• Acute Neurology & Stroke experience
• Orthopaedics & Surgery experience
• Experience of delivering In-service Training
• Experience of supervising less senior therapy staff and assistants
• Participation in personal development reviews
• Experience of discharge planning
• Experience of completing basic functional assessments

Essential

• Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in written and verbal forms to patients and staff
• Able to apply problem-solving skills to complex situations, which may involve clinical or organisational issuesor
• Well developed clinical reasoning skills
• Able to work as a team member and develop team spirit
• Well developed organisational and planning skills
• Able to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information
• Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues
• Able to identify own training needs and support others to do likewise
• Good councelling and advocacy skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals
• Knowledge of physiotherapy issues
• Basic computer literacy
• Knowledge of pathologies and current medical management of frequently occuring conditions for hospital based and community patients
• Knowledge of other medical conditions which you may encounter including, but not exclusively, Respiratory, Orthopaedic, neurological and mental health conditions
• Knowledge of outcome measure tools

Essential

• Willingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate
• Competent and able to participate in the On-Call/7-day working rota
• Dedication to staff development and the promotion and progression of the Physiotherapy profession
• Dedicated to holistic patient management