# Rotational Band 6 Physiotherapist

**Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Therapies department at North Middlesex University Hospital is seeking a dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our rotational scheme to cover maternity leave.

The post holder will be required to accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessments and developing treatment and management programmes for patients with acute and chronic conditions

- Participating in the education and training of staff grade Physiotherapists, Technicians, Assistants, Students and other Healthcare Professionals

- Deputising for the Team Leader Physiotherapist in their absence

- Participating in the 7-day service rota and emergency on-call respiratory rota

- Completing rotations in various departments, including Acute stroke and neurology, Admission avoidance, Critical Care/Respiratory, Medical, Elderly Care, Orthopaedics/Surgical & Paediatrics

The Acute Therapies team at North Middlesex University Hospital delivers high-quality patient-centred care, and therapists work in an integrated manner to achieve the best possible outcome for their patients.

The post holder will be supervised and participate in in-service training, with objectives to achieve in each rotation and an annual development review.

Rotations are 8 months and include Orthopaedics, Critical Care/Respiratory, Paediatrics, Medical, Acute Stroke Unit & Neurological Outliers, and the Admission Avoidance Team (AAT).

**Main duties of the job**

- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care

- Deliver the physiotherapy element of a management programme, as either uni- or multidisciplinary intervention

- Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills

- Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of hospital-based patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time

**Benefits**

- Competitive salary: £45,953 to £54,254 per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS

- Fixed-term contract for 12 months

- Full-time position

**Requirements**

- Degree in Physiotherapy

- HCPC Registration

- Member of the CSP

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- Physiotherapy
- Patient assessment
- Treatment planning
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Clinical reasoning
- Time management
- Organisation

### Nice to have
- Special interest group
- Experience across a wide range of NHS sectors
- Service improvement project
- IT - creating and formatting complex spreadsheets
- Audit cycle

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