Practice Development Sister/Charge Nurse

2 weeks ago

Romford, United Kingdom Division of Surgery – BHRUT NHS Full time

Job overview

This post requires a skilled and experienced inpatient Physiotherapist who is looking for an opportunity to specialize in Acute Respiratory, Critical Care & Surgery within a large Teaching Acute Care Trust.

You will be working within a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants who pride themselves in providing high quality care to the Critical Care (including Neurosurgical Critical Care), Respiratory and Surgical wards.

Surgical specialties that you will encounter include General Abdominal, Colorectal, Upper GI, Vascular (including acute Amputees) and ENT. In addition to this you may be required to provide relief cover to Neurosurgical Critical Care and Paediatrics.

Our service is based across two hospital sites, King George Hospital (KGH) and Queens Hospital (QH), therefore you should have the flexibility to work cross-site as required. In addition, you will actively participate in the respiratory oncall rota and in the rota to provide a 7-day service across both sites.

You must have excellent communication skills, be a good team player and have the ability to work under reasonable pressure within a multi-professional environment. You must also possess the desire to review current practices and the ability to help influence and promote change that will lead to advancement in patient care in line with the Trust’s aims and vision.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries

To participate in the static ARCCS band 6 rotation which involves working across the Trust (King George Hospital and Queens Hospital) in a range of settings including acute respiratory, critical care, surgery, and vascular ward areas. Alongside your general critical care rotation, you will be required to cover paediatrics with support of the paediatric band 7 Physiotherapists. Additionally, you will also have a rotation through neuro critical care.

To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, junior staff, and students on placement

Working for our organisation

We provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. Most of our 7,800 permanent staff live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals and we operate from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Community Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic.

We’re pleased to be leading the way in wait to get the treatment they need. The Elective Surgical Hub at King George Hospital is one of eight to be ; the Care Quality Commission has raised the ratings for at Queen’s and King George hospitals; and showed that the Trust was the most improved in 2023 for reducing waits for emergency care. 

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also part of the .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have good networking skills and be familiar with current legislations and other relevant factors affecting change in the NHS. You should have experience in managing critically unwell patients, respiratory patients, and surgical patients. 

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person specification

Education & Qualification

Essential criteria

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy H.C.P.C. Registration

Desirable criteria

Post graduate clinical training

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria

To have broad clinical experience of complex patients during rotations in an acute hospital setting

Desirable criteria

Experience in leading a team in the absence of senior support. Clinical experience in Neurosurgical and Vascular surgeries including amputees.

Skills & abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to work without supervision

Applicant requirements

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.

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