Band 5 Rotational Physio

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Due to the building of M- Block we have an exciting opportunity to add another Band 5 to the rotational programme that we are able to offer at Frimley Park Hospital.
Are you newly qualified and looking for an opportunity to complete a rotational post in a supportive environment. Then we are looking for you.
At Frimley Trust we provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through a 12-month Multi-professional Preceptorship program run by our Clinical Education directorate in collaboration with our

Therapies department. This provides protected training, supervision, networking and education to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.

• To provide a high standard physiotherapy service within Frimley Park Hospital Trust
• To participate in CPD and other departmental activities
• The rotational posts of four months include at Frimley Park:

Surgical ITU/HDU
Medical wards
Stroke unit
Outpatients-Hydrotherapy/Main Department/Gym
In patient Orthopaedics
Community team
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For full details of the main responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Some of the key tasks and responsibilities are:

• To be responsible for implementing within your clinical practice the standards and policies in each speciality and where applicable, propose change to working practices.
• To maintain a high standard of clinical care using evidence based practices and evaluate the outcomes.
• To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical workload
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills and seek guidance from senior staff as required.
• To devise an individualised physiotherapy management and/or treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills to utilise a range of treatment options in formulating a programme of care.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your professional activities working within codes of practice and professional guidelines. This includes patient documentation in professional notes.
• To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance, clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence based link.
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions including highly developed manual physiotherapy techniques and therapeutic handling. There includes frequent moderate physical effort.
• To keep up to date with clinical developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes in clinical practice.
• To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties, adhering to the department’s medical devices policy. This includes competence and accuracy to use specialist equipment by yourself and other healthcare professionals, carers and patients.
• To participate in the respiratory on-call and weekend rota as appropriate.

• To be responsible for implementing within your clinical practice the standards and policies in each speciality and where applicable, propose change to working practices.
• To maintain a high standard of clinical care using evidence based practices and evaluate the outcomes.
• To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical workload
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills and seek guidance from senior staff as required.
• To devise an individualised physiotherapy management and/or treatment plan, using clinical reasoning skills to utilise a range of treatment options in formulating a programme of care.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your professional activities working within codes of practice and professional guidelines. This includes patient documentation in professional notes.
• To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance, clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence based link.
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and interventions including highly developed manual physiotherapy techniques and therapeutic handling. There includes frequent moderate physical effort.
• To keep up to date with clinical developments, analysing current research and discussing and implementing changes in clinical practice.
• To be responsible for the safe use of equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties, adhering to the department’s medical devices policy. This includes competence and accuracy to use specialist equipment by yourself and other healthcare professionals, carers and patients.
• To participate in the respiratory on-call and weekend rota as appropriate