Description

Job title: Bank Physiotherapists
Department: Physiotherapy
Responsible to: Physiotherapy Manager
Hours: Bank - Casual Hours (including weekend working)
Rate of Pay: £20.40 per hour plus 12.07% WTD

Job Summary:

To assist with the clinical responsibilities pertaining to the everyday organisation and efficient running of the physiotherapy service, including inpatient on a weekend rota.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for assisting in prioritising patient referrals, allocating and organising the work of colleagues and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis.

• You will be responsible for organising and planning your own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.

• You will ensure the provision of a comprehensive physiotherapy service, ensuring that all treatments and interventions are of a consistently high standard, evidence informed and patient focused.

• You will adopt a flexible and participative approach to innovation and change and promote patient’s individuality and dignity at all times.

• You will formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of treatment skills.

• You will formulate accurate prognoses and, using a collaborative approach, recommend best course of intervention; developing comprehensive patient centred objectives and plans.

Person Specification:

The following specification represents the range of skills, abilities and experiences etc. relevant to the position. Applicants are expected to meet the attributes that have been identified as essential.

Essential:

• Qualified to a minimum degree level in Physiotherapy (BSc Physiotherapy)

• MCSP or equivalent.

• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered.

• Relevant experience in treating patients within outpatient, inpatient and pre-assessment settings.

• Excellent communication skills, communicating with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Advanced, updated CPD evidence.

• To formulate, develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes based upon evidence-based practice, manual assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning. 

• To communicate effectively with patients to ensure informed consent for assessment and treatment, providing the patient with good understanding of their conditions and maximise their rehabilitation potential. Patients may have a barrier to communication e.g., English as their second language. 

Desirable:

• Postgraduate experience of minimum 3 years.

• Completion of a comprehensive core rotation programme including all major specialties (Orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, neurology, trauma, ITU, MSK outpatients and intermediate care) at senior grade level.

The closing date for receipt of applications is the 11th June 2025. 

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration. 

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.