Rotational Physiotherapist

Our rotation programme spans the three main acute hospital sites in our trust -

• William Harvey Hospital in Ashford
• Kent & Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate

All rotational staff may be expected to rotate to any of the hospital sites and due consideration should be given to this at the point of application.

Our rotations are broad and diverse due to the span of clinical specialities delivered by the Trust and will support you in gaining experience across core and specialist areas, including:

• Critical Care
• General and specialist surgery
• Elective Orthopaedics
• Musculoskeletal outpatients, including Paeds and Aquatherapy
• Hand therapy
• Hyper-acute Stroke and Acute Stroke
• Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Unit
• Acute Medicine, including medical respiratory and renal
• Frailty
• Vascular surgery and outpatients

We offer CPD support and learning opportunities across all of our specialities which includes respiratory on call competencies, a robust stroke and neurology teaching programme, regular MSK teaching and also rotation specific in-service training programmes. We also encourage all staff to be research active and offer opportunities to be involved in clinical audit, service improvement and innovation.

Applications from Students in their final year of study are welcome.

Main duties of the job

Upon joining us we will support you through your preceptorship year and will we guide you through your development as a physiotherapist. You will receive regular clinical supervision, band 5 peer support sessions and you will also be mentored by one of our senior clinical leads.

The expectations we have of band 5 Physiotherapists include:

• To assess and treat patients, providing holistic physiotherapy intervention as an autonomous practitioner within Scope of Practice
• Develop physiotherapy treatment plans, demonstrating clear clinical reasoning and goal setting.
• To undertake Respiratory on-call competency training within their initial 6 months in post.
• To be clinically curious and work within the multidisciplinary environment of the acute hospital to provide excellent intervention for patients
• To support clinical supervision of Therapy Assistants and Students where appropriate
• To be an active member of the wider therapy and AHP team and advocate for their profession where appropriate

Working for our organisation

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people' and everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

At East Kent Hospitals we utilise the 'We care' methodology for improvement; it's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for our staff, patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

Person specification Experience

• Broad clinical experience from training placements
• Experience of MDT working
• Completion of an acute respiratory placement or role
• Clinical placement in acute hospital setting
• Critical Care (respiratory) experience
• working in challenging environments
• evidence of working under pressure

Skills

• good verbal and written communication skills
• effective team member
• flexible and adaptable
• excellent organisational skills
• Critical thinking and creativity in clinical skills

Knowledge

• up to date clinical/evidence based practice
• awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and acute hospital requirements, including clinical governance, NICE, CQC and clinical guidelines
• Demonstration of broad range of clinical pathologies encountered

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Obtained or applied for HCPC registration

Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the 'We are the NHS' campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.

There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there's never been a better time to join us. To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.

We'll close this job advert once we've received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on who are happy to help.

We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport.

The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust's People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles.

Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.

Applicants for eligible roles requiring Tier 2 sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria.

We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds.

You can search for and apply for roles directly on our website.

If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won't be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won't be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records. Good luck with your application, we'll contact you via email so please check your junk/spam folders.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Claire Casarotto Job title Head of Education and Workforce - Therapies Email address Telephone number Additional information

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